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Circa
1906
AMTRAK station
Behind the
Convention Center |
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
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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| | "Union
Passenger Station, El Paso, Texas"
1908
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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