Name That Station!

[rusty spike]

thanks CHamilton.

This is a curent Amtrak stop, however it is unstaffted and station has been converted to other uses.

 

[amtkstn]

Garden city ks

 

[rusty spike]

Garden city ks

Pretty good guess, but it is not Garden City.

this station is unstaffed.

 

[Notelvis]

rusty, here's your picture. I don't know where it is, though.

I'm going to guess Lamar, CO...... looks like a photo taken from onboard #3.

My wife and I had supper in Lamar on a driving trip to the Grand Canyon and Durango & Silverton Railroad about 15 years ago. While we were there we stopped by to 'check out' the train station though we didn't wait around for Amtrak. The SWC was a couple of hours late that night.

If I recall, the station now serves as the town library and that does look like a book cart visible through the window.

 

[rusty spike]

You are correct. It is Lamar, CO, one of those stops on the endangered Raton pass route of the SWC, and this photo was taken from the SSL of #3.

Your turn.

 

[trainman74]

Love the avatar, David; my favorite cat! Somewhere, I have (or had) a book about the famous CSX brand cat, Chessie.

I used to have a cat named Chessie -- however, I was never able to get her posed the same way as the "real" Chessie.

 

[railiner]

rusty, here's your picture. I don't know where it is, though.

I'm going to guess Lamar, CO...... looks like a photo taken from onboard #3.

My wife and I had supper in Lamar on a driving trip to the Grand Canyon and Durango & Silverton Railroad about 15 years ago. While we were there we stopped by to 'check out' the train station though we didn't wait around for Amtrak. The SWC was a couple of hours late that night.

If I recall, the station now serves as the town library and that does look like a book cart visible through the window.

Hmmm....if that shot was a bit wider, I might have recognized that depot. Back in the '70's and '80's, I made several trips from Denver to Kansas City from there, connecting to No. 4, after riding a 4:00 PM Continental Trailways bus from Denver. In those years, Continental Trailways had very good service at Lamar....3 daily trips thru there on US287 from Denver to Amarillo, and 4 daily trips on US50 from Wichita to Pueblo.

Back then, there was an ATSF agent there. I used to get employee timetables from him....

 

[Notelvis]

trainman74, we also have a cat named Chessie....... she doesn't do poses though!

OK...... here's my next offering. This is an active station. More help later if neccessary.

 

[Shanghai]

Looks like Jim Hudson's Alamo!!

 

[Notelvis]

That's definately not the Alamo......... No Bull.

 

[Notelvis]

That's definately not the Alamo......... No Bull.

There is a hint contained in my post quoted above.

I'll add that this building was not originally a train station nor was it used by the railroad industry in any way until being repurposed as an Amtrak Station 5 or 6 years ago.

 

[Shanghai]

Kingman, AZ?

 

[Notelvis]

Sorry - not Kingman.

This station is busier than Kingman.

 

[JayPea]

Let's see if I put 2 and 2 together with your hint to come up with Durham, NC.

 

[Notelvis]

Let's see if I put 2 and 2 together with your hint to come up with Durham, NC.

Yessir! This building, a historic tobacco warehouse, is now the Amtrak Station serving 6 trains a day in Durham, NC.

I'll include a link with more images of this remarkable conversion should anyone be interested....... and the hint referenced was to the minor league baseball Durham Bulls...... or possibly to the old Bull Durham Tobacco which may have been stored in this very warehouse.

http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/durham.htm

Your turn JayPea!

 

[JayPea]

Try this one:

 

[CHamilton]

Assuming the date on your camera is correct, I'd lay odds that it's not Minot, ND!

 

[JayPea]

The date is wrong but it's not Minot anyway! :lol:

 

[amtrakwolverine]

Dallas TX?

 

[JayPea]

No, not Dallas.

 

[SubwayNut]

An early morning stop of the Southbound City of New Orleans in Memphis, TN?

 

[JayPea]

You have it, SubwayNut!

 

[SubwayNut]

This station Amtrak still uses, got there today just before they put the curtains up to close off the center of the hall for an event. I couldn't believe what a ghem it is:

 

[Shanghai]

Greensboro, NC??

 

[RampWidget]

Tampa Union Station?