WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITES TRAIN STATION OF ALL TIMES.

[Anonymous]

Large stations still standing: Washington's Union Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Philadelphia's 30th Street Station....

Depots still standing: Davis, California, Springfield, Illinois, and Abilene, Texas (although not in use).

However, my favorite was the beautiful domed Katy station in Waco, Texas..... Too bad, its been torn down.....

[Tharmeni]

Union Station in Indianapolis. Enter it today and it still smells like coal smoke. I was told on our tour that it is the oldest standing Union Station in country.

[rockisland4309]

1. Ex-SP/Amtrak newly refurbished station in Tucson, AZ
2. Ex-SP/RI Tucumcari, NM station
3. Union Station in Chicago

[motor]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rixflix

Reading PA's Outer Station.

I drove by it a month and a half ago. It looks like it now houses the Reading city public works department.

Yes, 30th St. in Philly is cathedral like, and near the east end of the waiting room is a statue of an angel carrying a fallen warrior off to heaven. On its pedestal are the names of the PRR employees who died fighting WWII.

The other two silverchampion listed, well, being 43, I'm sorry I missed out on Broad St. and the old Penn Station

motor

[tatans]

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, divisional point of the C.P.R. mainline on the prairies, Massive stone and brick with huge clock tower at the bottom of Main Street, inside large domed ceiling, brass ticket counters, marble and tile everywhwere, large restaurant, news stand, tiled underground tunnels to the trains, huge upper windows much like a cathedral, massive glass-enclosed model of old C.P. ships, beside the station was a magnificent garden,now a parking lot. The architectural details are unbelievable, came within months of being demolished, sad to say it actually was semi -preserved as a Govenment Liquor Store.

[csmith9474]

St Louis Union Station
Southern Pacific Sunset Station, San Antonio
Santa Fe Station, Ft Stockton TX

[Modelcar]

Penn Station in NYC era....early 40's.

[bobwilcox]

1. Cincinnati Union
2. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
3. Grand Central, NYC

[spbed]

Hinkle OR just a little shack with no bench. Seems to fit into the A/trak scheme of things perfectly [:o)][:p]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SILVERCHAMPION

MY FAVORILTES ARE
1 THE LATE,GREAT PENNSYLVANIA STATION, NEW YORK CITY
2 OLD BROAD ST. STATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
3 30th ST. STATION PHILADELPHIA, PA,
EMAIL ME AND TELL ME YOURS
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[Anonymous]

The Atlanta Terminal Train Station excelled as a building before its time. Built in 1903, this classic building featured gorgeous Spanish architecture...elaborate interior....gold gilded crown ceiling molding, marble ticket counters and a spectacular clock in a giant golden lions mouth. In the mid 40's at the peak of railroad passenger travel and mail movement, there was such amenities as a barber shop, clothes presser, shoe shine stand, Western Union desk, fruit stand, Traveler's Aid desk, Soda Fountain, Gift Shop,
and 24 hour restaurant that baked from scratch (no hamburgers or hot dogs!).

[rixflix]

Grand Central and the lost Penn for railroad cathedrals in the US,
But I left out Washington DC's Union. If I had a million I'd buy an apartment upstairs and go down for newspapers and coffee in the morning rush. in slippers and bathrobe.
Sort of like Bill Veeck living in his ballparks!!!
And dear old Reading Terminal in Philly, Now the anteroom for the convention center. When I was wee my Dad and I would finish business in town around 4pm and park the Pontiac Safari wagon (yes the pork and beans paint) laden with plated castings, on 8th
street next to the terminal. The wonderful Terminal Market was across the street under the 13 stub tracks and featured every fresh food from the Pennsylvania Dutch farms to the west and seafood and tomatos from New Jersey. Once past that and (was it Becker's?) model train shop, we'd go up the Market Street escalator and not buy tickets, but instead blend into the commuter mob at the automatic train gates. Propelled by the Hatboro local people, we'd reach the head of the mu train and then saunter out to the end of the longest platform and sit on whatever piece of station equipment that was handy.
And then we would would witness the orchestrated symphony of The Reading's rush hour!!! Hatboros, West Trentons, Newtowns, Norristowns, Readings, Pottsvilles would slither out of there amid thunking switches, changing signals and mu and diesel sounds and smells.
Was a railroad-struck kid in 1956 happier???

Rix

[Anonymous]

Best railroad depot so far - WHITEFISH, MONTANA. Kind of a yuppie town but they were all pretty nice and goddamn, that's got to be one of the prettiest towns and depots I've seen in a while. Nice old GN musem, too. check it out if you ever go through there.

[rixflix]

Reading PA's Outer Station. a wye with 40 odd daily trains exchanging express, mail and passengers in the 1950's. and St. Louis Union with the grand 4 tracks to a side wye leading into it.
For most cathedral-like and beautiful it's New York's Grand Central and demolished Penn, but the train action was underground.
But if I could have an apartment overlooking a station's throat, it would probably be Newcastle-on-Tyne in England circa 1939.
Rix

[MP173]

Effingham, Il.

As a young railfan in the 70's I would go to watch the action...IC mainline, PC mainline to St. Louis, and Amtraks on both routes.

The interlocker for the diamond was located in the depot and there was a combination ticket agent/operator.

Got lots of great memories of sitting there all day and taking pictures of trains, two double track mainlines, with train orders, passenger trains and lots of action.

MP173

[Anonymous]

I'm partial to NY stations since that is what I'm familiar with. My favorite was the O&W station in Middletown, NY, classic small city, big station architecture. Back in the early 80's I worked for the PO and it was on my mail route. I used to like just being in the place. The building suffered a disasterous fire last winter. Not sure of it's current condition.

I also like the old NYC station in Rhinecliff, NY. Hugging the hillside along the Hudson River and constructed in the "standard" Central style, it was where I boarded Amtrak for my commute to work before moving to the North Country.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

The Santa Fe depot in Fullerton,California.I spent 10 years of my life up there and I sure got my fill of the trains,pictures,cab rides,the friendly crew members,and the weather.

[Anonymous]

Chicago Union Station
Tremont on the South Shore Line (looked like an old, orange summer cabin)
Highmoor on the North Shore Line

Mitch

[cstaats]

I just came back from New Jersey. I have not seen the Lackawanna Station since the early 1990's. You feel like you are stepping into the 1940's. Great job of restoring the station.

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

QUOTE: Originally posted by shrek623

The old abandoned train station that used to be down the street from my parents house in the little town of Kaneville, IL. It was part of an interurban system(I think it was called CA & E-Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin.) that ran through town joining Aurora to Dekalb, IL(I think). My parents have some good old photos of the trains and the station from circa 1920's I think. Great to walk through and imagine. Torn down in the mid '80's.

I also like to stop by old stations that have been abondoned and wonder what they must have been like in their hey-days. I just stopped by the old station in Pontiac, IL last week (at the crossing of the (now U.P.) GM&O and another line (I think it may be the TP&W?). This station is hard to get to on foot due to the very high weeds, etc., but is great to look at and wonder. I guess I'd make a good railroad archeologist.

eloadude:

The "other" railroad at Pontiac was Wabash coming over to Streator from the southeast...(Although Illinois Central's branchline on the Middle Division made appearances and left early, MInonk to Pontiac to Saxony) TP& W runs south of Pontiac (Wabash connected to the TP&W just west of Fairbury..
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/IL/County/livingston.htm

I nominate WINTON PLACE station (B&O built in 1878 / PRR) in Cincinnati (moved, to a heritage park in Sharon Woods and ought to be painted red IMHO, how I remember it - my earliest railroad memories involve that depot and a Baldwin Centipede on PRR)
http://www.heritagevillagecincinnati.org/buildings/chesterpark.htm

[locomutt]

Another one to add to my list:
Prince,WVa;Art Deco,with the "Chessie" emblem in 'mosaic' on the floor.[:)]

[Modelcar]

....Must add another one: Small town, Ligonier, in western Pennsylvania had the Ligonier Valley Railroad and they had a beautiful white stone depot that was 2-stories and contained the railroad general offices on 2nd floor and passenger terminal facilities first floor...Building still exists and still has the long train shed along the back side where the train stopped. Building is used by area school with office space. Building was unusually hansom for such a small railroad and town.

[MP57313]

Cris Helt,
Yes it's still Los Angeles Union Station (formerly Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal). It is now a lot busier with Metrolink trains, MTA Gold Line (tracks 1 & 2), and the MTA Red Line (entrance to subway)
The Rio Grande station in Salt Lake includes a bar and grill (at least it did in 2002)

espeefoamer,
I've been to Pico Rivera many times...was the station at the Passons St. crossing? The palm trees make it "look like" a station was there.

My favorites:
1. San Diego, CA Santa Fe station (still looks like "the old days" with Santa Fe heralds in many locations around the interior/exterior
2. San Bernardino, CA station (just re-dedicated last month wit 3751 in attendance). This was the main-line station closest to home during the early-railfan years

MP

[espeefoamer]

1.Chicago Union Station
2.For train watching:Vancouver WA.
3.Old C&NW station,Chicago
4.ATSF station, Pico Rivera,CA.
I hung out here a lot when I was in high school.
(This station is now gone).

[davews]

One of the most intriguing: the Santa Fe passenger depot, Dodge City, KS. Built, 1898; restoration completed, 2003. Largest still in use in KS.

[Anonymous]

I like the NJT Mt OIive station, you can get some good photos there.

[Anonymous]

1. Los Angeles Union Station (or whatever it's called nowadays). I visited it twice in the mid 1980s. Once was on a bus, and the second time was comming into the station on an Amtrak train, and leaving on one of Amtrak's San Diegans the same day. I love the design of the station, as it hearkens back to a simpler time. [:)][:)]
2. The Rio Grande station in Salt Lake City. Cool design, but the tracks behind the station are gone, and the building's used as a museum. [:(]
3. Ogden Union Station. Another great looking station. The tracks are still behind it, and the station has several museums and restaurants in it, plus a couple of gift shops, a hobby store, and of course an outdoor museum with a gas turbine loco, a UP 4-8-4, SP SD45, Santa Fe RSD15, and other assorted cars and locomotives. [8D]

[Randy Stahl]

Randolph street station on the old South Shore line, Tamms Ill.
Randy

[Anonymous]

Durand Union Station in Durand, Michigan

Built in 1903 and stands preserved today as the Michigan Railroad Museum.

It served the Grand Trunk Western and Ann Arbor Railroads.

You may read about it at: http://www.durandstation.org

It has wonderful charm, railroad archive, gift shop, displays, and sits at the diamond of CN and Michigan Central. A wonderful place to meet fellow railfans.

[Train Guy 3]

1. N&W Passenger Terminal Roanoke, VA 2. Kemper St. Station Lynchburg, VA
3 Washington Union Station

[Anonymous]

illinoic central grand station chicago, union station wash.d.c.,ill cent decatur,ill, ill central ft.dodge ia, and many more more.GOD BLESS