Name That Station!

[zephyr17]

Most of my station pics aren't digitized, so open to all.

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Ok name this station

 

[Ryan]

Looks like KIN, home of The Traveler.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Looks like KIN, home of The Traveler.

The Penthouse? :giggle:

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Ryan is correct KIN it is your turn to post.

 

[Ryan]

Yay!

Let's take to the skies again.

 

[Notelvis]

It's been years since I've been there but this looks like Anniston, AL to me.

 

[Ryan]

Right you are!

 

[Notelvis]

Excellent - No better way to start the weekend than by ending my 'losing' streak!

Here's a dingy, old photo taken at dusk on a muggy summer evening in the 1970's. This is an active Amtrak station...... though it has been renovated and looks much better now.

Who can name it first?

 

[AG1]

Hamlet,NC

 

[Notelvis]

RR Rick is correct - Hamlet, NC. Your turn to post a photo.

Interestingly, as part of the renovation project 8-10 years ago, the Hamlet station was lifted off it's foundation, rotated 90 degrees, and moved about 100 feet south crossing an active east-west CSX freight route in the process. All of this because the original location was inside the northwest quadrant of an intersection. CSX didn't want passengers having to cross their tracks.

Here's what the Hamlet station looks like now.

 

[AG1]

I used to watch the Hamlet web cam daily for months leading up to the moving of the station across the tracks. I missed the actual move due to being at work. There was a time-lapse video, however, which was great. The web-cam could be controlled by the viewers, in turn.

This low resolution shot includes part of a active station platform and a view of some road maintenance to a Superliner. This is not particularly challenging to the regulars on here,but I found it unusual and interesting.

 

[Ryan]

Wow, that's awesome.

You can see the outline of the station to the NE of the current location:

 

[Notelvis]

Wow Ryan..... that's a neat shot showing where the Hamlet station is now and where it was.

My first solo train ride was on Amtrak's 'Silver Star' from Hamlet to DeLand, Fl in 1976. I was a high school freshman at the time. Later, in 1979, I made another train trip arriving in Hamlet from Florida on Amtrak's 'Champion'. I remember arriving at 11:30pm, walking a couple of blocks to Hamlet's Trailways station, and catching an overnight bus to Asheville changing there for the 30 minute hop back to my hometown where I arrived at 7:45am. I was young and my parents trusted my judgement.

Beyond this, I was in college with two twin sisters who grew up in Hamlet. Their father was an old Seaboard man who was a foreman in the Hamlet shops. I also followed the Hamlet webcam during the renovation with great interest.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Wow Ryan..... that's a neat shot showing where the Hamlet station is now and where it was.
My first solo train ride was on Amtrak's 'Silver Star' from Hamlet to DeLand, Fl in 1976. I was a high school freshman at the time. Later, in 1979, I made another train trip arriving in Hamlet from Florida on Amtrak's 'Champion'. I remember arriving at 11:30pm, walking a couple of blocks to Hamlet's Trailways station, and catching an overnight bus to Asheville changing there for the 30 minute hop back to my hometown where I arrived at 7:45am. I was young and my parents trusted my judgement.

Beyond this, I was in college with two twin sisters who grew up in Hamlet. Their father was an old Seaboard man who was a foreman in the Hamlet shops. I also followed the Hamlet webcam during the renovation with great interest.

Nice stories. That Trailways bus sure seems slow for an intrastate trip, it should've been only five hours including stops. Back then you could've taken Trailways from Columbia-Asheville instead.

 

[AG1]

This low resolution shot includes part of a active station platform and a view of some road maintenance to a Superliner. This is not particularly challenging to the regulars on here,but I found it unusual and interesting.

Bumped. This station is served by multiple routes.

 

[Shanghai]

Alexandria, VA??

 

[Notelvis]

Galesburg, IL.

 

[Notelvis]

Wow Ryan..... that's a neat shot showing where the Hamlet station is now and where it was.
My first solo train ride was on Amtrak's 'Silver Star' from Hamlet to DeLand, Fl in 1976. I was a high school freshman at the time. Later, in 1979, I made another train trip arriving in Hamlet from Florida on Amtrak's 'Champion'. I remember arriving at 11:30pm, walking a couple of blocks to Hamlet's Trailways station, and catching an overnight bus to Asheville changing there for the 30 minute hop back to my hometown where I arrived at 7:45am. I was young and my parents trusted my judgement.

Beyond this, I was in college with two twin sisters who grew up in Hamlet. Their father was an old Seaboard man who was a foreman in the Hamlet shops. I also followed the Hamlet webcam during the renovation with great interest.

Nice stories. That Trailways bus sure seems slow for an intrastate trip, it should've been only five hours including stops. Back then you could've taken Trailways from Columbia-Asheville instead.

Several factors - the Trailways station in Hamlet was within walking distance of the train station....... the bus itself left Hamlet around 1am, made lots of stops, and arrived Asheville around 6:30am...... just in time to connect with the one daily bus to Mars Hill and on to Johnson City, TN. Getting the bus in Columbia would have meant several middle of the night hours hanging out in a bus station.

Interestingly, as late as 1987 I did catch Trailways from Asheville to Columbia and get the Silver Star southbound from there.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Wow Ryan..... that's a neat shot showing where the Hamlet station is now and where it was.
My first solo train ride was on Amtrak's 'Silver Star' from Hamlet to DeLand, Fl in 1976. I was a high school freshman at the time. Later, in 1979, I made another train trip arriving in Hamlet from Florida on Amtrak's 'Champion'. I remember arriving at 11:30pm, walking a couple of blocks to Hamlet's Trailways station, and catching an overnight bus to Asheville changing there for the 30 minute hop back to my hometown where I arrived at 7:45am. I was young and my parents trusted my judgement.

Beyond this, I was in college with two twin sisters who grew up in Hamlet. Their father was an old Seaboard man who was a foreman in the Hamlet shops. I also followed the Hamlet webcam during the renovation with great interest.

Nice stories. That Trailways bus sure seems slow for an intrastate trip, it should've been only five hours including stops. Back then you could've taken Trailways from Columbia-Asheville instead.

Several factors - the Trailways station in Hamlet was within walking distance of the train station....... the bus itself left Hamlet around 1am, made lots of stops, and arrived Asheville around 6:30am...... just in time to connect with the one daily bus to Mars Hill and on to Johnson City, TN. Getting the bus in Columbia would have meant several middle of the night hours hanging out in a bus station.

Interestingly, as late as 1987 I did catch Trailways from Asheville to Columbia and get the Silver Star southbound from there.

Trailways sure had a comlicated system not centered on any hubs. That's probably how COT inherited it from the smaller companies. Looks like you caught one of the last COT runs, they died in 1987.

I'll quit going further off-topic.

 

[AG1]

Galesburg, IL.

Finally back on topic.Yes, it is Galesburg,IL.The picture was from the museum web cam when it was possible to control it remotely. Your turn.

 

[Notelvis]

Here's a link for an image of an inactive Amtrak Station....... (can't post directly at work).

This city does still have Amtrak Service...... the station has relocated.

http://tbedwell.smugmug.com/Friends/Pressley-Slides/Carousel-4/27290831_JXNLRS#!i=2293442089&k=LrfnWW5&lb=1&s=XL

 

[CHamilton]

Here's your picture, David. I haven't a clue, but it looks like a Midas Muffler shop to me...

 

[amtkstn]

The old KC Amshack?

 

[Notelvis]

Thanks CHamilton...... and I agree re: a Midas Muffler shop.

No - not the old Kansas City Amshack...... though this station came into being for pretty much the same reason as in KC....... and was later moved out of for, again, much the same reason as KC.