But even for residents who never use the Southwest Chief, its presence is a symbol.
He said that he and his wife, Orvileta, have gone down to meet the Southwest Chief twice in the past few weeks.
Or the Southwest Chief, bound for Garden City and points beyond.
Twice each day, Sundays and holidays included, the Southwest Chief pulls to a full stop downtown to let passengers get off and let passengers get on.
Efforts are under way to find financing to maintain the old tracks so the Southwest Chief will keep arriving in Garden City every day, as it always has.
Residents who live nearby can literally stroll over to the train station, hop on the Southwest Chief, and step off at the end of the line in Los Angeles.
The Telegram reported that, because of the cost of maintaining the old tracks, the Southwest Chief may, within the next several years, be switched to an entirely different BNSF route, farther south.
Nothing is forever, though, and the possibility that the Southwest Chief may, within a few years, no longer come through Garden City is one of those stories built on dry, arcane economic facts.
Mayor Crase, who also runs the local Little Caesars pizza franchise, said that from his house he can hear the Southwest Chief pulling into town on its journey across America early each morning and late each night.
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Mr. Spiegelman is the Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University, and editor-in-chief of the Southwest Review.
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