We stayed in Flagstaff, Arizona during our May 2015 visit to Oak Creek Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monumnet, Wupatki National Monumnet, Grand Canyon National Park and Walnut Canyon National Monument. While there, we stopped at the visitor center housed in the train depot built by the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad in 1926. The depot is located on Historic Route 66, formerly Front Street. One block to the east is the 1897 depot built by the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. Just east of the 1897 depot, a steam locomotive is on display beside Route 66 at Santa Fe Plaza. The locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in January, 1911 and was last operated as number 25 by Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc.
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| North or road side of the depot |
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| The east end of the depot is an Amtrak station |
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| Trackside view of the depot |
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| Covered portico on the track side |
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| The visitor center is located in the former waiting room |
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| A gift shop is located in an adjacent room |
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| The 1897 A&P depot is still used by BNSF |
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| The street side of the 1897 depot |
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| This October 2000 sculpture is "The Gandy Dancer" |
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| Current day "Gandy Dancers" of the BNSF Maintenance of Way Department |
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| 1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 locomotive |
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| Another view of the locomotive and tender |
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| Looking east along the BNSF tracks |
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| Looking west along the BNSF double track mainline |
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| The "Fountain of Youth" has been capped |
The visitor center website is http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/.
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