This makes me sad. I’ve spent alot of time there.
Great pictures of a sad scene.Best wishes for the areas recovery.
For those of you who dont realize it…the photos of what looks like a freeway (highway) is the I45…the approach to the island was burried in debris, everything from entire homes, iceboxes, to boats and cars from the other side of west bay…take a good look at how high the water mark is in some of the photos.
I have visited that museum off and on for about twelve years. The Galveston Railroad Museum used to be the priority of my life as a little kid so if they don’t recover, that would a personal loss.
dang that got high in there. floated the benches and the people off them.
While you all have a tremendous, time consuming and costly task ahead…at least you still have your buildings and exhibits…they weren’t flattened and washed out to sea. Time and effort and a generouse helping of money and you will be better than ever. Remember the B&O Museum and the roof collapse from the snow.
One thing the museum has never had is a generous helping of money.
Unless the museum can get a tremendous sized grant it will be always in harm’s way. Obviously the solutions are 1. Move (not to my liking for the lost history of location and station). 2. Raise everything above the anticipated flood levels including the station, tracks, canopys, and equipment (very expensive) 3. build a new building way above flood level and hurricane resistant to place all the items (papers,benches, etc) that need to be protected( Still expensive). Maybe a FEMA grant can be forthcoming.
A real shame with the flooding is that prior to the hurricane, much of the passenger equipment including the F7’s, was usable. Hopefully, they’ll wash the saltwater off the underside of the cars, and maybe keep them operable. I was in Galveston at the museum a few months before the hurricane, and there was corrosion already on some of the cars. Unfortunately, it’s just not a very good location for the preservation of equipment that’s already hard to find.