These images, I unfortunately discovered later, were all shot at ISO-3200 (a high sensitivity setting I had used the night before to do some night photography in another location). While they will look ok at regular viewing, if you try to zoom in or enlarge, they'll appear grainy. Just wanted to let you know. (Ken Ziegenbein)
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The east or track side of the museum. A shortened Amtrak Texas Eagle No. 22 was at the station at 12:50 p.m. (where the people are). The regular consist of two sleepers, 2 coaches, one sightseer lounge and one diner were at Fort Worth and would be picked up later as the train headed north to Fort Worth. A locomotive on the previous day's southbound train had quit running in Little Rock, Arkansas and the rest of the train was deadheaded to Fort Worth.
LEFT-Santa Fe 3423 locomotive on display. RIGHT-A Pullman troop sleeper.
LEFT-A regular Pullman. RIGHT-An older Amtrak sleeper No. 2986 also on display.
LEFT-Santa Fe No. 1680. RIGHT-A Missouri Pacific caboose.
RIGHT-The north side of the station where the Amtrak office is.
LEFT-Track or west side of depot. RIGHT-East side of building.
RIGHT-The Amtrak ticket window.
LEFT-Santa Fe's Dublin Subdivision dispatch console. RIGHT-We were given an excellent telegraph demonstration. One of the presenters was Norm Resor, who worked for the Rock Island in Illinois from 1938 to 1966.
RIGHT-From the museum's second floor display room overlooking BNSF's Temple terminal.
LEFT-Museum Curator Mary Irving.
RIGHT-Amtrak waiting room on the north side of the building.
Inside the old main waiting room, used for gatherings and receptions, etc.
