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Sunset Limited

With a ticket, backpack, and several rolls of Kodak Gold, I watched Amtrak’s Sunset Limited coast to a stop at Alpine, 2 PM, would reach Los Angeles at 9 AM, December 2005.

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Section House

Monahans (Sandhills), Texas

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Railroad Street

Navasota, Texas

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Trestle

Navasota, Texas

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Santa Fe Depot

Canyon, Texas

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Pecos

Mile-long trains dashed across a desolate plain. I sat in our 70’s Buick Skylark, listened to Hank Williams on cassette, and let derelict buildings fill my eyes. My mother accepted a teaching job in Pecos during the eighties oil bust.

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Westbound local

Penwell, Texas

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Railroad Crossing

Navasota, Texas