Eugene, OR: Amtrak/SP Depot and Roundhouse

Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2024

Was this the freighthouse? It is just east of the depot.

Street View, Jul 2019

Track side:

Street View, Jun 2024

Marty Bernard posted two photos with the comment: "Inside Eugene, OR depot on October 3, 2014.  The Coast Starlight and a few Cascades call there."

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Dan Joseph, Nov 2019

The roundhouse has been replaced by a diesel-service building.

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Jason Leverton, Jul 2023

Southern Pacific used to be all over the place here.

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Now Coos Bay Rail Line operates the branch towards the ocean and Central Oregon & Pacific operates the other branch to the south.

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The Eugene engine house is at the northern end of the CO&P.

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Chicago, IL Depot: Grand Central Station, Marty Bernard's Collection

Please see Grand Central Station for general information. These notes have photos posted by just Marty Bernard because he and his friends covered this depot well.

Marty Bernard posted five images with the comment:

Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 1

From the Historic American Buildings Survey Collection of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The pictures are the best I have seen of Chicago's Grand Central Station. It was an amazing structure. 

Captions with photos.

Brian A Morgan commented with some background:

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC), and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the station in 1910 and used it as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its Capitol Limited service to Washington, D.C. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed November 8, 1969, and was demolished in 1971.

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Matt McClure: 50 years plus to redevelop Wells and Harrison. Goldberg's River City just south remains cold and horrible.

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Cervin Robinson, Photographer July, 1963

EXTERIOR: FROM NORTHWEST - Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harrison & South Wells), Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--1

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18- (sheet 4 of 4)

Jerry Hund: Folks, this is no CAD drawing. It’s the real deal. Hand drawn with t square and triangle on vellum... Beautiful.

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--3

Evan Stair: Take a look at the grease spots on the benches where heads would rest.

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 Cervin Robinson, Photographer July, 1963

INTERIOR: TRAIN SHED - Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harrison & South Wells), Chicago, Cook County, IL

Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18--2

Larry J. Pearlman: One of the most European looking stations in North America.

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Reproduction Number: HABS ILL,16-CHIG,18- (sheet 3 of 4)

Peter Nieft commented on Photo 2
From the book ‘Chicago Stations & Trains, (John Kelly 2008) in 1947 some of Chicago’s stations were to be modernized with an Art Deco appearance. Here is an image from that book of Grand Central Station.

Marty Bernard posted four photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 2   These are Roger Puta's photos."

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Mike Bauer: Wish they would have saved the building like they did with Dearborn.

Matt McClure: Mike Bauer Richard J. Daley had zero interest in preservation and he [mistakenly] believed that the lot would be built on immediately. Excluding Goldberg's River City one block south, Daley was off by 50 years.

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B&O 1462 (E8A) with Train 7, The Diplomat, at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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B&O Nappanee (5 Double Bedrooms and a Lounge) at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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Waiting Room at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on August 30, 1969. Roger Puta photo

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B&O 1452 (E8A) with Train 6, The Capitol Limited, waiting to depart Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on December 26, 1967. Roger Puta photo

Marty Bernard posted four photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 3   These are Bill Howes's photos.  Captions with photos."

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B&O E8Am 1435 with Train 10, The Washington Express, the last day at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on November 8, 1969. Bill Howes photo

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B&O E8Am 1435 with Train 10, The Washington Express (right) leaving Grand Central Station, while The Capitol Limited is being switched, the last day at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on November 8. 1969. Bill Howes photo

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B&O Train 10, The Washington Express at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on July 17, 1964. Bill Howes photo

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B&O E8A 1449 with Train 10, The Washington Express leaving Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL on October 4, 1964. Bill Howes photo

Marty Bernard posted six photos with the comment: "Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 4  Captions with photos."

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B&O E8A 1452 about to leave and leaving Chicago's Grand Central Station with the Capitol Limited for points east the evening of December 26, 1967.

John Clark: Somewhere very close to 11 cars at GCS and about 13 cars after picking up # 20's cars at Willard.

Donald Dexter: One time on the old Cap, the Garrett high school band came down to serenade the train.

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B&O E8A 1452 about to leave and leaving Chicago's Grand Central Station with the Capitol Limited for points east the evening of December 26, 1967.

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B&OCT 9511 switching Grand Central Station below the Roosevelt Road Viaduct, Chicago, IL May 13, 1964.

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B&O 1425 E7A with Train 1 the Diplomat Grand Central Station Chicago, IL in February 1965. Rick Burn photo

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B&O 1446 E8A with Train 6 the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in November 1969. Rick Burn photo

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B&O 1465 E8A with Train 6 the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station Chicago IL on August 27 1969. Tom Hoffmann photo

Ben Cornelius: Quite the plow there. Wonder what it hit.

John Clark: Ben Cornelius You can rule out the usual animal suspects, deer, possum and raccoon an other animals. My best hunch would be an obstruction such as a misplaced rr tie. I once hit a sun kink at 50 mph and was running an older wide-body. Needless to say it bent the snow-plow a little, but sounded like exploding dynamite. I would also believe, some one from the mechanical department, bent it up and out of the way so the 1465 could still be used in revenue service.

Marty Bernard posted five images with the comment:

Grand Central Station and Trains, Chicago, Part 5

Captions with photos.

Brian A Morgan commented with some background:

Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 West Harrison Street on a block bounded by Harrison, Wells and Polk Streets and the Chicago River in the southwestern portion of the Chicago Loop. Grand Central Station was designed by architect Solon Spencer Beman for the Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC), and was completed by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad purchased the station in 1910 and used it as the Chicago terminus for its passenger rail service, including its Capitol Limited service to Washington, D.C. Major tenant railroads included the Soo Line Railroad, successor to the Wisconsin Central, the Chicago Great Western Railway, and the Pere Marquette Railway. The station opened December 8, 1890, closed November 8, 1969, and was demolished in 1971.

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B&O 1413 E6A built 1940 and SOO 2554 GP9 built 1954 at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in October 1960. Rick [B]urn photo

Rodney D Zona: Old B&O Railroad Garrett, IN based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Chicago. Old Soo Line Railroad Stevens Point, WI based passenger train crews worked to and from Chicago. Old Soo Line RR Fond du Lac, WI based engine crews worked to and from Chicago.

Nate Beal: That's the laker next to it!

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C&O E8A 4009 built late 1951 at Grand Central Station, Chicago, IL about to take the Pere Marquette to Michigan the evening of December 12, 1967.

Rodney D Zona: Old C&O Railway Grand Rapids, MI based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Chicago. In photos 2 and 3.

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C&O 4026 E8A with Train 8 at Grand Central Station Chicago IL in November 1969. Rick Burn photo

Arthur House: 4026 was renumbered 1471 and was the last C&O E unit in service, lasting several years in Amtrak service. It was never repainted out of C&O colors.

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Marty Bernard posted
Even though this is a poor photo, I wanted to show you the sign.  B&O Grand Central Station in Chicago, IL, circa 1968

Robert Preis commented on Marty's post
Tried to clean it up a little bit….

Gaithersburg, MD: Commuter/B&O Depot, Museum/B&O Freight House and Caboose

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight House: (Satellite)

The depot is on the left, and the freight house is on the right.

Street View, Jul 2024

I.e. Xam posted
Gaithersburg MD-B&O,1905

Marty Bernard posted
Baltmore & Ohio (Amtrak) Depot at Gaithersburg, MD on June 29, 1978

Jonathan Eau Claire commented on Marty's post
Still looking good nearly 50 years later

RE Pearce posted three photos with the comment: "Gaithersburg station is a commuter rail station located on the Metropolitan Subdivision in downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is served by the MARC Brunswick Line service; it was also served by Amtrak from 1971 to 1986. The former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station building and freight shed, designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin and built in 1884, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Gaithersburg B & O Railroad Station and Freight Shed. They are used as the Gaithersburg Community Museum."

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James Churchill: There used to be a wye across the tracks there where the Georgetown pusher locomotives were turned to go back towards DC.

If one stands along the Metropolitan Subdivision, say at Silver Spring Metro, they can hear 3 or 4 locomotives pulling hard towards the west and the whine of dynamic brakes going down.

There is about a 100 foot rise in altitude just between DC and Gaithersburg so in essence that work is raising those massive trains that height in a relatively short distance.

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The museum has a steam locomotive, caboose and passenger car.

Street View, Oct 2022
[It was a C&O caboose.]

Ramsey via Dennis DeBruler

St. Paul, MN: 1881+1920 Union Depot (SPUD)

(3D Satellite)

Dan Hennelly posted

The Saint Paul Union Depot was completed in 1923 after six years of construction. It replaced an earlier station completed in 1881 that burned down in 1913. Construction cost $15 million and was the largest construction project in Saint Paul during the 20th century. The station had 10 platforms and 21 tracks. When it opened it served the Burlington Route, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, Chicago Great Western Railway, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific Railway, Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, and the Soo Line. During the 1920’s, there were 282 train movements daily, but traffic declined during the Depression. Passenger traffic increased during World War II as troops from nearby Fort Snelling transited through the station along with soldiers from other Midwest bases. Traffic declined during the 1950’s and 1960’s as the automobile replaced the train as the most popular means of travel. Burlington’s afternoon Zephyr was the last passenger train to leave the Depot on April 30, 1971. Amtrak opted to consolidate its Twin City operations in Minneapolis.

The depot was the third largest mail handling station, behind New York and Chicago, handling twenty million pieces of mail annually. It was connected by a tunnel to the downtown Saint Paul Central Station. After the station closed, the U. S. Postal Service used the concourse and waiting room for mail handling and storage. The tracks underneath the station were removed and paved over to handle semi-trailer trucks and provide employee parking. In 2010, the Postal Service moved its operations to its bulk processing facility in Eagan, Minnesota.

The closure of the Postal Service’s operations enabled the Depot to be renovated to serve as an intermodal transport hub. In addition to serving two Amtrak trains, it is also a stop on the Green Line light rail system and rapid transit bus lines serving Minneapolis and St. Paul, and intercity buses including Greyhound. Jefferson Lines, and Megabus. The two Amtrak trains are the Empire Builder and the Borealis connecting Chicago to Seattle and Portland. In addition, it houses shops and restaurants and is a popular wedding venue.

1951 St Paul East Quad @ 1:24,000

Marty Bernard posted two photos with the comment:

Maroon Monday, St. Paul Union Depot

This is CRI&P F7A 111 on the west leads to SPUD on June 8, 1964. The second photo is the Google satellite picture. The maroon rectangle is about where the F7A was and the green arrow about where I took the picture. In both pictures the depot concourse is upper right. The depot has undergone a major renovation, it's beautiful. The Empire Builder has returned to the depot. The satellite shot is probably well out of date.

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mnopedia
The first depot opened in 1881. Construction started on a replacement that included elevated tracks in 1917, and it opened in phases between 1920 and 1924. The nine owning railroads were "the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Rock Island, Minneapolis & St. Louis, Milwaukee, Omaha, Burlington, Soo Line, and Chicago Great Western." [I wonder if this is the Union Station with the most owners.] "After New York and Chicago, St Paul Union Depot was the largest railway mail transfer facility in the country."

Aeris Evanson posted
Minneapolis St. Paul train station at 3:30am

Eric Ralfs: I'm the supervisor for the custodial team and there are nights where it's just my team and a few security guards. This is the Waiting Room and playing music in here when no one is around is a borderline surreal experience because of the acoustics.

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Arthur House: St. Paul Union Depot, also known as “SPUD.”

Minnesota On Our Minds posted

Aerial view, Union Depot and downtown St. Paul, 03/1959.

Photographer: Erickson, Gordon A.

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Minnesota On Our Minds posted
Burlington’s Zephyr‘s gather at St. Paul Union Depot on Sept. 29, 1948.
Greg Smith: Morning light. Train on the right more than likely the Blackhawk overnight Train from Chicago. Train on the left has newer dome cars so is probably the Morning Zephyr going g to Chicago.
[Some comments discuss why arriving and departing trains are facing the same direction.]
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Bill Rizzo: Does anyone know when the last original Zephyr was retired from regular service?
Sean Britt: Bill Rizzo Silver Charger would have been the last of the shovel noses in service. Retired in 1966.
The ones built for the twin cities and Denver Zephyrs like the one in the picture were converted to cabless boosters in the mid 50’s and retired a few years after.

Greg Smith commented on the above post
 Line going off the top of the picture is west to Minneapolis via GN, line to the right is joint CB&Q Milwaukee Road east to Hastings MN where they split and continue east to Chicago, Line to the left is Milwaukee Road west to Minneapolis.

John Harker posted two photos with the comment: "Milwaukee Road train #100 the Afternoon Hiawatha left the Minneapolis station at 12:30 PM, traveled over the short line and is seen in these two images approaching and arriving at St Paul Union Depot (SPUD) at 12:55 PM in October 1954.  I assume these views were taken from the Robert Street bridge looking toward SPUD.  The consist for #100 with its all maroon and orange livery was pretty much standard now with a super dome and a “rapids series” skytop parlor observation.  This train was powered by passenger diesels FP7 90-A, F7B 90-B and FP7 90-C.  I scanned and edited these images from an original red-bordered Kodak Kodachrome slide and a remounted or duplicate with no photographer listed.  John Harker collection"

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Michael Stamey posted

Peter DeBruin: Note Soo Line passenger GP in the upper left background.

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Michael Mazzitello Sr.: St. Paul union depot roundhouse

Comments on Michael's post

One of three photos posted by Marty Bernard

A Great Northern Transfer Run in St. Paul, MN on June 17, 1964.

The power was GN 147 an NW2, EMD builder number 2477. She became BN 484, was retired 4/29/1982, sold to Diesel Supply Co. 7/23/1982, then went to Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry.

Beginning to pull forward through a double-slip switch. St. Paul Union Depot is at the very top of the photo.
James Salak: Wow ! That is just sooo neat ! I tried to make a double slip switch on my model RR.... didn't turn out as well as this one.... lol !
Jim Vlcek: The tower building, just to the right of the train, lasted into the 1990s (although unused).
Kevin Foley: I think this location was known as Chestnut Street and that may have been the "Tower" that controlled it. I am not 100 per cent sure on this.
Fred Hyde: Kevin Foley Robert Street. Chestnut Street about 1/3 mile west.

Marty Bernard posted
5. View of the St. Paul railroad yard showing Great Northern train, Saint Paul Union Depot, circa 1931. Photographs and captions from the Minnesota Historical Society.

1951/53 St Paul East @ 24,000