From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
I live in Clinton, MO, and the passenger depot used to be located in what is now the parking lot of our library. I believe it was served by the Frisco Lines. It has since been relocated to its present location and is now the Chamber of Commerce. In order, they are of the Clinton depot circa 1908, after its 1944 renovation and shortly before its demolition.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
The old UP depot here in Boise, ID is now owned by the city. It has been kept in good shape and it sees a limited amount of activity as it can be used for meetings and various activities. I went to a wedding reception there about a year ago. Most of the original decor on both the inside and out are still intact. It's a beautiful 2 story brick structure with spanish tile roofing. I hear that the City of Boise is trying to get Amtrack service restored there; it has been probably five years since the last train stopped there.
On a side note; the back of the station in the parking lot is is the site where Sen. Larry Craig gave his "I'm not gay" speech when that scandal broke a number of months ago.
In Collinwood Tn. the re-built station is a public library.
In Jackson Tn. it is a RR musuem, very worth seeing!
A few of my favorite depots from my hometowns:
Sayre, PA -originally Lehigh Valley Railroad, today houses the museum of the Sayre Historical Society..tracks outside still see NS trains:
http://www.sayrehistoricalsociety.org/
Rochester, NY - originally Lehigh Valley Railroad, today houses the Dinosaur BBQ Resturant. No tracks outside:
http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/rochesterIndex.php
Rochester, NY - originally Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, then B&O. today houses "Nick Tahou's Hots" resturant. Tracks outside still in use by Rochester & Southern railroad:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/280962152_3afbf9ade7.jpg?v=0
(thats the largest surviving Rochester train station..although New York Central had much larger ones..but sadly, not surviving today.)
Scot
I was born in Oxford PA. The last I heard the depot there was being used as the city offices.
When I was 5, my family moved to suburban Phila. No train station nearby, however, the train station I remember most from that era is still doing what it was built to do.
Paoli was where my mom and I boarded the Paoli Local for many exciting trips into center city Phila! Great Times!
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
the old passenger station in logan wv. is now city hall. just a few years ago they tore out the concrete platform between the tracks to replace the ties.
mike t.