Return trip to Tucumcari
A 1963 stop at a New Mexico railroad town rekindled memories of a childhood train journey
It was a hot day in the summer of 1963. I was driving from my home in Iowa to southern California. I thought I might be able to make it to Tucumcari, N.Mex., before stopping for the night. I studied a road map while eating a hamburger in a cafe besid...