The Governor Hubbard brings in the Tyler Tap’s first train
On October 1, 1877, the Tyler Tap’s only locomotive, the Governor Hubbard, steamed into Tyler with the line’s first train.
The Tyler Tap Railroad was a locally backed, narrow-gauge line, completed that year to Ferguson, now Big Sandy.
The line grew into the Cotton Belt, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway.
Note
The Tyler Tap’s own first train, not the first railroad to reach Tyler, which came in 1873–74.
Sources
- Handbook of Texas: Tyler Tap Railroadtshaonline.org
On October 1, 1877, the Tyler Tap's only locomotive, named the Governor Hubbard, steamed into Tyler with the line's first train.
- Handbook of Texas: Tyler, TXtshaonline.org
- National Register of Historic Places nomination, Brick Streets Neighborhood Historic District (Texas Historical Commission Atlas)atlas.thc.texas.gov
- Wikipedia: Cotton Belt Depot Museumen.wikipedia.org
Checked October 15, 2026. How the cards are filed