I forgot to say Garrett Indiana has a RR museum and a Model Railroad club in its B&O station. While if you head out to New Haven Indiana. The old Wabash Station is just sitting empty and falling off of its foundation. Going a little further east, You will find the LE&W depot that was moved from Craigville and put in a small RR museum that runs a small 2 foot steamer.
I wished that a RR club would approach the owners of the PRR museum and asked if they could rent a space out from them!!!! Just my .02 cents thou.... Kevin
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The old Baltimore and Ohio Station here in Sykesville, Maryland, is now used as a restaurant: Baldwin Station.
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Well, here in northeastern Wisconsin, we have many still around:
C&NW in Green Bay is a micro-brewery/resturaunt
C&NW in New London is a C&NW museum
C&NW in Shawano is restored
C&NW in Neenah is an architect firm
Green Bay Route in Iola is a museum
Soo Line in Waupaca is being restored by the Waupaca Historical Society. The matching freight-house is privately owned and restored.
Milwaukee Road in Neenah is being used to house a MRR club layout.
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I have lived in two towns since I was born. Pardeeville, WI, and Oxford, WI (my current home)
Pardeeville's Milwaukee Road depot is still existing, 2 miles out of town, as a house in a subdivision.
Oxford's Chicago & North Western, a standard #2 style, depot is still used by the Union Pacific as a M-O-W office. Aparently, all of the offices are being moved to Adams (similar to the CP's switch of M-O-W stations to Tomah, in which the Sparta depot, and the New Lisbon depot were torn down), and the depot has been offered to the city of Oxford. Here is is...
Phil
In Wickenburg, AZ , the old Santa Fe has been restored to its orginal outside appearance and is now used as the Chamber of Commerce.......also at the site is an old steam engine and a wooden caboose....
Sam
I live in Fort Myers Florida. Ft Myers was once served by both the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railroads. The ACL had 3 depots; SAL had one. The first ACL depot was in a store. The railroad leased the upstairs living quarters for the agent who sold tickets from a desk in the store. This building is a restaurant today. The second ACL depot was a combination passenger and freight depot. It was located on a pier in the river. The passenger depot was moved to a new building around 1925; the building continued to serve as a freight station until it was torn down a week before President Kennedy was assasinated. The last ACL passenger depot is now the town museum; the freight station is used by a truck dealer.
The Seaboard Air Line had a passenger depot and a freight station. The passenger depot is now a hardware store, and the freight station is used by a store-fixture dealer.
Thankfully the old T&OC station here in Bucyrus,Ohio is being refurbish.
Also the old "milk " station that was on Plymouth Street was moved to the T&OC station area and refurbish.
Larry
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Here in Eustis, Fla. , the freight depot is now a paint warehouse with 3 boxcars connected to the building as added storage space. They bring in supplies on the still existing spur.
The passenger depot is now a Bank of America branch . Mt. Doras depot is now the chamber of commerce . Still has the semiphore.
Tavares depot is now a fire station.
Flip
My hometown Ft.Wayne Indiana.
The PRR station is still standing. An Archetect firm bought it and revamped the east end into their offices. The Main concourse is still open. Meetings are held in there. The stairs to the passenger platforms are walled off with sheet rock. The west end of the station is used by a chuch and they hold concerts there on Monday nights.
The Wabash station was to the SE of the PRR station. The only remains of the station are steps that lead up to the passenger plaform. When my son and I were there the last time we saw a Goundhog running up the Stairs.( Last Spring)
The NYC depot is still standing and is being used as a fabric shop.
The only thing left of the NKP passenger Depot is the Stairs and baggage elevator to the passenger eleavation. Not a good thing to go around here cause of the NS police. Kevin
In Apex, NC it's now the Chamber of Commerce. The tracks are still there and still busy. Was SAL, then SCL, then CSXT. The old Durham and Southern (now NS) connected in APEX as well.
Wasn't into southern railroading before, but it has a very unique and appealing charm. Were I not so deep into northeastern railroading, I might be tempted to model something like the Clinchfield, SAL, or even modern-day CSX.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
I loved this thread when it was going strong, so I thought I would "re-up" it to see if we could get some more great depot stories and photos.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by frisco1519 We have two still here in Enid Oklahoma. The old Frisco depot was destroyed years ago along with the roundhouse and most of the yard. The Rock Island depot is still standing but in very poor condition. Several attempts have been made to convert it into a business but all have been abandoned. The Santa Fe Depot was refurbished with a Federal grant and is the Senior Citizens center here. Next door is the Sante Fe freight depot which houses the railroad Museum of Oklahoma. If you ever have a chance to come by this museum please stop by to visit. You will not be disappointed. Here is the website for the museum, http://www.railroadmuseumofoklahoma.org/
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