Name That Station!

[Notelvis]

Not La Junta either. The station building there is not set as far back from the tracks as is this one.

Another hint - both of these buildings (as well as the platform shelter) were still standing last fall....... though the older building is not nearly in as good of condition now.

 

[Notelvis]

Another hint -

This is a fairly busy station with trains scheduled both day and night.

Half of the trains which operate through this station carry sleeping cars although not every train with sleepers stops at this station.

 

[RampWidget]

Petersburg (Ettrick) Va.

 

[Notelvis]

RampWidget is correct - Petersburg, VA.

Nicely done -

The 'day trains' here are the Carolinian, Palmetto, and new NEC Regional to/from Norfolk.

The 'night trains' are the Silver Star, Silver Meteor, and passing through without stopping Auto-Train.

My photo, by the way, was taken from the northbound Silver Star in January 1978.

 

[RampWidget]

That's a great shot of the pre-Heritage Fleet Silver Star. (And of the station, which hasn't changed all that much). The Petersburg station is physically located in the suburb of Ettrick a few miles from downtown. The location represents one of Coast Line's early efforts to speed up service by moving out from older downtown stations to newer stations out of downtown, adjacent to the main line, or both. Most of these relocations were done in the 1950's & 1960's (Savannah, Charleston, etc.) but some came a couple of decades sooner (Petersburg, Orlando).

Anyway, here is the next station:

 

[greatcats]

I do not post pictures, and I apologize for bending the rules, but I think I stopped in here last summer while driving from Newfoundland to Arizona. Creston, Iowa.

 

[amtkstn]

Fort Madison. The only station in Iowa on the chief route.

 

[Notelvis]

Thanks RampWidget!

Here's a bonus photo of that same Silver Star just before I boarded it earlier that morning at the old Seaboard station in Raleigh, NC. This was an unusually large snowfall for the Raleigh area.

 

[RampWidget]

I do not post pictures, and I apologize for bending the rules, but I think I stopped in here last summer while driving from Newfoundland to Arizona. Creston, Iowa.

Close, but not quite!

 

[greatcats]

Gosh, that sign looks familiar. I also stopped at Mc Cook, Nebraska, but I recall that as an old building.

 

[RampWidget]

Fort Madison. The only station in Iowa on the chief route.

amtkstn is correct on both counts. The photo is of the joint BNSF/Amtrak depot at Fort Madison, Ia. and it is indeed No. 3&4's only scheduled stop in the Hawkeye State!

Your turn to post a photo, amtkstn...

Edit: Typo

 

[greatcats]

Haha. I stand corrected. I have been through there on the train, but don't recall the BNSF sign.

 

[Shanghai]

It has been three days since the last post, so I will post this photo of an active Amtrak Station!!

 

[Ryan]

GBB

(recognized it before I read the sign on the right)

 

[Shanghai]

Yes, Ryan you are correct. I missed blanking out the sign. I did blank the two signs

on the station building!! Your turn to post.

 

[Ryan]

Thanks for getting the thread rolling again (and I see that you got the picture to post inline correctly!).

This picture isn't mine:



0193 Amtrak Station | 1987 | East by Facility Records | MSU Physical Plant, on Flickr

(edited to add attribution after Dick's correct response)

 

[Shanghai]

I'll get my response in before Kevin (amtrakwolverine) responds. East Lansing, Michigan.

 

[Ryan]

Indeed - age doesn't really matter since the station hasn't changed much:



0193 | Amtrack Station | 2009 | East Side by Facility Records | MSU Physical Plant, on Flickr

 

[Shanghai]

Here is a Shanghai original photo: Who will recognize this active Amtrak Station??

 

[Notelvis]

East Lansing is one homely Amtrak station.

 

[pennyk]

Truckee, CA?

 

[Shanghai]

Truckee, CA?

WOW!! Penny got it correctly, and without any wrong turns!!

On second examination on my part, I think I failed to blank out an important word on the boxcar!!

 

[pennyk]

since I cannot post photos, Dick, you should post another one (without such a gigantic hint :giggle: )

 

[GG-1]

East Lansing is one homely Amtrak station.

And around 6:00am it's platform looks like this.

Aloha

 

[Shanghai]

Here's the next active Amtrak Station. Can you name it??