Notelvis
Conductor
Not LA either.
Name That Station!
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LWBaxter
Train Attendant
Glendale, CA?
amtrakwolverine
Engineer
STL?
Notelvis
Conductor
No on Glendale and no on St. Louis...... but both reasonable guesses based on the clues so far.
Here's one more clue - In January 1979 all four of the trains which stopped at this station had sleeping cars in the consist. Now, only two of the trains (one in each direction) serving this city at a different station carry sleepers.
Here's one more clue - In January 1979 all four of the trains which stopped at this station had sleeping cars in the consist. Now, only two of the trains (one in each direction) serving this city at a different station carry sleepers.
johnny.menhennet
Conductor
Oakland!
Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
I don't think it's OAK. I can't think of the other train that had sleepers. Maybe it's Fort Worth, TX.
LWBaxter
Train Attendant
The platform looks like Oakland and the interior of the depot looks like an SP box ala San Jose, Salem, Sacramento, but I thought Oakland was condemmed after the eathquake ruling out the still in use clue. Fort worth hasn't moved two miles, more like two blocks. I will take a wild guess: Oxnard with the second sleeper train being the Spirit of California (MedFlyer).
Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
But the Spirit of California didn't run in 1979.
johnny.menhennet
Conductor
Sorry I didn't see the #3 clue about still in use. I would then go with Cincinnati, as more of a wild guess.
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amtrakwolverine
Engineer
Another shot in the dark. Seattle?
Can't be Cincinnati, since MORE trains stop there today than did in 1979. Cinncy only has the Cardinal.
Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
I don't think so. It's always been King Street Station.
But what was the other train that stopped there that got cancelled? The Spirit of California didn't run until 1981.
TCRT
Lead Service Attendant
Raleigh, NC?
Notelvis
Conductor
Correct Mr. TCRT! This is Raleigh, NC and it is your turn to post a station picture.
The building now houses 'Logan's Trading Post' which deals in landscaping and gardening supplies. The last time I was there they even had a trendy little coffee shop in the station's old sandwich shop. The two trains when I took these photos in January 1979 were the 'Silver Star' and the 'Champion'. The 'Champion' was discontinued in October 1979 and Amtrak relocated to the 'newer' former Southern Railway station in 1987 when CSX severed the old Seaboard main line north of Norlina, NC. Now, in addition to the 'Silver Star', Raleigh is served by the NC supported 'Carolinian' and two daily 'Piedmonts'.
There was great speculation overnight everyone - I was not surprised to see the 'Spirit of California' and Oakland mentioned as clearly this station would need to be located in a state that subsidizes passenger service. The guess of Ft. Worth was unexpected but still pretty logical considering the 'Lone Star' and 'Inter-American'.
Here are another couple photos taken at Raleigh's old Seaboard passenger station - both would likely have been 'easier' than the interior photo I started with...... particularly the one with the station name sign visible!
The building now houses 'Logan's Trading Post' which deals in landscaping and gardening supplies. The last time I was there they even had a trendy little coffee shop in the station's old sandwich shop. The two trains when I took these photos in January 1979 were the 'Silver Star' and the 'Champion'. The 'Champion' was discontinued in October 1979 and Amtrak relocated to the 'newer' former Southern Railway station in 1987 when CSX severed the old Seaboard main line north of Norlina, NC. Now, in addition to the 'Silver Star', Raleigh is served by the NC supported 'Carolinian' and two daily 'Piedmonts'.
There was great speculation overnight everyone - I was not surprised to see the 'Spirit of California' and Oakland mentioned as clearly this station would need to be located in a state that subsidizes passenger service. The guess of Ft. Worth was unexpected but still pretty logical considering the 'Lone Star' and 'Inter-American'.
Here are another couple photos taken at Raleigh's old Seaboard passenger station - both would likely have been 'easier' than the interior photo I started with...... particularly the one with the station name sign visible!
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TCRT
Lead Service Attendant
Here's a former station with a similar story to Notelvis's most recent post (and my apologies if this one has already been posted, especially as it's not very nice to look at...).
A couple of hints about this station:
- Amtrak still serves this town, but at a separate (and newer) station.
- This town now has more Amtrak service than it ever has previously.
A couple of hints about this station:
- Amtrak still serves this town, but at a separate (and newer) station.
- This town now has more Amtrak service than it ever has previously.
Its not the Old Beaumont Dick, there"s now a Million Dollar Amshak there!! That platform wasnt as classy as this one, Id say somewhere in New Jersey or KIN, RI! :giggle:
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TCRT
Lead Service Attendant
Nope, not in TX and not on the NEC.
Notelvis
Conductor
Absolute stab in the dark here -
Mt. Vernon, WA?
Mt. Vernon, WA?
LWBaxter
Train Attendant
East Olympia? Now served by the Centennial Station, OLW (Olympia-Lacey, WA)
Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
Those forests do look like the Southeast.
TCRT
Lead Service Attendant
Sorry, but it's not in WA and it's not Alliance.
Hint #2: This station received two trains per day. The new station gets more than that.
Hint #2: This station received two trains per day. The new station gets more than that.
amtrakwolverine
Engineer
Springfield,MA?
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Notelvis
Conductor
Another stab in the dark -
Waterloo, IN?
Waterloo, IN?
