Name That Station!

[RampWidget]

The snow distracted me at first, but then I remembered the nasty, icy winter of 1993 from when I lived and worked in Eastern NC & VA! Good, clever idea for a photo of RVR that most folks don't get to see.

Here's the next "opportunity" for everyone:

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/RampWidget/September2012486_zpsf14d480c.jpg

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Dallas TX?

 

[RampWidget]

Dallas TX?

It isn't Dallas, but you're only two states away...

 

[SubwayNut]

Jackson, Mississippi?

 

[Notelvis]

Jackson, Mississippi?

Yeah - I think you're right with Jackson, MS...... I was just there in July.

 

[RampWidget]

Jackson, Mississippi?

The station expert is correct! That is No. 59 at Jackson, Miss. Your turn.

 

[SubwayNut]

Here the next photo (in honor of what opened today):

Guess the location!

 

[Ryan]

Guessing this is a lounge of some type.

I'll go with MSP?

 

[jebr]

Guessing this is a lounge of some type.

I'll go with MSP?

Way too nice for MSP.

Looks like it's recently refurbished...STL, maybe?

 

[jersey42]

How about the new Los Angeles Metropolitan Lounge?

 

[Ryan]

That was my second guess. Both of them are under highway overpasses.

(edit: STL, that is. LAX is up on the second floor, so the view out the window is wrong)

 

[SubwayNut]

The SubwayNut is home in New York, not traveling at the moment. If I was in L.A. I would have used my S+ card to enter and look around the LAX Lounge (and upload something to my LAX page about).

Yes, it's St. Louis's Lounge in the new intermodal station. I enjoyed some time the fast internet (to update my website, only avalible by plugging in and using a supplied ethernet cord) transferring from the Texas Eagle to the Missouri River Runner. I haven't been to St. Louis since Select+ so I haven't tried with my card. In MSP (I was going to MKE) I flashed my S+ card and had to argue with them one agent said its for Sleeping Car Passengers other her manager overrode him to say Yes he can wait there but reminded me to come back out to the general seating area for the conductors to process me at the podium. The conductor came through to scan the Sleeping Car tickets (I was amazed that there were a few people who paid for Day Rooms) and scanned me too, surprised I was in there but handed me a seat check!

 

[Misty.]

Could be passengers connecting in Chicago that wanted a sleeper all the way But yes, that is why I haven't even bothered to S+ my way into STL - I got hassled enough that I was "screw this" last time I wanted to use the Metro Lounge in CHI, and STL is even less familiar with letting S+ into their "lounge".

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Could be passengers connecting in Chicago that wanted a sleeper all the way But yes, that is why I haven't even bothered to S+ my way into STL - I got hassled enough that I was "screw this" last time I wanted to use the Metro Lounge in CHI, and STL is even less familiar with letting S+ into their "lounge".

What's S+?

 

[Ryan]

Select+

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Select+

What is that though? Can't find anything in a search. I found something about a PhD degree, Microsoft, etc etc.

 

[cirdan]

The temporary station in Denver?

 

[Ryan]

Select+

What is that though? Can't find anything in a search. I found something about a PhD degree, Microsoft, etc etc.

You can't possibly be serious.
https://amtrakguestrewards.com/info/plus

Jebr, you're on the clock!

 

[jebr]

Okay, here's a picture of what I believe is a former station (there was a station in this town for Amtrak at one point, and this building is currently used by the railroad, so I'm putting two and two together here.) I never saw this station in operation, hence why I'm not sure where it was located.

Another hint: this station has been used as a boarding/switching area for private charters.

 

[jebr]

That was my second guess. Both of them are under highway overpasses.

(edit: STL, that is. LAX is up on the second floor, so the view out the window is wrong)

The current Midway Station isn't under an overpass...you'll see the yard out of the window. The platform for SPUD will be under the building (and you can see overpasses in the background) but it won't be visible from the lounge.

Target Field Station for the Northstar is under a highway overpass, though. Amtrak doesn't use that, though (and I don't see it using that anytime in the near future unless the second EB frequency gains traction.)

 

[Ryan]

Ah, I got MKE and MSP confused. Had I not done that, I would have hit on STL.

 

[Notelvis]

OK - jebr, the photo you have posted looks like a less 'spiffed' up version of the Amtrak station in Havre, MT......

THAT has me thinking of some Great Northern station in some division point or junction town. A Great Northern town which once had Amtrak service but now does not. Perhaps one that you live near enough to railfan in.

Given this - the only place I can think of that meets all these criiteria is Willmar, MN.

Willmar was a stop for the Empire Builder until the North Coast Hiawatha was discontinued in 1979. At that point the Empire Builder assumed the North Coast Hiawatha route via St. Cloud between the Twin Cities and Fargo.

So...... Willmar, MN. That's my final answer.

 

[jebr]

OK - jebr, the photo you have posted looks like a less 'spiffed' up version of the Amtrak station in Havre, MT......

THAT has me thinking of some Great Northern station in some division point or junction town. A Great Northern town which once had Amtrak service but now does not. Perhaps one that you live near enough to railfan in.

Given this - the only place I can think of that meets all these criiteria is Willmar, MN.

Willmar was a stop for the Empire Builder until the North Coast Hiawatha was discontinued in 1979. At that point the Empire Builder assumed the North Coast Hiawatha route via St. Cloud between the Twin Cities and Fargo.

So...... Willmar, MN. That's my final answer.

Dang, too many hints in the first post.

You're correct, and you're up!

 

[Notelvis]

Actually, the hint about boarding for charter/private cars confused me so I just ignored that one. I would have been guessing stations along Great Northern routes simply based on the similarity to Havre.

OK....... here's my next entry. I'm pretty sure it won't take you guys long to identify it but it's such a nifty photo (one that I took in the 1980's) that I couldn't resist using it. This is an active Amtrak station.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

HFY?