High Point, NC: 1907,2003 Amtrak/Southern Depot and Freight Houses

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight House before grade separation: (Satellite)

Freight House after grade separation: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2016

Before they lowered the tracks through town.

High Point Museum posted four images with the comment:

High Point welcomes the Preservation North Carolina annual conference this week. Attendees will take tours of the city and of various buildings in High Point and celebrate efforts by local citizens to preserve our historic landscape and significant architecture. One success story is the Southern Railway Passenger Depot in the heart of downtown High Point. Built in 1907, it was restored in 2003 and currently serves passengers on three routes daily.  

On this week's blog post, Marian Inabinett tells the story of our beloved depot!

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Read the full blog post here: https://www.highpointnc.gov/Blog.aspx?IID=161#item

Dick Stephens: When did the tracks get lowered?

High Point Museum: Rick Stephens The project was started in 1937 and completed in 1939. You can learn the full history of the tracks being lowered at this link: https://www.highpointnc.gov/Blog.aspx?IID=103#item

Alex C Woodring shared

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[The boxcars on the right would be next to the original freight house.]

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Nate Jennings, Jul 2026

Freight House After Grade Seperation

The freight handling part of the freight house was expanded.

Street View, Jun 2026

They moved the depot to where the tracks could be at grade level.

1950/64 High Point East and West Quads @ 24,000

Milton, NY: 1883 Event Space/NYC Depot

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When they broke up Conrail, CSX got this NYC route along the west side of the Hudson River. I think a commuter railroad got the east side.

Street View, Oct 2019

Jack Norris posted four photos with the comment: "The old New York West Shore & Buffalo ( New York Central) freight house in Milton, NY. Building now used as an event space. I have always loved the initials on the end eaves that are cut out, casting the name in shadows. 10/27/2026"

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CSX definitely has some traffic along this route. NYWS&BRYCO stands for West Shore and Buffalo.

Erick Santana, Jan 2019

The "Freight" in their sign implies a freight house, but the bay window implies this was a depot that handled passengers and freight.

Your Crazy Teacher, Jul 2019

This is the source of the 1883 date.

JoAnn Norris, Apr 2026

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An undated image of the “West Shore Depot” in Milton

AboutTown, postcard

The depot is on the far left.

AboutTown, postcard

When I looked at a satellite image of the town, it didn't look like a town. This map explains why. The houses are spread out because there are so many hills in the way. Fortunately, the Hicksite Cemetery allowed me to quickly correlate this topo map with today's satellite image. And that allowed me to easily find the depot.

Poughkeepsie Quad @ 24,000

Ganesville, FL: 1907 Event Space/SAL Depot

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Street View, Mar 2021

Echoes of Florida posted eight photos with the comment:

The Old Gainesville Depot

Аlso known as the Seaboard Air Line Depot, is a historic railroad building in Gainesville, Florida. The current structure dates to 1907, when the Seaboard Air Line Railroad played an important role in the region’s transportation and commerce. The surrounding area was once an industrial hub, with lumber mills, warehouses, and other businesses relying on the railroad to move goods and connect Gainesville with other communities.

After its days as a passenger depot ended in the 1930s, the building was used for other commercial purposes. In 1996, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the depot stands as a reminder of Gainesville’s railroad and industrial past and is part of the historic landscape surrounding Depot Park, which opened in 2016.

Maksym Svishchov shared with the comment: "I’d like to share my visit to the historic train depot in Gainesville, Florida."

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Chester, SC: ?/SAL Depot and Museum/SAL Freight House

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight House: (Satellite)

Depot

Street View, Jun 2024

Museum/Freight House

Street View, Jun 2023

Tom Weber posted two photos with the comment:

Built in 1888, the Chester Transportation Museum is housed in the historic Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot in Chester, South Carolina.

The historic depot was saved and repurposed into a transportation museum and local tourism center by the Chester County Historical Society.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Tom's post
I think the museum was the freight house. The depot is across the street. https://maps.app.goo.gl/HQ2oXquvEyqZXRwE8. (Satellite: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vZ1Tw8ZKnNQNVxKQA)

Tom Weber: Dennis DeBruler I believe you are correct

Dennis DeBruler commented on Tom's post
This topo map is what taught me to look on the west side of Wylie Street. 1969 Chester Quadrangle @ 24,000

It is a transportation museum, and it has some old cars as well as these buggies.

Brandi Johnson, Mar 2022

Friend, NE: US-6 CB&Q Depot and Wood Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)

Wood Grain Elevator: (Satellite)

US-6 Overview

The brick building on the right is the depot. The is a wood grain elevator in the middle. The road going goring along the foreground is US-6.

Street View, Nov 2022

Steven caught another view of the wood elevator.

Steven Hooker posted
The former Chicago, Burlington, and Quincey Station in Friend Nebraska.

This map marks the depot with a rectangle instead of a square, as it should.

1966/67 Fiend Quad @ 24,000

The wood elevator is in the center, and part of the depot is on the left. This view lets us see the second leg that serves a bunch of small bins, so this is probably a feed mill.

Street View, Jun 2026

Steven also caught a classic slip-form concrete elevator. That elevator has been expanded with some jump-form silos. The conveyor belt and chute implies that BNSF provides rail service. But the siding is way too short to handle a unit train and there is no fall protector.

Street View, Jun 2026

There is another major elevator next to the wood elevator.

Street View, Nov 2022

There are also a bunch of bins behind the elevator that is anchored by the slip-form bins.

Street View, Jun 2026

In short, this town has a lot of grain storage as well as a feed mill.

Fox Lake, WI: Museum/Milwaukee Depot

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Street View, Jul 2024

Aaron Feela posted seven photos with the comment: "Fox Lake, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Road Depot. They did leave a piece of track in front of the depot. I like the old Railroad Crossing Sign."

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Paul Bohnert commented on Aaron's post