Name That Station!
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SubwayNut
Conductor
How bout this one, basically a random selection from the SubwayNut's Amtrak station list:
Notelvis
Conductor
Nice station - I've got it but since I cheated by looking at your website I'll keep it to myself.
Love all the great photos on your site.
Love all the great photos on your site.
Notelvis
Conductor
Gee........Did I scare folks away from this thread? I'm sorry if I did.
As it's been more than 40 hours now, I'll go ahead and say that I believe this station to be Mt. Vernon, WA and it's a pretty attractive station at that.
As it's been more than 40 hours now, I'll go ahead and say that I believe this station to be Mt. Vernon, WA and it's a pretty attractive station at that.
SubwayNut
Conductor
It's Mount Vernon, Washington that I made a whirlwind 5 minute photo run stop, I was planning to spend an hour there but a previous bus was late, on a direct transfer from the bus from Stanwood to the bus to Bellingham, yes I have taken city buses all the way from Seattle to Bellingham (and you could make its as far south as Olympia/Lacey).
Notelvis
Conductor
Let's try this active Amtrak Station. Trains are scheduled to stop both day and night.
Can anyone name it?
Can anyone name it?
Notelvis
Conductor
You're good sir.
Fayetteville is correct. The floor is yours for the next photo.
How'd you get it right off?
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I wasn't aware that there is an Amtrak Station in Mount Vernon, VA?How bout this one, basically a random selection from the SubwayNut's Amtrak station list:
Mount Vernon, WASHINGTON. On the Cascades between Everett and Bellingham.
Thank You.
Notelvis
Conductor
amtkstn - you're on the clock sir.
Do you have another station photo to post?
Do you have another station photo to post?
Notelvis
Conductor
Thanks for jumpstarting the game Shanghai.
This has got to be somewhere south. It looks reasonably warm here even during the winter (note no leaves on the tree.) It also looks ridiculously flat here.
Given the 'south' part..... as well as the classic small town station design, I'm eliminating Illinois. I'm thinking Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas for this station.
Let me spend a little time with Google Earth and I might have a guess a little later this evening.
This has got to be somewhere south. It looks reasonably warm here even during the winter (note no leaves on the tree.) It also looks ridiculously flat here.
Given the 'south' part..... as well as the classic small town station design, I'm eliminating Illinois. I'm thinking Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas for this station.
Let me spend a little time with Google Earth and I might have a guess a little later this evening.
Notelvis
Conductor
OK -
How about Walnut Ridge, AR?
How about Walnut Ridge, AR?
Notelvis
Conductor
I have my Google Earth set up to show me the location of train stations. I look for towns along the route of the train I think this station may be on and then I zoom in to look for things like is the roof the same color (in this case check), is the building roughly the same same size (again, check), and other various clues. In this case it was that cement walkway with the handrails from the parking lot to the platform about 20 feet from the building itself.
For the record, I looked at every station on the Crescent route from Tuscaloosa south and every station on the City of New Orleans route south of Memphis before I started working my way south from St. Louis on the Texas Eagle.
I should have just started with the Texas Eagle as this station looked similar to pictures that I've seen of the renovated Hope, AR station!
For the record, I looked at every station on the Crescent route from Tuscaloosa south and every station on the City of New Orleans route south of Memphis before I started working my way south from St. Louis on the Texas Eagle.
I should have just started with the Texas Eagle as this station looked similar to pictures that I've seen of the renovated Hope, AR station!
Notelvis
Conductor
Here's the next entry -
This building was once an Amtrak station. The building still stands, the trains still stop here, and Amtrak has moved next door into the old REA Building which is out of sight to the right of this image.
Can anyone name the station?
Bonus points for naming the establishment which currently occupies this building!!!!!
This building was once an Amtrak station. The building still stands, the trains still stop here, and Amtrak has moved next door into the old REA Building which is out of sight to the right of this image.
Can anyone name the station?
Bonus points for naming the establishment which currently occupies this building!!!!!
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Notelvis
Conductor
A Hint -
This station serves trains operating on more than one Amtrak route.
This station serves trains operating on more than one Amtrak route.
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Charlottesville, VA?
If it's Charlottesville it used to be a Wing Joint like Wing Stop but Local IIRC???Here's the next entry -
This building was once an Amtrak station. The building still stands, the trains still stop here, and Amtrak has moved next door into the old REA Building which is out of sight to the right of this image.
Can anyone name the station?
Bonus points for naming the establishment which currently occupies this building!!!!!
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Notelvis
Conductor
Zephyr17 is first to break the tape - Charlottesville, VA.
Your turn to post sir.
Half Credit to Jim Hudson. This building now houses a restaurant called 'Wild Wing Cafe'....... it's a regional chain as I've seen a number of their places in the Carolinas and Virginia...... not sure where else.
Your turn to post sir.
Half Credit to Jim Hudson. This building now houses a restaurant called 'Wild Wing Cafe'....... it's a regional chain as I've seen a number of their places in the Carolinas and Virginia...... not sure where else.
Since I don't have that many digitized shots, I open my slot to anyone.
