How Sweet It Is!
BNSF train HHOUGAL907 was westbound on the UP Glidden Subdivision at Sugar Land
(west of Houston between Stafford and
Rosenberg) at 2:52 pm on Sunday, September 7, 2003.
Two of the most historically significant scenes in this overall
presentation are this and the Union Pacific
excursion photo in the Special Events section
showing a glimpse of Buffalo Bayou at
Harrisburg. It was the need of plantations around Stafford's Point to
market their products cheaply that started flanged wheels to rolling in
Texas. Buffalo Bayou, navigable to the Gulf of Mexico, was just what
their supply chain needed. But it took the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos &
Colorado Railway to provide the missing 20-mile link between the two.
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Return to Sesquicentennial Sunday - Gulf Coast Area
