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The Westerner

Sometime in the mid 1960s, passenger rail ended for stops serviced by the Westerner, and gone were the days of riding the streamliner west to El Paso or east to Fort Worth. Cars and airplanes replaced passenger trains as speed and convenience took hold.

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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