Thanks for Coming to RailFest 2013!

A beautiful Saturday on the Museum grounds was enjoyed by 2,000+ train lovers and their families! We hope you enjoyed all the fun activities we hosted, the yummy food from O'Henry's Catering, and the delightful music from 2 talented bands who performed during the day - The Brazos River Pickers and StarFlight. 

We're building a new page on this website to showcase RailFest2013 and all the sponsors who made this event a great success, so please take a look, and support these community-spirited businesses and people. All the proceeds from RailFest2013 go to benefit the programs of the Museum. We are grateful for the support from all of you who came out Saturday and who continue to support the work of the Museum with your patronage and your membership.

Be sure to sign up for our newsletter, so you and your family can continue to
make memories at the Museum. 

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"This is where you want to get off..."

This old postcard, picturing the Union Depot in Rosenberg, was mailed around 1907.
The handwritten message reads:

Photo credit to Fort Bend Museum, Richmond, Texas.

"Dear Clara, This is where you want to get off when you come to Texas. You can't make a mistake. It's the only place of its kind. Ha. Ha.  Effie"

Rosenberg is still the place you want to get off, although the old station is long gone. Our museum building is modeled after the original depot. Rosenberg's Union Depot served the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads from 1883 until 1917.  It sat just north of where our museum building sits now.  Union Depot was replaced by a stucco building on the east side of 3rd Street in 1917. 

Other railroad buildings nearby were the Wells Fargo & Co. Express Building,
and the Harvey House Restaurant.

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Check out our Calendar!

We have lots going on in 2013! Everything from a RailFest to a Stuart Ranch Fish Fry benefiting the museum to our exciting annual GALA. Keep up with the dates and details on our Calendar Page.

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