Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Depot, Kopperl TX
N 32° 04.205 W 097° 30.115
14S E 641401 N 3549185
The turn-of-the-century Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe train depot in the tiny Bosque Co. town of Kopperl awaits restoration or destruction, whichever comes first.
Waymark Code: WMFT2M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2012
Views: 10
The old GC&SF Depot in tiny Kopperl TX stands lonely and abandoned, a relic of another time. The old "White Waiting Room" sign from the segregation era continues its mission of keeping people out, but this time it bars trespassers and vagrants who would enter the structure, not black patrons who might like to wait for their train in more comfortable surroundings inside.
The depot still sports NGS benchmark CS2251 H 57 under the station manager's window. Before the MKT and GC&SF RRs in the area all were re-routed to avoid being inundated by the newly-built Lake Whitney, this old disk used to be trackside. The RR tracks themselves were removed in the 1960s when declining rail traffic led the GC&SF to abandon service to dozens of towns in the area.
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No
Is the station/depot open to the public?: No
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?:
It appears that the depot is now used for storage of miscellaneous stuff.
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe (a subsidiary of the AT&SF RR)
Station/Depot Web Site: [Web Link]
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