On March 29, 2009, my family decided to go to the Red River Railroad Museum in Denison, Texas. I took several photos while there.
A little history of the Red River Railroad Museum & Katy Depot from the Museum's website:
The Katy Depot is the former passenger station and general office building of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The depot was the center of operations for the railroad till it's merger with the Union Pacific Railroad on August 12, 1988. Also called Union Depot it was the transportation center of the city and was used by other railroads. These included the Frisco and the Houston and Texas Central later to become part of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Located one block east of downtown Denison off U.S. Business 69, the depot is opposite the highway overpass from the former location of the M-K-T Denison Carshops. The Katy Depot and a small part of the once huge Ray Yards are all that remain of a major point on the Katy System. The former site of the original Denison Union Depot is not far away, it was used till the opening of the Katy Depot around 1914. Every famous Katy passenger train used the depot, boarding passengers for travel from Denison to the many destinations throughout the Katy System. Although all passenger service ended on the Katy in the mid 1960s the depot remained the general offices for the railroad till the merger with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Here are some of the photos I took that day...
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| The engine as it comes down the track. Denison, Texas was an important hub for railroads. |
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| The MKT, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, line was infamous in its heyday. |
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| The MKT was known as The Katy line. It was so popular merchandise was sold commemorating the line. |
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| The Katy in all its glory with the railroad depot in the background! |
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| The Caboose: a much missed site along the railroads of today. |
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