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Circa 1906
AMTRAK station
Behind the Convention Center
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restored Union Station in El Paso
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson |
| | "Union
Station, El Paso, Texas"
1913
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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| | "Union
Station, El Paso, Texas"
Postcard
courtesy rootsweb.com/
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Tracks
by Billy B. Smith
"I
have always loved railroads, both the trains and tracks... One railroad line in
particular has been for me an umbilical cord that has connected me to my roots
and my life. I have lived close to this line for most of my life. It always reminds
me of where I've been and where I could have gone...."
"...The
MP and Southern Pacific merged about 100 miles east of El Paso and entered the
city as a single line. The MP actually used El Paso as a western terminal point
while the SP went on to California. Another branch of the SP radiated out from
El Paso in a northeasterly direction toward the Texas Panhandle and points in
Kansas. This was the line I was most familiar with because it paralleled the highway
from El Paso to Alamogordo, New Mexico. I traveled this road many times either
to the mountains or to White Sands National Park and was able to observe long
SP freight trains in and out of El Paso. The Santa Fe (AT&SF) also entered El
Paso from Albuquerque and beyond. Trains tended to run on this line at night,
so I didn't get to see many of them. All the railroads shared one station: Union
Station in downtown El Paso...." more |
| | "Union
Passenger Station, El Paso, Texas"
1908
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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