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PALESTINE -- The City Council has agreed to loan $500,000 to the Texas State Railroad Authority to help keep the historic East Texas tourist train running.
Union Pacific Railroad is shutting down its operations in Palestine, Texas after abandoning a 19th-century jobs pact, impacting dozens of jobs in the process.
In 1872, Palestine and Anderson County raised $150,000 — about $5 million today — in bonds for the Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company, a distant corporate predecessor of Union Pacific.
Texas State Railroad Polar Express (Palestine) Now–December 28 Every winter, Texas State Railroad brings to life the popular children’s book turned motion picture The Polar Express in Palestine.
The rails no longer carry prisoners, iron ore, or timber. Now, visitors from all corners of the state come to take a ride on what became, in 2003, the official State Railroad of Texas.
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In 1872, Palestine and Anderson County raised $150,000, about $5 million today, in bonds for the Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company, a distant corporate predecessor of Union Pacific.
The historic Texas State Railroad operates a four-hour long, 50 mile round trip excursion between the cities of Palestine and Rusk, located about 160 miles northeast of Killeen-Fort Cavazos.