RAILROAD STATIONS
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The old Rock Island depot in Raytown Missouri, in 1985. The wooden bridge in the background is still there and sees one-way car traffic, thought the station has been torn down.
from the Youtube video 1980 - 1981 Rock Island - After the Shutdown, Southern Division & Missour-Kansas Division. There's lots of old stations and buildings in that video, but this is my favorite as it's close to home.
from the Youtube video 1980 - 1981 Rock Island - After the Shutdown, Southern Division & Missour-Kansas Division. There's lots of old stations and buildings in that video, but this is my favorite as it's close to home.
Currently not in use (except events, weddings, etc.), but hope to be again someday, The Spanish mission style depot at Boise:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boise+Depot/@43.6021497,-116.2142229,3a,75y,255.1h,92.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQKaZGOTEPt4afK0eWtChdw!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=-2.9294629932216765&panoid=QKaZGOTEPt4afK0eWtChdw&yaw=255.102373622038!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x54aef860262ae78f:0x68dc9eba08d5c82c!8m2!3d43.6020647!4d-116.2147603!16s/g/1hc64l1k0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boise+Depot/@43.6021497,-116.2142229,3a,75y,255.1h,92.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQKaZGOTEPt4afK0eWtChdw!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=-2.9294629932216765&panoid=QKaZGOTEPt4afK0eWtChdw&yaw=255.102373622038!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x54aef860262ae78f:0x68dc9eba08d5c82c!8m2!3d43.6020647!4d-116.2147603!16s/g/1hc64l1k0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==
Not the best photo but there are others online that show the wings with the towers and the freight house.
It was built in 1909 and torn down in 1970. The tunnel provided access to the trolley lines that ran under the station. This photo is after those lines were paved over.
The Wikipedia entry has a full picture of the station from earlier in its life.
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It was built in 1909 and torn down in 1970. The tunnel provided access to the trolley lines that ran under the station. This photo is after those lines were paved over.
The Wikipedia entry has a full picture of the station from earlier in its life.
Birmingham Terminal Station - Wikipedia
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MXiT5ULA9c46vNQR6
Lawrence, MA 1929 passenger station. The station is now closed and empty after housing various retail establishments after the B&M sold off its stations. The new station is an ugly intermodal station and parking garage built further north down Merrimack Street. You can see this on the right if you continue on Merrimack Street beyond the lights at Parker Street.
The station was built in the same style as the famous North Station in Boston and was a replacement for two stations located across the river with the largest being the former Manchester and Lawrence terminal located at the corner of Essex Street and Broadway. For a while, the US Post Office had their operations in the station which was eventually torn down in the 1950s. Today, the whole M&L is gone and the only sign there was a station once there is cobblestones on some of the dead ended streets in the area.
Amesbury Street/Parker Street bridge, built around the same time as the station, was once the ROW leading to the downtown station.
If you zoom out, you can see the curve of Parker Street and Amesbury Street showing a pretty obvious "railroad curve".
Lawrence, MA 1929 passenger station. The station is now closed and empty after housing various retail establishments after the B&M sold off its stations. The new station is an ugly intermodal station and parking garage built further north down Merrimack Street. You can see this on the right if you continue on Merrimack Street beyond the lights at Parker Street.
The station was built in the same style as the famous North Station in Boston and was a replacement for two stations located across the river with the largest being the former Manchester and Lawrence terminal located at the corner of Essex Street and Broadway. For a while, the US Post Office had their operations in the station which was eventually torn down in the 1950s. Today, the whole M&L is gone and the only sign there was a station once there is cobblestones on some of the dead ended streets in the area.
Amesbury Street/Parker Street bridge, built around the same time as the station, was once the ROW leading to the downtown station.
If you zoom out, you can see the curve of Parker Street and Amesbury Street showing a pretty obvious "railroad curve".
Haverhill, MA station. This is what we have today.
Here's what it once looked like.
The station was torn down in the late 1950s. From the late 50s to about 1974, there was an "urban renewal" project going on that started with the station and worked its way down Washington Street and Water Street and ended at Mains Street with the leveling of Haverhill city hall and many buildings on Main Street. When the old high school, made famous by the old Archie comic strip, was slated for demolition, the process was stopped.
Why all these buildings, including the historic city hall? There was a bit of graft going on between one of the city council members and her brother-in-law who owned a demolition company.
Here's what it once looked like.
The station was torn down in the late 1950s. From the late 50s to about 1974, there was an "urban renewal" project going on that started with the station and worked its way down Washington Street and Water Street and ended at Mains Street with the leveling of Haverhill city hall and many buildings on Main Street. When the old high school, made famous by the old Archie comic strip, was slated for demolition, the process was stopped.
Why all these buildings, including the historic city hall? There was a bit of graft going on between one of the city council members and her brother-in-law who owned a demolition company.
Marblehead, MA
This is what used to be there.
This is what we've got today.
Passenger service ended temporarily in the early 60s through a "cost cutting program". The tracks were torn up by 1963. My mom used to take the train from North Station to Marblehead via the Swampscott branch. She said there were once willow trees along the slope and the old station had a potbelly stove in the waiting room.
This is what used to be there.
This is what we've got today.
Passenger service ended temporarily in the early 60s through a "cost cutting program". The tracks were torn up by 1963. My mom used to take the train from North Station to Marblehead via the Swampscott branch. She said there were once willow trees along the slope and the old station had a potbelly stove in the waiting room.
Here's a link to a website dedicated to documenting railroad stations past and present. This is the link to their homepage for Pennsylvania, with other links to pages for various states (not all states are covered). Each state is then broken down into county pages. I use it all the time for research on stations in Pennsylvania.
https://www.west2k.com/pa.htm
https://www.west2k.com/pa.htm
