Here's another panoramic format photo of a rail depot, this one the old Southern Pacific depot in Sanderson, TX.
Here's the link to a larger version of the same image (consider using the "open link in new window" feature of your browser, eh?):
Those glory days are gone. Sanderson no longer a division point and crew quartering location. Much to the relief of the UP employees (nee Southern Pacific) I imagine. And much to the detriment of Sanderson. Not sure what other industries supported that town.
Something supported it at one time....
One thing I have learned in life, what goes around, comes around. And what comes around, goes around..........
But that thing is in shambles.....
Probably lots of WW1&2 guys left out of that station...
Great pictures Kent!
Great photos of the depots, Kent.
They are treasures of a time gone by.
My Dad and Grandfather were both lifelong Missouri Pacific men there in Texas.
Runs in the blood even if I did not stay with it.
Tom Bryant PLS
Saint Louis MO
Sanderson, TX Economy
>Not sure what other industries supported that town.
Well the wool and mohair produced in the surrounding ranches was the reason for Sanderson to exist as a supply center. There were at least three banks, grocery stores, and even a car dealership once upon a time. A roundhouse was in Sanderson that the Southern Pacific used as a maintenance facility.
The Sanderson economy now appears to revolve around county governmental functions, including the schools, the US Border Patrol, and some tourism. The town is slowly drying up, from what I can tell.
Old Bunkhouses
Here's a photo of one of the bunkhouses that either the Southern Pacific or its predecessor, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co., built in Sanderson.
Maybe a rail fan will recognize the color of paint on the building as that of a one or the other lines.
