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March 1943. "Amarillo, Texas. General view over the city and the Santa Fe railyard." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
I'm sure that as large as Texas is, there must be some variation in terrain. However, this is exactly what I picture the Texas landscape as, when I think of Texas.
Note the unusual B&O wagon top boxcar at the lower right. These were unique to the B&O.
I have been through here a bunch of times, the terrain around Amarillo really is that flat. It's almost uncanny. Makes Kansas look like the Swiss Alps.
why people thought the world was flat. Those were my immediate thoughts when I got out of the plane on my first trip to Amarillo back in 1962.
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