Flagstaff's Train Depot 

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Flagstaff is a nice town. Also great video and nice train catch.

I was there in 2000, looks like it hasn’t changed much. It’s not surprising that a train was going by, there are several trains every hour. There’s a webcam on the station so you can watch the trains from anywhere at any time 😊

I lived in Flag back in middle 60s to 71 and never got into the station. I'll be making a trip through Flag in a week or 2 and I think we will be stopping now after sering your video.

Lisa, Thank you for making this video! I’ve been to the Flagstaff train station twice but that was when on I was on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. Since it goes through Flagstaff at night I was asleep both times. So, I’ve been to Flagstaff but haven’t seen it yet. 😂

This video was a great way to start my morning Lisa 👍

GREAT video, Lisa, and thanks for sharing! I am VERY familiar with Flagstaff and its iconic station which is one of the BEST places in the USA to gaze at passing trains along with La Plata, MO. and the Amtrak Station there and Depot Inn nearby. I LOVE Arizona and even looked at real estate in Flagstaff and several other Arizona cities years ago, especially Prescott. It is my second favorite state after Kansas, though I am a native from San Jose, CA. who currently lives in Albuquerque. Yes, it often gets quite windy in Northern Arizona like here in New Mexico, especially in the spring, and beware of the torrential thunderstorms in the summer in Flagstaff and the severe blizzards in the winter time. Glad you had a nice day on your visit and Meteor Crater east of Flagstaff and south of I-40 is also worth a visit along with the world-famous Grand Canyon north of Flagstaff. Happy Traveling and be safe out there on the road! 😎

As a kid I used to get on Amtrak at Flagstaff. Use to atop in Winslow at La Posada or went the other way to LA. Went to the other LA Louisiana getting on the train at Maricopa. Back then Amtrak had more stops lot of old cafes and diners, sadly not around. EL Paso still has the Burroto Lady. Across Union station in LA still has a great place for taquitos? I hope. El Rancho Grande. Safe travels.😊

cute..and a great dad you have to get into one of the best hobbies in the world..Thanks for sharing! sub'd🚂

Yes, last year, in March 2023, We took the Grand Canyon railroad to the south rim of the canyon. I had never seen the Grand Canyon before. My wife got tickets for their dome car. The trip was about 60 miles one way. We loved it. That was the best way to go to the Grand Canyon. The railroad did a nice job. I think that the train that is running in your video is the BN&SF mainline, If I remember that right. Great video.Thanks.

Never heard of Flagstaff until watching this video. Honestly really loos like a nice area while watching freight trains go by

That Kinda Reminds That Of Me When I a Little Boy And After that I Was Hooked On Trains For Life And I Will Never Shake the Train Bug.

Neat ,thanks for showing the inside of the station .

Hi Lisa. I have not been there. Beautiful depot. Thanks for sharing with us. 😎👍🏼

The Grand canyon railroad is in Williams Arizona roughly 20 mi west of Flagstaff

The track was owned by the Santa Fe until the merged with Burtington Northern now the BNSF. It is there main route between Chicago and LA. Amtrak runs daliy trains (Southwest Cheif) on this route. There is heavy frieght traffic on it.

Make your way to Southern Nevada. I'll be your tour guide and show you how the railroad played a huge part in the construction of the Hoover Dam. The local county museum also has artifacts including houses the railroad built in the early 1900's. We can tour the Nevada Southern Railroad and also take a look on Fremont St and find the marker that denotes the location where land was sold, marking the origins of Las Vegas. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks, Terry

There’s a nice museum & railroad related park across the street with an old steam locomotive on display and an Amtrak station not far away in Kingman, AZ east on I-40 from Flagstaff (it’s in town) and then the big Dam & Lake just before getting to Las Vegas from Kingman but not aware of any RR related things in that area but there may be?

A railroad event about to start. Union Pacific will run a live steam locomotive, from Cheyenne, Wy. to Sacramento, Ca. See more here on YT,.

Love the blues music.

They run a train that goes from that depot to the Grand Canyon. It’s a fun excursion that you should check out!

Now how cool is that? A beautifully preserved vintage train station (Man, is that place BUILT! Stone blocks and all!) with a "Twelve-inch-to-the-foot-scale" operating model railroad right outside the door! 🤣 I can't tell you what's to see that's "railroady" out your way but here in the Richmond VA area there's two well-preserved atations. One's in Ashland VA on the old RF&P (now CSX) mainline that been saved as a visitor center and RF&P mini-museum, and you can get close enough to the passing trains to touch 'em, not that you should! There's also the old C&O station in downtown Richmond, a well-preserved turn of the 20th Century station that's now used by Amtrak. Thanks for bringing us along Lisa!

Another great video, Lisa!

When you get to Los Angeles, consider taking Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" to Seattle. It's a gorgeous route that you can't see by car. It's an overnight trip each way on the train. The night time hours are different in each direction. Just north of San Jose, the train runs through an old ghost town on one of the islands in the SF Bay. If you find yourself in the San Jose area for a while, the Niles District in Fremont is where the old Essanay movie studio was located. That's where most of the Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Billy movies were made. There's a historic theater and museum there. There's also a tourist train that runs between there and the town of Sunol. Its right of way was part of the original transcontinental railroad when it was extended from Sacramento through Stockton and Fremont to Oakland. In Sacramento, a few blocks from the Amtrak station, is the California Railroad Museum. That makes for an interesting day. About halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento is the town of Fairfield. East of Fairfield along Hwy 12 about halfway to the town of Rio Vista is the Western Railway Museum, which is dedicated to intercity trolley trains that were once common throughout the region. And if you go all the way out to Colorado, check out the Colorado Railroad Museum in the city of Golden. They have locomotives and rolling stock representing several generations of railroading. They also have most of the "Galloping Geese" from the old Rio Grande Southern railway. Golden is also the site of the original Coors brewery. A river flows past it, so now you know where the famous Rocky Mountain Spring Water comes from. And kids swim in it, so now you know where it gets its flavor. 😉

just found you, Super Cute Fun Lady, and you like trains!.... Arizona is my State if you have any questions about trains here.

East of Flagstaff, in Winslow, is a city park themed after the old Eagles tune "Take It Easy". It's in the downtown area along business rte. 66.

Visit Strasburg PA!

The Flagstaff depot basement is rumored to be haunted.