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Flagstaff Depot
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2010 - 2012.| The first railroad station in Flagstaff was built of wood and was said to have been a beautiful structure. It lasted only about six months before being destroyed by fire. It was quickly replaced by a second station, built on the same site in 1886, this time of coconino sandstone. The current station, the third, was built in 1926 just west of the second. Today one wing is the Amtrak depot and the other wing is the Flagstaff Visitor Center. At the east end of the site, beyond the second station, is a steam locomotive and a logging car that once belonged to the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. |
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| The second station, made of coconino sandstone, as seen from track side. | |
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| The second station sites on the site of the first, as seen from Route 66. | |
 The second depot and the lumber train. |
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| Current, third, station. South, track, side. | |
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| Current, third, station. Southeast corner, track, side. | |
 Third depot, from the west. |
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| The Gandy Dancer, dedicated to the section crews who built the railroad, singing songs or creating a beat guiding the men to move in unison. The tools they used were made by the Gandy Tool Company and as the men moved in unison, the term Gandy Dancer came to be. Sculpture by Clyde "Ross" Morgan, October 21, 2000. | |
 Track stop. |
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| Baldwin Steam Locomotive Number 25. The locomotive was purchased by the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company in 1917 to pull lumber trains in the Flagstaff area. The locomotive got the nickname "Two Spot" because canvas water bags hung from the cab windows rubbed the 5 off the number 25. The locomotive was purchased by the City of Flagstaff in 1995. This display was dedicated in June 1999 to the people who worked in the Flagstaff area timber industry over 110 years. |
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