HomeMy WebLinkAboutRail Travel to Austin 120303IT'S HISTOR~
These notes were prepare~
traveled
on December 28.
2.
ered June 28
Calver~ to Wac,.
the etartin~ point.
to Spring.
of the I~3N. In ·
6~.75
was reached ia 1~01
begun on May I, 1~2.
3. For
trains
rode the 30 miles
so he boarded the "~ain line"
was not so
excellent meals and provided overnight
their connectio~$."
%he a
people
,a, aa chart-
was chamged
division
time
served
who "missed
I recall an interesting incident which happened to me
run one day 40-odd years ago, I waa on mY way to Austin on
Several it stopped in BrYan,
which I was sitting hut ~
when an elderly man approached.meand if he might
train had mo more than asked if
next to the window, We had hardly
knew where the county line wa~, Aa ened
seen a sign marking the Brazos-Robertaon county line out
told the ge~tleman that I was au.rs I could point
then turned to ~w and
ever rode a train
County.
~inutes, As luck would have
feet before we
up ahead thereo
I shali
difference. It aX~,~oo~:
I have
way have bee~ associated w~th,hia
trip out of his native
"This is
I. have
the CS-VJ
~he day tr~n,
~he car in
seat
might sit
asked me if
I had
. I
to hi~, He
first time
out of Bravos
I can see
2O
that sign
~ when he
"there's no
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