While April and I were in Waxahachie, we stopped at an old train station that has been remodeled and is now office space for a private company. This old train depot was one of the 'homes' on the Gingerbread Trail tour and April and I were determined to see ALL of the tour.
Here's the side view of the depot:
And here's April hanging out with the locals - she's so friendly. :)
It was such a cool looking building and very well-preserved. Very Texas-looking.
Here's April as a "pimpin' cowgirl" - trying to ride the lion statue!
This is the view from the train depot 'across the tracks'...
Ooh - a train's coming! They blew the horn as we were standing at the depot - it was SOOOO loud, I think I lost some hearing when we were standing there!
And much to my dismay, April tried to hitch a ride!
This was the coolest train depot - it would be a photographer's dream - such good photo ops!
One really interesting thing that we saw inside the train depot (that has nothing to do with trains) was a hat collection of the president of the company that now occupies the building.
When I walked in this room, I was shocked at the number of hats on the walls and after talking with the ladies in the room (who work for the company that occupies the building now), we found out the story behind the hats.....
The president of the company started buying a new hat every year (and sometimes more than once a year) and then retiring the previous year's hat. He started in the 60's, so there are a lot of them! He also kept track of what jobs or important projects he worked on during each hat's 'tenure'.
On the glass in front of each hat, there is a little plaque that shows the dates that he wore that hat and what project/job he was doing and where. It was so interesting! What a cool idea and 'collection'!
Here's the side view of the depot:
And here's April hanging out with the locals - she's so friendly. :)
It was such a cool looking building and very well-preserved. Very Texas-looking. 
Here's April as a "pimpin' cowgirl" - trying to ride the lion statue!
This is the view from the train depot 'across the tracks'...
Ooh - a train's coming! They blew the horn as we were standing at the depot - it was SOOOO loud, I think I lost some hearing when we were standing there!
And much to my dismay, April tried to hitch a ride!This was the coolest train depot - it would be a photographer's dream - such good photo ops!
One really interesting thing that we saw inside the train depot (that has nothing to do with trains) was a hat collection of the president of the company that now occupies the building.When I walked in this room, I was shocked at the number of hats on the walls and after talking with the ladies in the room (who work for the company that occupies the building now), we found out the story behind the hats.....
The president of the company started buying a new hat every year (and sometimes more than once a year) and then retiring the previous year's hat. He started in the 60's, so there are a lot of them! He also kept track of what jobs or important projects he worked on during each hat's 'tenure'.
On the glass in front of each hat, there is a little plaque that shows the dates that he wore that hat and what project/job he was doing and where. It was so interesting! What a cool idea and 'collection'!
1 comment:
That would be cool to see all of those hats and see the neat occurences that happened the year he wore that hat. What a great record of his life to share, I am sure his kids (if he has any) will really enjoy that legacy! Allison
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