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El Paso Union Depot


category : Railroad History
Built in 1906 as the first international train station in the U.S., the handsome renovated building now serves AMTRAK and is home to the city's transportation system, Sun Metro.


Address: Located behind the Convention Center.

Come visit us in El Paso, Texas

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Sierra de Cristo Rey

The Mountain of Christ the King looms above El Paso at point where territories of Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico meet. Prominent on the 4,576

El Paso, TX Natural Attractions

El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center

Collection includes aerial photographs of World War II concentration camps, personal effects such as death camp pajamas, and artifacts captured by American servicemen, as well as re-creation of a death camp transport train. Museum plans to open a new center in downtown El Paso in January 2005

El Paso, TX Museums

Hueco Tanks State Historical Site

Precious water from infrequent rains "stored" in natural rock basins; for centuries a strategic travel stop in this arid region. Ancient Indian pictographs, plus names of '49

El Paso, TX Historic Sites

Fort Bliss

U.S. Army post established in 1848

El Paso, TX Historic Forts

El Paso Centennial Museum

Archeology, anthropology, geology;

El Paso, TX Museums

Things to do Railroad History near El Paso, TX

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Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso

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Sanderson Depot

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Pecos Depot

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