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Originally Posted by texastarkus
I hate to break it to you but you M1EK are wrong.
KATY RAILROAD (KATY and M-K-T and MoKan are all the same railroad) did come into Austin. See the classic photo by J.Parker Lamb dated July of 1964 from page 97 of his book " Steel Wheels Rolling" copyright 2003 Boston Mills Press, Ontario, Canada. The M-K-T (KATY and M-K-T and MoKan are all the same railroad) came into Austin from Georgetown (east of then U.S. Hwy 81), south crossing U.S. Hwy 79 into Round Rock then south thru Pflugerville (thus Rail Road Street) thru Dessau under U.S. 290 across Webberville Road near the old State School and the new Jail, where it continued south till it paralleled (ran next to) the Southern Pacific under U.S. 183 and into downtown Austin. I think the original M-K-T (KATY and M-K-T and MoKan are all the same railroad) depot was on 6th street near Congress Avenue but later moved to wye that's immediately east of Lamar and the Lamar Blvd railroad underpass. The former M-K-T (KATY and M-K-T and MoKan are all the same railroad) depot at Lamar is still standing and is across Lamar from the Amtrack (former MoPac) depot. When MoKan (KATY and M-K-T and MoKan are all the same railroad) abandoned the railroad right of way back in the 80's Capital Metro bought it for light rail.
photo by J.Parker Lamb dated July of 1964 from page 97 of his book "Steel Wheels Rolling" copyright 2003 Boston Mills Press, Ontario, Canada |
There were two passenger depots on opposing corners of Third and Congress that were torn down in the 60's. I believe the depot west of Lamar was built to serve Amtrak when they took over all passenger service from the private railroads. I'm not aware of any depot ever existing on the east side of Lamar, and there definitely is not one there anymore.