Tucumcari, New Mexico

Here is yet another train station. This time, it's the large Rock Island / Southern Pacific depot in Tucumcari, New Mexico.



According to this page, this station is the only original Spanish architecture Train Depot in New Mexico.

Antonito, Colorado Depot

Here is the Rio Grande station in Antonito, Colorado in 1986. It was built in 1882 and is still there today. The building is 124 years old!



I don't know why it was boarded up at the time. The building otherwise appears to be in good shape. The semaphore signal is especially interesting.

Antonito is the end of the narrow gauge line called the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic which was once part of the Rio Grande as well. The C&TS does not use this station, however. They have a newer one a bit south of this old gem.

Here are some interesting photos of this same station of other sites:

Evidence of third rail to accommodate the narrow gauge.

Photos of various vintages.

Las Vegas - New Mexico, That Is

I have run out of Texas railroad depot photos so I will now move elsewhere. This is the station in Las Vegas, New Mexico which is just down I25 about 111 miles from Raton. Amtrak's Southwest Chief stops here at 12:38 pm westbound and 3:45 pm eastbound. This train runs from Chicago to Los Angeles on the route of the Santa Fe's famed Super Chief.

Train Station in Denton, Texas

Here is yet another train station in Texas, this time in Denton. This is the Texas-Pacific station taken in 1986.



Train stations vary in architecture quite a bit but they also often seem to have some common things about them such as the overhang you see in the picture. They almost always have the name of the town on both ends of the building as well.

Yet Another Waxahachie Railroad Station

Now, this train station is the neatest of the three Waxahachie train stations I have put on this blog. It was built by the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad.



There is another station much like it in Corsicana, Texas. See it here.

The T&BV after a bankruptcy, became the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad. It was jointly owned by the Burlington and the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific. Later it was part of the Fort Worth and Denver. Today, it is part of the BNSF Railway.

Another Train Station in Waxahachie

I am pretty sure that this train station is in Waxahachie, Texas. I do not know which railroad owned it.

A Train Station in Waxahachie, Texas

This is one of the train stations I found in Waxahachie back in 1985. It belonged to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.

Sherman, Texas

This little depot is really neat. It's in Sherman, Texas. I am not sure which railroad owned it and I doubt if the building is still there. This photo was taken in 1985 and you can see that it is not in very good shape.

Brownwood, Texas Railroad Station

This train station is very large for a town the size of Brownwood. According to this web site, the station served 15 trains a day in its heyday. It was built by the Santa Fe in 1909 and the last passenger train to use it ran in 1968.

Train Station in Bonham, Texas

This is another Texas-Pacific train station, this time in Bonham, Texas. This picture, like the TP station in Paris below were taken in 1985. Both the Paris station and this one are on the same line that ran across Texas not too far from the Oklahoma state line. This one is obviously quite a bit larger than the one in Paris.

Another Station in Paris, Texas

This is the Texas-Pacific train station in Paris, Texas. It is much less interesting looking than the Frisco station in the same town (see below). But, this is what makes train stations interesting. Some are plain, others quite elaborate.

Paris, Texas Train Station

I think this old Frisco train station was quite attractive in 1985 when I took the picture.

It is still there as this link can attest. Scoll down a ways.