Name That Station!

[Notelvis]

Ft. Madison, IA?

 

[FriskyFL]

Ft. Madison, IA?

No, not Ft Madison.

 

[amtkstn]

La junta co. May not have service in a few years

 

[Shanghai]

Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

[RampWidget]

The former Southern Railway depot in Spartanburg, SC.

 

[FriskyFL]

No, none of the above. But interesting guesses nonetheless!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Penny's Condo! :giggle:

 

[pennyk]

Penny's Condo! :giggle:

Although it is not my condo :lol: , it looks familiar. I am guessing somewhere in Florida, possibly Kissimmee.

 

[FriskyFL]

Not Kissimmee!

 

[pennyk]

Winter Park, FL?

 

[FriskyFL]

Winter Park, FL?

Yes, indeed, Winter Park it is. Here's a couple of wider views of this soon-to-be-replaced station:

 

[railiner]

That looks like a fairly modern (to my eyes) station...wondering why they are replacing it?

 

[pennyk]

That looks like a fairly modern (to my eyes) station...wondering why they are replacing it?

It will be replaced with an Amtrak/SunRail station, which is currently under construction.

 

[pennyk]

This is an active train station.

 

[FriskyFL]

That looks like a fairly modern (to my eyes) station...wondering why they are replacing it?

The current station was built by the ACL in 1962, which makes it fairly "new" for pre-Amtrak-era stations.

 

[railiner]

That looks like a fairly modern (to my eyes) station...wondering why they are replacing it?

The current station was built by the ACL in 1962, which makes it fairly "new" for pre-Amtrak-era stations.

That's what I thought.....when new it probably saw more trains than stop there now. And it is probably better than some of the 'shacks' Amtrak has built in some other places, so again I wonder why they are not just maybe modernizing it rather than replacing it.....

 

[SubwayNut]

Cray, NC?

I haven't been there but it I believe it is the only station I haven't been to that has separate platforms for two different routes (I guess it could be inside Charlottesville but that doesn't seem likely) that split before the station and that that seems like the only reason for the Platform A Only and Platform B only signs.

 

[pennyk]

Yes, it is Cary, NC. We arrived on the Silver Star on one set of tracks and departed on the Piedmont using the second set of tracks.

 

[cirdan]

That looks like a fairly modern (to my eyes) station...wondering why they are replacing it?

The current station was built by the ACL in 1962, which makes it fairly "new" for pre-Amtrak-era stations.

That's what I thought.....when new it probably saw more trains than stop there now. And it is probably better than some of the 'shacks' Amtrak has built in some other places, so again I wonder why they are not just maybe modernizing it rather than replacing it.....

Just guessing, but with two different entities sharing the station (Amtrak, Sunrail) there may need to be duplication of certain facilities (ticket sales, staff facilities etc) and maybe the present structure doesn't allow that and isn't easily modified.

 

[SubwayNut]

Let's hope this interior is a bit easier than my last one, (Rocklin, CA's waiting room):

 

[Notelvis]

Those chairs look like the same ones that are in the waiting area at the barbershop I go to!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Uh, oh. Amtrak (on FB) stole DA's game.<br />

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<a href='https://www.facebook.com/Amtrak/posts/10151747058179014:0'>https://www.facebook.com/Amtrak/posts/10151747058179014:0</a>

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Uh, oh. Amtrak (on FB) stole DA's game.<br /><br />

<a href='https://www.facebook.com/Amtrak/posts/10151747058179014:0'>https://www.facebook.com/Amtrak/posts/10151747058179014:0</a>

Amtrak is doing this too?! Who's the guy posting on Facebook for Amtrak?

 

[SubwayNut]

Can I refer them my picture?

Hint 1: Photo taken when I ran inside during a fresh air stop

 

[Notelvis]

So we know that this was a fresh air stop made during daylight hours.

Any other hints just to see if we can get the game moving again?