Structures of the type Train Station
Capital Traction Company Union Station, Washington DC
Date added:November 16, 2010
The union station for the street railway transit system was planned to accommodate four private lines as a transfer and terminal point. The project was the subject of much controversy in Congress before its authorization, but the prominent Washington architect, Waddy B. Wood (1869-1944) created an unusually planned building enhanced by the use of fine materials and excellent craftsmanship.
The followjjig is an excerpt from Street Railway Review, July, 1898:
"When the Capital Traction Company of Washington, D.C extended its line in M Street about 18 months ago, to the north end of the Aqueduct Bridge, which connects with Virginia, and affords the only convenient means of access to Fort Meyer (the government cavalry station) and contiguous territory one of the conditions was that the station building at the terminus of the line should be such as to admit of its use by other lines for car storage and for a passenger depot. The most available site for this union station was the west half of the block bounded by Prospect Avenue, 35th, M, and 36th Streets; this is on a steep hill directly north of M Street, the rise being 60 ft. in the block which is only 250 ft. long.
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Grossing Guard House, Cortland New York
Date added:February 10, 2010
Owned by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad until the merger on October 17th, 1960 with Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company. The guard house was originally built in about 1860, it was elevated in 1950. There is some conflicting information on the dates however.
More...Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western RR. Lackawanna Terminal (Buffalo Boat Depot), Buffalo New York
Date added:March 11, 2010
The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western (D.L.S W.) Railroad Terminal Complex was a regionally significant structure within the context of transportation The D.L & W, was the oldest railroad station existing in Buffalo in 1979. It was also the last of the five stations which operated in Buffalo in 1923 at the city's zenith as a major rail center. Set on a prominent riverfront site, it retained its integrity of design.
The 8.1 acre site, which was sold by the City of Buffalo and Conrail to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in 1979, is bounded on the north by South Park Avenue, west by the Skyway, south by the Buffalo River and east by Michigan Avenue. The terminal complex consisted of four structures, the train shed and attached ticketing and terminal buildings to the west of the shed and a brick signal tower/power house at the easternmost site boundary.
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Endion Railroad Passenger Depot, Duluth Minnesota
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Cortland New York
Littleton Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot, Littleton Colorado
Michigan Central Railroad Station (New York Central), Battle Creek Michigan
Moffat Station, Denver Colorado
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Eastbound Passenger Station, Southport Connecticut
Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad Green Island Shops, Green Island New York
Stage Coach Station, Cashup, Whitman County, Washington
Union Pacific Railroad Warehouse, Denver Colorado
Williamstown Railroad Station, Williamstown Massachusetts