I thought I’d fill in a few “blanks” in Jack Delano’s journey out west back in March of 1943. There were several Santa Fe depots that Mr. Delano photographed as he was passing by, one of them being a rather large facility in Pampa, Texas.

Pampa must have been a bustling place at the time judging from the number of businesses along the tracks. There looks to be a fair sized express building connected to the depot proper.

Details abound here: I like the brick platforms and I think the platform lights are interesting as well. Note the train order signal out between the double main lines. The horizontal position of the semaphore blades indicates that trains headed both ways need to pick up train orders.