What about a Depot thread

who_dat73

Member
I am a big fan of depots and {UP's} freight car thread got me to thinking what about a depot thread?

Only one rule it has to be a depot that you took a picture of!!!

It dosn't have to be used as a depot today and I think it might be more intresting if it wasn't but any depot and road any condition and any location evin at a museum or anything else is going to fit the thread!!
Lets see what we can come up with :thumb:
 

Jim Krause

Active Member
That should make for some interesting pictures. I'll see if I have better luck with this thread than I did with my last attempt .
 

doctorwayne

Active Member
I'll take your "any location" literally, as only one of these is in the U.S. ;)

Buffalo Station:
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Ex-Great Western station, in Grimsby, Ontario - as seen here, moved back from the tracks, it housed a building supply outlet:
Great_Western_station_at_Grimsby.jpg


It was supplanted by this one, served by CNR:
CNR_6060_westbound_at_Grimsby_-_mid-_70s.jpg


It later became a restaurant/roadhouse, but was still used as a station, served by VIA and Amtrak, until it burned down:
CNR_station_at_Grimsby_-_view_2.jpg


The older Great Western station, though, is still in use, now as a pottery:
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The Dundas CNR station, in the 1970s:
Eastbound_train_at_Dundas_Ont_-_mid-_70s.jpg


The CNR station at Jordan Station - moved about a block from the tracks, and in use as a private residence (note the semaphore):
(The first picture is mine :rolleyes:, but doesn't show too much)
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Here's a better view, by Brian Switzer:
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The former CPR station at Goderich, Ontario - now owned by the Town and used by the Public Works Dept.:
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The former CNR station, also in Goderich. This one is privately owned and was for sale when I photographed it. I was looking to purchase it but zoning regulations expressly prohibited its use as either a residence or as a restaurant. A bit too pricey when I couldn't really use it. :eek:
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It's in an industrial area, and the tracks, at right, are still in use:
fresh_foe-toes_015.jpg


Finally, the former TH&B/CPR/NYC station in Hamilton, Ontario. After passenger service ended in the early '80s, it sat empty for several years, but was refurbished and now serves GO Transit:
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Wayne
 

who_dat73

Member
That is a neat idea never heard of living in a depot. I wonder what they expected somone to do with Goderich if they had so many restrictions on it like you said not much you can use it for!!
But thanks for the post doc.
 

DanRaitz

Member
Here are a couple more.

First photo is the SOO LINE depot at Remer, Minnesota.

The second is the DMIR depot at Saginaw, Minnesota
 

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Sarge_7

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I actually have several for this thread:mrgreen:
All of these depots are or where in Valparaiso Indiana.

The first three are of a N&W depot, it's gone now:cry:
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This one is the GTW depot.

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And this one is the Pennsy station. I was being used by amtrak for the Broadway Limited, but I don't think it has been used for years now.

Pennsy Station.jpg
 

who_dat73

Member
Old building are somthing I have always loved to look at and Depots being part of the RR doubles my love fot them so I trully thank you all for the photos!!!!!!!
I do have to say tho the Bethlehem, Pa one is really a odd looking one but love the look of the one in Chicora, ..
 

Ralph

Remember...it's for fun!
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Red Wing, MN. I'm not sure that the modern art sculptures on the platform really enhance the look of this classic station but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :)
Ralph
 

UP SD40-2

Senior Member
who_dat73, GREAT IDEA!:thumb::mrgreen:

Sadly, no stations/depots close to me, all are long gone:frowns: , but i know of one in Broadhead, next time i am there, I'll get a shot of it:thumb: .
 

who_dat73

Member
I tell you what it is so intresting to me how all these structers are so differant but for the same purpose evin on a single road you can find such totaly differant depots
 

DanRaitz

Member
Here are a couple more, only this time from North Dakota

first the Soo Line depot at Minot

Then the GN/BN depot at Rugby
 

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If anybody has any pictures, or maybe lives in the area and wants to take some, of the UP depot at Nyssa, OR, it's a very cool structure - on the small side (nice size for a model), and streamlined art deco finished in glazed terra cotta tile.
 

DanRaitz

Member
A couple more from Minnesota

First the GN/BN depot at Bemidji

Then the IC depot at Owatonna
 

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DanRaitz

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and a couple more for your viewing pleasure:wave:

first the CB&Q/BN depot at Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin

then the St. Maries River RR depot at St. Maries, Idaho
 

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