Nostalgia & History > Amarillo 'down under'

Date: 03/28/24 07:24
Amarillo 'down under'
Author: valmont

Bruce Black photo on 12/24/71...

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Date: 03/28/24 07:27
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: monaddave

Is this the Rock Island?
Dave in MT

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Date: 03/28/24 07:27
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: valmont

FW&D

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Date: 03/28/24 07:42
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: monaddave

valmont Wrote:
>> FW&D >>

Ah-ha, and thanks for posting.
Dave

PS - tomorrow is fbe's birthday, 73 or 74, I forget.

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Date: 03/28/24 09:08
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: Ritzville

Nice "down under" shot!

Larry

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Date: 03/28/24 09:12
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: Chico56

FW&D depot, was a two story structure before the overpass was built.
Building still used by BNSF today.
Chico

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Date: 03/28/24 18:44
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: millerdc

A couple of hundred yards to the right is the Rock Island station. Route of the Choctaw Rocket - Memphis to Tucumcari.

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Date: 03/28/24 21:25
Re: Amarillo 'down under'
Author: Evan_Werkema

Chico56 Wrote:

> FW&D depot, was a two story structure before the overpass was built.

Old postcard photos show a two-story structure next to the FW&D depot, but the depot itself was single-story with a hip roof and a decorative tower. The roof was flattened and the tower removed when the Pierce St. overpass was built.

http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Amarillo/AmarilloTexasPecosValleyDepotCa1910TOPtb.jpg
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/311733605436375230/

millerdc Wrote:

> A couple of hundred yards to the right is the Rock Island station.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2112862
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5656706

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