Here's one on your behalf, FriskyFL...
Name That Station!
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FreeskierInVT
Lead Service Attendant
Hard to see on my phone, but is that Milwaukee (MKE)?
Interesting guess, but not MKE.
amtrakwolverine
Engineer
STL?
Another interesting selection, but not STL either.
battalion51
Engineer
SAV
SAV is correct. The station was constructed in the early 1960s on the west side of the city as the "Seaboard-Coast Line Passenger Station" since it served trains of both SAL & ACL. The name, of course, pre-dated the 1967 SAL/ACL merger by several years. The main purpose of locating the station here along the main line was to bypass the slow and expensive move into and out of downtown Savannah. Your turn!
battalion51
Engineer
OK here we go.
battalion51
Engineer
Winner winner chicken dinner. You're up.
I thought it looked familiar.
I saw pay phones in WAS in front of the Acela lounge just this past May. And someone was using one of them.
Hmm, payphone. Must be Metropolis.
They are also in the CA in NYP!!!I saw pay phones in WAS in front of the Acela lounge just this past May. And someone was using one of them.
Sorry, not Metropolis, and I don't think Superman has been there!!Hmm, payphone. Must be Metropolis.
Notelvis
Conductor
Looks like Vancouver, WA.
I thought so, too, but the angle doesn't seem quite right. But then, I always see it from the train..,
I think ya'll are right about it being Vancouver,WA!! If not it has a Twin Somewhere!
Notelvis
Conductor
Let's try this one -
It's an older photo but the station is still in use and pretty busy as well....... those horrid plastic outside chairs have been replaced and the roof is a different color now BUT lot's of AU'ers have at least ridden through this station.
Who can name it?
It's an older photo but the station is still in use and pretty busy as well....... those horrid plastic outside chairs have been replaced and the roof is a different color now BUT lot's of AU'ers have at least ridden through this station.
Who can name it?
Richmond Staples Mill Rd. (Greendale to an RF&P'er)
Savannah Union Station was in the way of completing I-16. The city, the state, ACL, and SAL reached an agreement that ACL would build a new station and would relinquish the SUS site to Georgia DOT. That's what happened. The new site was indeed chosen for operational convenience of the ACL and SAL, not for convenience of passengers. For five years ACL operated the new station with SAL as a tenant, and then the station was renamed SCL upon the merger. Note that the Central of Georgia continued to use its own separate station in Savannah until the day before Amtrak.
In its favor, the Savannah station has plenty of parking and is big enough to accommodate the passenger loads. It also keeps passenger trains off the main line and has places to store train sets overnight.
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Notelvis
Conductor
This is correct!....... and in less than 10 minutes. I am impressed.
I honestly thought that the snow on the ground might have people guessing places further north than Richmond, VA for a half day or so!
Your turn RampWidget.
