The Rio Grande Scenic SuperDome was parked on the railroad siding along Santa Fe Drive -- a solitary reminder of the December Polar Express. I took my first train ride in a similar 1950s-era Pullman car on the last passenger train run from the Lubbock depot (the train station on 800 Ave E -- not the beer-drinking Depot).
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad came to Lubbock in 1909 and passenger service was discontinued in the mid to late 1950s. My grandparents Smith took my sister and me on the train for the long journey (45 miles) to Plainview. According to Wikipedia, we probably rode on the Eastern Express bound for Chicago via Amarillo. We made the return trip in the Buick Roadmaster.
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