Tropico's beautiful Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is a crucial location in Billy Wilder's wonderful film noir Double Indemnity, based on the novel by James M. Cain. Here's a screen capture of the station in the film accompanied by shots I've taken recently.
A photo of the depot in 1927.
The current depot was constructed in 1923 and replaced the original Tropico Station (ahem) built in 1883.
