Tucson Station

Address 400 N. Toole Avenue, Tucson, AZ

The 1907 Southern Pacific depot is a handsome brick-and-tile station built when Tucson was the main railroad town on the southern transcontinental line. Amtrak still uses it; the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle pass through three times a week in each direction.

Out front stand a restored Southern Pacific locomotive (1673) and a vintage passenger car, both maintained by the volunteer Southern Arizona Transportation Museum next door. The small museum is free and worth a half-hour.

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Locomotive 1673 outside the station hauled the Southern Pacific service between Yuma and El Paso through the early twentieth century. It featured prominently in the 1955 film 'Oklahoma!' as the train ridden by Curly McLain, hauled out to Hollywood for the shoot and shipped back afterwards.

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