The grand look of El Paso Union Depot (1906). Once the place where many
name trains of the SP and T&P called daily, it now sees 3 Amtrak Sunset
Limiteds each way per week. Offices of El Paso County Transit, Mar. 2006. |
East Ely station (1907) and headquarters of the Nevada Northern RR Museum.
Apr. 2006 |
Mexico City's San Lazaro (Lazarus) station in its last days in 1965. |
Perryville, Maryland (1905). Ex PRR, Amtrak owned, MARC commuter stop, June
2006 |
East Strasburg Station, Strasburg RR in 1976. Formerly the 1882 Reading
& Columbia RR depot in East Petersburg, PA |
Reinholds, PA depot. HQ for Penn Eastern Railroad's Lancaster & Northern. |
Point of Rocks, Maryland (1873-75). Beauty of a station on the CSX Metropolitan
Line where it joins the former B&O Old Main Line. An American RR Icon.
CSX Maintenance office. June 2007 |
Stewart
Junction -- a reproduction freighthouse serves as the Education Center for
the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. |
At Irondale, Alabama a railfan photo pavilion sits beside the Norfolk Southern
tracks right in front of the Whistle Stop Cafe, famous for their fried green
tomatoes. |
Guadalupe,
California. An Amtrak stop near the beach and a good example of Southwestern
themed station architecture. |
At
Duncan Mills, California this freighthouse is in a commercial center including
a depot that I did not get a good picture of. |
Alamosa,
Colorado. Old Denver & Rio Grande station now serves the San Luis &
Rio Grande Railroad and the San Luis Scenic trains to La Veta Pass and to
a meeting with the Cumbres & Toltec |
Grand
Junction, Colorado (1910). Built by Denver & Rio Grande RR. Still a
station stop for the "California Zephyr" now operated by Amtrak. |
Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania. Amtrak stop. Pennsylvania Railroad station awaits funding
decisions for its restoration. |
Gap,
Pennsylvania. PRR station located on Amtrak's Keystone Service route. Abandoned. |
Gap,
Pennsylvania. PRR station located on Amtrak's Keystone Service route. |
Gap,
Pennsylvania. What happens when restoration plans are just talked about. |
Pennsylvania
Station, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1887). Amtrak stop. Nicely restored. |
Pennsylvania
Station, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Scene of the founding of the National
Railroad Historical Society. Amtrak stop currently undergoing refurbishing. |
Pennsylvania
Station, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Passenger platforms. |
Pennsylvania
Station, New York City. Unfortunately I missed the old station by many years.
The current one is nothing to look at. |
Clayton,
New Mexico. Old freighthouse is all that remains of the Fort Worth &
Denver City Railroad, now BNSF. |
Grand
Central Station, New York City. Big, grand, beautiful. Metropolitan Transit
station for Metro North Rail service. |
Grand
Central Station, New York City. Main concourse with the famous information
desks. |
Orbisonia
station, Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania (1907). Station stop for the narrow
gauge East Broadtop steam railroad. |
Reading
Terminal, Philadelphia (1893). The trainshed is now an airy, spacious main
entrance to the Philadelphia Convention Center. |
Paoli,
Pennsylvania. Amtrak and SEPTA stop. |
Thirtieth
Street Station, Philadelphia (1933). One of the great achievements of American
railroad architecture. One of Amtrak's busiest stops. |
Thirtieth
Street Station, Philadelphia. (1933) |
Thirtieth
Street Station, Philadelphia (1933). Commuter platforms are elevated about
40 feet above the Amtrak platforms and at right angle to them. |
Steinman
Station, Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Representation of a c. 1915 PRR depot
at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Scene of telegraph demonstration.
The baggage room shows the museum's orientation video. |
Temple,
Pennsylvania. Former host location to the reading Company Technical &
Historical Society, now situated a few miles North in Hamburg, PA. The Grand
Opening there is scheduled for April 12, 2008. |
Sunset
Station, San Antonio, Texas (1903). A real glory of the Southern Pacific
Railroad. Now serves as the centerpiece of a commercial and entertainment
area adjacent to the Alamodome. Serves the infrequent Amtrak service. |
Sunset
Station, San Antonio, Texas (1903). Interior view. |
International
& Great Northern Station, San Antonio, Texas (1908). Once a passenger
station for the I&GN, then the Missouri Pacific and then Amtrak. Now
headquarters for a municipal employees credit union who must be credited
for the very good restoration. |
Teague,
Texas (1907). The Burlington-Rock Island depot now houses a fine railroad
museum next to the BNSF Gulf Division tracks. |
Walt
Disney World, Florida (1972). Main Street Station for the Walt Disney World
Railroad. |
West
Willow, Pennsylvania. Once a depot on the Lancaster & Reading, it was
abandoned, restored as an office, and is now for sale. |
The
depot in Ashland, Virginia. This is CSX Transportation, the former Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac. Across the tracks is Randolph Macon College.
Amtrak stop. |
The
old Reading depot in Topton, PA now is home to a cafe next to the Norfolk
Southern. |
PRR
Depot Christiana, PA. Inactive, preserved. On Amtrak Keystone Route in Lancaster
County |
PRR
freight house Christiana, PA. Restored and used as home of Lancaster Chapter
NRHS. |
Amtrak
station, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. A stop on the Keystone Route. Ex-PRR.
Active |
Ex-Reading
Company station, Lititz, Pennsylvania. Restored and preserved by the community. |