Okay, this is just for curiosity's sake. It's a panorama of the old Sante Fe Railroad Depot in Ballinger, Texas that I shot recently while I was working on a project in a nearby county. I want to see how the panoramas look squeezed into a narrower format.
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[Edit: Hmm, not too bad.]
Looks pretty good to me.
I just ate dinner at an old Santa Fe (I think) Depot at 19th and J Streets downtown.
Not in Ballinger, I'm guessing
> I just ate dinner at an old Santa Fe (I think) Depot
Well, that one in Ballinger is now used as City Hall. The nearest restaurant is where I had breakfast and dinner, Adelita's. The salsa picante was good enough and the prices were hardly stratospheric.
> Looks pretty good to me.
Yes, the format it gets squeezed into is still wide enough to show some detail. It's good to know, but probably still worth linking a more detailed image, eh, Mr. Natural Leu?
Never been to TX, but I sure do appreciate the design of some of the old RR depots.
Nice picture 🙂
Hmmm....2 Mr. Naturals here....
it's an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant...
in Sacramento.
I know it's an old train depot, but I'm not sure which line. I haven't found anything on line briefly searching.
Railroads were the internet
> Never been to TX, but I sure do appreciate the design of some of the old RR depots.
Yes, it's easy to forget that once upon a time the railroads were a very big deal, the lifeline to many small towns. That meant that the rail depot and the streets it fronted on were the vital center of the town.
Natural Leu
> Hmmm....2 Mr. Naturals here....
Well, I think that Rich has staked out Mr. Natural Law (Leu, a bad pun, I admit). Your Mr. Natural would be Mr. Au Natural? :>
Railroads were the internet
I can live with Mr. Au Natural...
Goodnight from Saint Louis...
Tom Bryant PLS
Railroads were the internet
Places like these are treasures. Hopefully it's saved.
Or would that be ...
> I can live with Mr. Au Natural...
Or would that be Mr. O. Natural? :>
Adaptive reuse
> Places like these are treasures. Hopefully it's saved.
Yes, it's being adaptively reused as the City Hall of Ballinger, TX, but in a way that maintains the appearance of the rail depot, a good choice. Ballinger is one of those towns that someone ought to write a movie script around. There are a remarkable number of places to shoot around town and within ten miles of it.
Natural Leu
> Well, here’s a revoltin’ development.
LOL! Yes, who would have thought that Yogic flying would be so slow to catch on in Texas?
🙂
