Tomball Railroad Depot: More Than 100 Years of History
Posted on February 03, 2012
The Tomball Railroad Depot at 201 S. Elm Street has train memorabilia, original art works, antiques, and a model railroad. The restored Tomball Depot has more than 100 years of history.
Historian and train enthusiast Ken Walden shares stories with anyone who wanders in on lazy Sunday afternoons.
The depot’s original building was constructed in the quaint railroad town of Peck. According to history, on December 2, 1907 Peck was renamed Tomball after Thomas Henry Ball, the man responsible for bringing prosperity to town by way of the railroad in the late 1800s.
Walden is also a professional illustrator; his original railroad illustrations decorate the two-tone green walls of the depot along side historical memorabilia from the golden age of rail travel. Two gowns worn by Mrs. Thomas Ball to the presidential inauguration of William McKinley in 1897, along with old handwritten Western Union messages, train orders and other documents found in the depot's attic during restoration.
The Tomball Depot is open to the public Sundays from 1 to 5 PM.
