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Thanks guys, you're awsome. That Beechnut address looks correct. The light fixture in the Google view matches a light fixture in the shot of the Corvette leaving the station. The original title of the series was "The Searchers". But CBS was afraid it would conflict with the John Wayne movie of the same name. So it was changed to Route 66 at the last minute. The show was never meant to focus on the real R66. The whole idea was that Tod and Buz wanted to travel the back roads, away from the interstates, and see what the freeways had bypassed. In the episode 50 Miles From Home, this was shown as a hospital. Can anyone here identify this building and does it still exist?

Hi All, I'm a fan of the TV series Route 66 and was looking for some information on the Houston filming locations. I found this message board and it answered my questions about the location of Steve's Barbecue. I've been to Houstion enough times to know those businesses were not across the street from the Shamrock. By the way, if you watch the whole episdode there is a scene in the beginning shot at the Houston Bus Station and they also edited that to look like the Bus Station was across the street from the Shamrock. In the other Houston episode, Cage Around Maria, I was interested to learn on this thread that the train Martin Milner was driving at the Houston Zoo may have been a prop supplied by the R66 Production Company. I'm trying to find the location of a Houston Police Station that was shown in the Cage Around Maria episode. I have provided a screen shot of it. In a slightly different angle you can see a freeway in front of it and across the freeway there are trees or scrub brush. Everything about this building looks new and my guess is it was a new substation on the outskirts of town. Of course I can't be 100 percent this was an actual police station but I have a feeling that it is/was. If anyone recognizes the building in the screen shot and can give me an address for it, I would appreciate the help. Also if people are seeing this thread for the first time and have any memories of seeing the R66 production company filming these two episodes I'd be interested in reading them. thanks in advance mac