Name That Station!

[jebr]

Correct! If I remember correctly, the station is around 100 years old.

 

[Notelvis]

That was one of only a handful of possibilities....... just two trains a day, cold in the winter, Quik-trak Machine. I started with the coldest one first.

Give me a few minutes and I'll have a new station photo up.

 

[Notelvis]

A little trickier here -

A station which is no longer active because it is on an Amtrak route which has been discontinued.

 

[LWBaxter]

Bozeman, MT?

LWBaxter

 

[Notelvis]

No - not Bozeman. That's not a bad guess though.

 

[jebr]

Laramie, WY?

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Note that the building is fenced off from the tracks and the train is almost certainlyt Superliners so probably the Pioneer or DW.

 

[LWBaxter]

Given that the train has both a superliner diner and lounge, i'm sticking to my theory that it is the North Coast Hiawatha during the time that the Empire Builder was cut back to quad-weekly and the two trains shared the same equipment pool. So how about Paradise, MT?

LWBaxter

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Given that the train has both a superliner diner and lounge, i'm sticking to my theory that it is the North Coast Hiawatha during the time that the Empire Builder was cut back to quad-weekly and the two trains shared the same equipment pool. So how about Paradise, MT?

LWBaxter

I was born right after the big Carter cuts so I didn't know that. I gyess it would be extremly rare to find pics of the NCH with Superliners, but it would be nice to see what that looked like.

 

[johnny.menhennet]

Given that the train has both a superliner diner and lounge, i'm sticking to my theory that it is the North Coast Hiawatha during the time that the Empire Builder was cut back to quad-weekly and the two trains shared the same equipment pool. So how about Paradise, MT?

LWBaxter

I don't have the time to look up the exact dates, but am I incorrect when I say that the North Coast Hiawatha was discontinued right around the time when the VERY first Superliners were being rolled off the production line?

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

This is the very last timetable for the NCH, if this is any help: http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19790729&item=0043

 

[Notelvis]

jebr is correct - the station is Laramie, WY. Nicely done. Your serve sir.

My photo was taken in the early 2000's after the Pioneer was discontinued. Swadian picked up on that noting that the building is fenced off from the platform.

The train visible in this photo is the eastbound California Zephyr on a scheduled detour due to trackwork in Colorado on the former D&RGW. CZ passengers are getting a fresh air/smoke break allowed by the UP because the platform here was still in place. Doubtful that UP would have allowed that if this had been an unexpected detour since it involved the train crossing over to what is primarily the westbound main to access the platform.

I was a passenger on this trip which I planned specifically to ride the detour. It was my first and only ride over Sherman Hill on a passenger train.

Regarding the NCH - I'm not sure if it ever ran with Superliner Equipment. I wasn't out riding the western trains yet when it was discontinued. Perhaps someone who was can shed some light on that.

 

[jebr]

This is a current Amtrak station...though the average Amtrak passenger probably never sees this part of the station.

 

[Ryan]

That looks a lot like WAS.

 

[jebr]

Ryan, you're correct. It's the bus bay at WAS (which is, actually, the part of WAS I've been in the most...sometimes Megabus is so much cheaper it's worth the tradeoffs.)

Your turn.

 

[Ryan]

Good choice of pictures, that one was pretty obscure for most - I just happen to have used the DC Circulator up there a good bit when I was commuting to DC.

This one shouldn't be too difficult:

 

[rusty spike]

Could be Lamy, NM

 

[Ryan]

I see my clever photoshop didn't deter you!

 

[rusty spike]

It helped, but I have been there too many times. What caused my hesitation was the weather. A cold, cloudy overcast day in Lamy is uncommon.

Let's me see what I can find to post...

 

[rusty spike]

Here's one that should be easy...

 

[amtkstn]

St Louis MO

 

[rusty spike]

Not St. Louis, but you're on the right "track".

 

[MrFSS]

Kansas City

 

[Ryan]

It helped, but I have been there too many times. What caused my hesitation was the weather. A cold, cloudy overcast day in Lamy is uncommon.

We actually saw some snow flurries not too long after that - and this was at the end of April. Seemed very odd.

 

[rusty spike]

Kansas City is correct.

It's easy to confuse the platforms with STL as both have the walkover bridge. Sadly, St. Louis, unlike KC, no longer uses its iconic Union Station for Amtrak.

Your turn to post a photo