Name That Station!

[jebr]

Fargo?

 

[JayPea]

Not Fargo but you have the right route.

 

[Notelvis]

Great photo. No clue whatsoever ------- but love the raising of the bar in terms of challenge level!

 

[dnsommer2013]

Minot?

 

[JayPea]

Great photo. No clue whatsoever ------- but love the raising of the bar in terms of challenge level!

Yeah, I got tired of having my station guessed 0.8 seconds after posting . I took this photo for the express purpose of using it in our game.

 

[JayPea]

Minot?

No, not Minot, but again that's the right route. This should help: Pre-Amtrak, the railroad that uses these tracks ran two different trains. One, the one for whom the current Amtrak route is named, didn't stop here, stopping instead at a nearby smaller town. The other train did stop here, and ran until A-day. At the inception of Amtrak, the trains on the current route stopped at both this station and the one in the smaller town. About 2 years later service was discontinued at the smaller town, leaving the larger one to go it alone.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Since its Dark I'll guess #8 arriving into CHI! Second choice is #7 arriving into SEA!!!

 

[jebr]

Spokane?

 

[JayPea]

No, not Spokane. It's not in the same time zone as Spokane, Minot, or Fargo.

 

[StanJazz]

Libby MT

 

[railiner]

Gotta be the one...

 

[JayPea]

Stan has it. The route of course is the Empire Builder and the GN and BN versions stopped at nearby Troy instead. The EB'S "sister" train, the Western Star, did stop at Libby. Amtrak retained both Troy and Libby until April of 1973, when they dropped Troy as a stop.

 

[StanJazz]

An active station.

 

[swarty]

Princeton, IL?

 

[StanJazz]

Not correct.

 

[John Bredin]

Naperville? The sculpture must be new.

If I'm right, I open the floor to whoever wants to post the next picture.

 

[StanJazz]

Naperville is correct.

 

[dnsommer2013]

That is a unique statue. I like it. Never been to Naperville. Did they make wheels there?

 

[prech786]

How about this one?

 

[John Bredin]

That is a unique statue. I like it. Never been to Naperville. Did they make wheels there?

That's what I was thinking for a moment, but I was puzzled because Naperville's never been much of a heavy-industry town. Then I googled to see what the sculpture was (1) supposed to be and (2) made of.

Turns out it's a new memorial to the Naperville rail crash of 1946. And the three standing figures are made of railroad spikes. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-04-28/news/ct-train-wreck-memorial-naperville-tl-0501-20140429_1_new-naperville-advance-flyer-naperville-station

 

[Bob Dylan]

This seems like Naperville might make for an interesting day trip, towns that do stuff like this are usually cool places!( I've only passed thru on LD Trains!)

 

[dnsommer2013]

Mendota?

 

[StanJazz]

McComb MS. The CN loco was a big hint to narrow it down.

 

[prech786]

McComb MS. The CN loco was a big hint to narrow it down.

McComb MS. is correct.

 

[StanJazz]

Another active station.