Starting off the Weekend Proto fun with one of my favorite BNSF shots This was East of Amory MS in the summer of 2013. Was probably one of the best days I'v had catching traffic on the former Frisco rails between Amory MS and Birmingham AL. Hope to be visiting that section of the road again soon.
From June 1989 at Montgomery, AL, three former SCL GE U-18Bs take a rest. And we have a straight -- 1897, 1895 and 1896 are seen.
It's been a slow week for pictures and that sir is an Awesome picture! Those CSX "baby boats" were always cool to see!
BNSF Fan, that nose shot is just a sucker punch of color! Wow! (and Ow!) Here's a fast sequence of CP 149 blistering the ballast west of Burlington, ND:
It was attending a conference in downtown Akron, Ohio today and, since our lunch break was two hours long, I went for a walk. While I was out, I thought I'd try to find the remnants of the old railroad station, which had, long ago, been taken over by the University of Akron. From Wikipedia: "The third station, Akron Union Depot, reflecting the shift of location, was opened in 1950 and was located five blocks away, on the east side of the tracks, at 220 Wolf Ledges Parkway.[7][8] The Erie Railroad split away in 1949, moving to a separate station on the adjacent Broadway Street. By the 1950s the Pennsylvania Railroad eliminated the Columbus to Cleveland trains, and Union Station was served by an Akron to Hudson taxi shuttle. The station was closed in 1971, as the last trains being the B&O's Capitol Limited and a shortened Akron-Washington Shenandoah day train.[9][10] The Capitol Limited would be subsequently rerouted with the assumption of passenger services by Amtrak. Akron briefly saw train service in the 1990s with the arrival of the rerouting of the Broadway Limited and the Three Rivers." "The 1950 station is currently used by the The University of Akron as its Buckingham Center for Continuing Education.The depot was scheduled for demolition in 2010 as part of a new law school to be built by the university, but plans were scrapped due to local backlash." Here is a photo of the station back in the day and you can see Union Station's skybridge in the background. And a couple more: The first shows the skybridge that still included the stairs to trackside. The second shows the front of the building. Next are the photos I took today showing what remains of the skybridge (now connecting the University across the CSX mainline canyon and then the front of the building as it looks after several additions and modifications. Sent from my SM-A716U using Tapatalk
That spot in akron is not far from where I work -- Ive not been down there personally, but its cool to see -- Hope you enjoyed the conference this weekend -- i know thats big doings in town
Thanks Tim. I don't live far from there, I just live in the other direction from you. I went to HS at Akron/Kenmore and took a few classes at UA before and after my undergraduate degree as well as band and choir stuff at UA and Tuba Christmas so downtown feels kinda like home.
