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I grew up in a small Southwest Missouri town call Bois D' Arc. If Bois D' Arc ever had an honest to God depot I never saw it or photos of it. However, in the last days of Frisco Bois D' Arc was a flag stop. If you wanted to ride the train then you got the red flag out of the "Depot" (which I am told looked more like a 1 holer outhouse than a depot) and flagged down the train. I am sure from the stories I am told that the occupancy of the so called building was no more than 2 people at any given time. [;)] You bought your ticket on the train, there was no station agent at the outhouse, errr, I mean depot. [:D] <br /> <br /> <br />I now live in North Little Rock, Arkansas, as many of you know. The Rock Island Depot still stands and is being used by a government agency of some sort. NLR was originally named, Argenta, and it is Argenta that is engraved into the concrete of the building along with the Rock Island symbol. I am not sure about SSW or MoPac on the NLR side of the river. <br /> <br />Now on the Little Rock side of the river, the most famous use of a depot (in the United States) probally is the old Rock Island Depot. It is now used as part of the Clinton Presidential Library. Here are a few photos during the opening days of construction of the Presidential Library showing the Rock Island Depot. <br /> <br />http://naphotos.nerail.org/show/?order=byposter&page=2&key=jtrainplanes <br /> <br />The MoPac Depot still stands and is being used as 1.) Amtrak Station, 2.) Restaurant and lounge, and 3.) office space. This is a very good sized building in somewhat good condition. <br /> <br />Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I am not sure about the SSW Depot. It still stands but is used as a warehouse I think. <br /> <br />
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