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Originally Posted by LoneStarMike
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b]Missouri-Pacific Lines - Depot Opening - exterior view - 1949[/b] To me this looks more like a remodeled & renamed I. & G. N. R. R. Station at Congress & 3rd. Plus I don't think 1949 would be the right year because it's visible in the 1948 photos of Harry Truman's Whistle Stop Tour posted above and it looks like it was already open then.
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Missouri-Pacific Lines - Depot Opening - Two men standing by railroad tracks. Tips Engine Works is in background. - 1949 This station looks like it was where the Amtrak Station is today. I recognize those buildings across from the tracks.
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Aerial view looking NW from about the north approach to Lamar bridge. At the lower right, RR tracks cross Lamar Blvd. - 1950
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I wonder when the original train station on N. Lamar was torn down, because that's definitely not the station that's there today.
March 6, 2009
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Missouri Pacific acquired the I&GNRR out of bankruptcy around 1949, hence the opening of the depot under the MOPAC banner. Shortly after, they built the new depot west of Lamar. I think it is the same building that is used by Amtrak today, but initially there was a canopy over the passenger platform that was later removed.