Historic Railroad Depot - Flagstaff

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.

North or road side of the depot

The east end of the depot is an Amtrak station

Trackside view of the depot

Covered portico on the track side

The visitor center is located in the former waiting room

A gift shop is located in an adjacent room

The 1897 A&P depot is still used by BNSF

The street side of the 1897 depot

This October 2000 sculpture is "The Gandy Dancer"

Current day "Gandy Dancers" of the BNSF Maintenance of Way Department

1911 Baldwin 2-8-0 locomotive

Another view of the locomotive and tender

Looking east along the BNSF tracks

Looking west along the BNSF double track mainline

The "Fountain of Youth" has been capped

The visitor center website is http://www.flagstaffarizona.org/.