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The
T & P Depot is now an Amtrak station
Photo by John Troesser |
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View
from the Southeast
The Union Pacific Caboose is a little out of place.
Photo by John Troesser |
The
recently restored (1999) depot can be reached from an underground
tunnel that was added in 1940. The staircase is visible from the parking
lot at the northern end of Washington St.
From the 1900 Courthouse, go north and you'll find the Depot on the
other side of the highway at the very end.
This depot is one in a series of T & P depots along its Texas route.
The T & P went as far as Sierra
Blanca and then shared the rails to
El Paso with the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mr. Ginnochio was an Italian immigrant who built restaurants along
the T & P's North Texas stops. He became so wealthy he even built
a house next to his to keep his bartender available in all sorts of
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T.
and P. Depot, Marshall, Texas
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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"Texas
and Pacific R.R. Shop, Marshall, Texas"
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
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The
courthouse on the southern end of Washington Street and the depot
on the northern end defined the main street of Marshall. The same
courthouse-depot plan was also used in Baird,
Texas - another Texas and Pacific Railroad town.
© John Troesser
Since November 2001
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