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While lingering in the shade of the Kelso Depot waiting platform, I chat with a couple on their first visit to the Preserve

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01414-no-trains.jpg Kelso Depot Visitor Centre, Mojave National Preserve, former 1920s train station restored in 2005ThumbnailsDesert willows bloom and attract hummingbirds outside the Kelso Depot bathroom buildingKelso Depot Visitor Centre, Mojave National Preserve, former 1920s train station restored in 2005ThumbnailsDesert willows bloom and attract hummingbirds outside the Kelso Depot bathroom buildingKelso Depot Visitor Centre, Mojave National Preserve, former 1920s train station restored in 2005ThumbnailsDesert willows bloom and attract hummingbirds outside the Kelso Depot bathroom buildingKelso Depot Visitor Centre, Mojave National Preserve, former 1920s train station restored in 2005ThumbnailsDesert willows bloom and attract hummingbirds outside the Kelso Depot bathroom buildingKelso Depot Visitor Centre, Mojave National Preserve, former 1920s train station restored in 2005ThumbnailsDesert willows bloom and attract hummingbirds outside the Kelso Depot bathroom building

I take a few keepsake photos of them (on their camera) and talk briefly about Kelso Depot's former role as housing for crew and as a water stop. People always wonder why such a huge train station would be located in such an empty location.