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Last train to Kerrville

Presented by the Longhorn Chapter of the NRHS located at
the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, Texas.

Rail service to the Texas hill country came to an end in 1971. Texas Transportation Museum founder and first chairman, David Wallace, was allowed to ride in the caboose on the very last freight train, which was hauling asphalt to Kerrville. By the time service ended, the Southern Pacific was only running two freights a week beyond Camp Stanley to Kerrville.

What follows is a series of images captured from the 8mm film that David took of this historic last train. The quality is not of the highest and the movie itself is short, only five minutes, but it remains an important testimony to the almost ninety years of service along the line.

See bottom of this page for links to more pages about this line
and the home page of the Texas Transportation Museum web site.

Boerne (now gone) and Waring (still there) depots

The railroad bridge over the Guadalupe river, near Comfort

The wool warehouse (now gone) and the depot (still there) in Comfort

Center Point depot

Kerrville passenger depot

Kerrville freight depot and yard (now gone)

To go to the home page of the Texas Transportation Museum web site, click •TTM•

For more information about the history of rail service to Boerne, click •BOERNE•

For information about the history of rail service to Waring and Welfare, click •WARING•

For information about the history of rail service to Comfort, click •COMFORT•

For information about the history of rail service to Center Point, click •CENTER POINT•

For information about the history of rail service to Kerrville, click •KERRVILLE•

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