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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1975 - 1/1/1975
Album Info:This album will have photos of various railroad buildings, mostly stations, but others as well.
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Typical style
Title:  Typical style
Description:  The style of the station is a giveaway as to the owner, in this view from the track side of the building.
Photo Date:  10/15/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 3:44:23 AM
Location:  Great Bend, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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ATSF station, now a Legion hall
Title:  ATSF station, now a Legion hall
Description:  The former ATSF station, quite large for the size of the town its in, now is the American Legion hall here. There is also a monument to the fallen residents of Ellinwood at the east end of the parking lot. We are grateful for their service, especially for those who gave all in that effort.
Photo Date:  10/15/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 3:37:04 AM
Location:  Ellinwood, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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UP station
Title:  UP station
Description:  I was driving around Hastings looking for a place to eat, when I crossed over what looked like an abandoned right of way in town. Maps I had looked at showed the UP Marysville Sub going through town, but the line I saw bypassed it to the east, crossing over the BNSF ex Q main on a bridge. I followed the line a couple of blocks and came across this magnificent building, once along the UP, now on a bike path. Im often dubious about removing rail lines in favor of trails, but in this case, it was a good idea. Passenger trains on the UP here gave up long ago, and Im sure the locals appreciate not having the numerous trains, may of them coal, not rolling past their homes.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:45:55 AM
Location:  Beatrice, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Q station
Title:  Q station
Description:  The CB&Q station from track side at Beatrice Neb. The town also was served by the UP and Rock Island at one time. The city has done a nice job maintaining the solid appearance of the building.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 3:47:39 AM
Location:  Beatrice, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Big station
Title:  Big station
Description:  Another smaller city-Beatrice has a population of around 12,000-with a large station. This is the ex Burlington station, now the town's museum.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 3:58:35 AM
Location:  Beatrice, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Liberty at the Q station
Title:  Liberty at the Q station
Description:  This replica of the Statue of Liberty stands in front of the Burlington station. Seems a little odd for me, having grown up in NY and seeing it often, to see it in a place 1500 miles from the original.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:02:13 AM
Location:  Beatrice, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Wonder whats in it
Title:  Wonder whats in it
Description:  This time capsule was placed in the walkway at the Burlington station, to be opened in 2057. Ill be 98 then, if I make it that far.
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:09:50 AM
Location:  Beatrice, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Historic station
Title:  Historic station
Description:  This station at Marietta on the Georgia owned W&A has seen its share of excitement over the years, as this line was part of the great locomotive chase during the Civil War. Its now a welcome center, but still sees a lot of rail action passing by.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 5:03:50 AM
Location:  Marietta, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Tall tower
Title:  Tall tower
Description:  The bridge over the Tennessee River at Decatur AL is a lift span, needed to allow barge tows on the river to move through the area. This view is from the pedestrian overpass just to the south of the span, a great place for catching action coming off the bridge, which can be 50 moves on some days.
Photo Date:  3/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:46:02 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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KCS bridge
Title:  KCS bridge
Description:  A fairly typical structure for the KCS is this part deck girder, part through truss bridge over Baron Creek. There is one similar to it over the Illinois River 15 miles to the north at Watts. I cant figure out why they would build a bridge that is part truss, part deck, and not one type all the way across.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/11/2017 4:17:37 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
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Illinois River bridge
Title:  Illinois River bridge
Description:  This is the KCS bridge over the Illinois River just north of Watts. Its an easy shot from the adjacent US 59 bridge, as I have done here. During the record flooding of May 2017, water was up to the bottom beam, and about 1/2 mile of track was washed out. On a quiet night, I can hear northbound trains working into Siloam Springs as they come off the bridge, which is about six miles from my house.
Photo Date:  9/7/2017  Upload Date: 9/19/2017 5:24:14 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
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Frisco station
Title:  Frisco station
Description:  The Arkansas & Missouri took over the Frisco 6th Sub from Monett South to Ft Smith, and got a short branch to Bentonville in the deal. The line was intact as far as the east edge of town til about a year ago, when they started taking up the track west of Dixieland Rd, where they serve the Glad Bag plant. Dont know how long the tracks have been gone from the station, but long enough that theres not much evidence left. The station, however, looks good.
Photo Date:  1/19/2018  Upload Date: 1/25/2018 5:57:15 AM
Location:  Bentonville, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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South side view
Title:  South side view
Description:  A look at the former Frisco station from the south side.
Photo Date:  1/19/2018  Upload Date: 1/25/2018 6:05:48 AM
Location:  Bentonville, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Frisco station, west side
Title:  Frisco station, west side
Description:  The west end of the Frisco station at Bentonville. Trees used as part of the landscaping block some of the view, but the station name is still visible, in its original form.
Photo Date:  1/19/2018  Upload Date: 1/25/2018 6:08:10 AM
Location:  Bentonville, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Where the freight comes from
Title:  Where the freight comes from
Description:  At one time, McGehee was a big place on the Missouri Pacific, with lines going in several directions from the Little Rock-Alexandria LA main. One of them went out to the Mississippi River, another south to Tallulah LA, on which this rice elevator is located. It appears there was once a siding to the right of the building. The line is now run by the North Louisiana & Arkansas, which sometimes stations a switcher here.
Photo Date:  7/20/2018  Upload Date: 9/4/2018 5:18:15 AM
Location:  McGehee, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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MKT station
Title:  MKT station
Description:  This station is not in its original location. The tracks are on the west side of US 69, where Im waiting at the light. The station was once over near the tracks. MKT wanted to tear it down, but Wagoner wanted it as a part of its history, so it was moved to the opposite side of the highway. It's looking a little worse for wear nowadays. There is a caboose and a coach beyond, out of this photo, as well here.
Photo Date:  9/1/2018  Upload Date: 9/4/2018 5:12:31 AM
Location:  Wagoner, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Mural
Title:  Mural
Description:  Manchester GA is another town that has a railfan friendly place for us foamers to watch the trains. They have even gone so far as to paint a mural on the side of a downtown building. This is a close up view.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:15:36 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic
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AB&C
Title:  AB&C
Description:  The line through Manchester was once the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast. They eventually came into the Seaboard camp, and finally CSX, who operates the line now. This is the AB&Cs station, which is still in use by CSX at this busy crew change point.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:26:15 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Mural, wide view
Title:  Mural, wide view
Description:  A wider view of the CSX mural in downtown Manchester.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:30:57 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic
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Well named
Title:  Well named
Description:  This ex L&N station is in Bridgeport AL, at the north end of the Tennessee River bridge. Its at the junction of, in todays world, CSX and the Sequatchie Valley RR, a short line that works in the South Pittsburg Tenn area. NS has trackage rights through here as well.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 4:34:56 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Displays, too
Title:  Displays, too
Description:  The station at Stevenson is not only historic, but has a couple of stuffed and mounted items. The GE is numbered 5, but no road name. The caboose is lettered L&N 50, which Im pretty sure is not an accurate number for an L&N caboose. But they look good in front of the station.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:48:06 AM
Location:  Stevenson, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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In the middle
Title:  In the middle
Description:  The 1872 station at Stevenson sits in the split between the CSX line to Nashville, and the NS Memphis District.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:41:23 AM
Location:  Stevenson, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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ACL station
Title:  ACL station
Description:  This is the Atlantic Coast Line station at Folkston GA, one of several towns that have made a cottage industry of attracting railfans. Its a nicely kept station, and now houses a museum.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 4:30:31 AM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Not exactly a station
Title:  Not exactly a station
Description:  This cabin sits across from the ex ACL main in Folkston, and is available to rent. You probably wont sleep much, but you wont miss any action, either.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:33:55 AM
Location:  Folkston, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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SAL station
Title:  SAL station
Description:  This SAL station is still in use by Amtrak, and has been nicely kept. There is an ex SAL caboose on display on the grounds as well.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/17/2018 5:36:30 AM
Location:  Palatka, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee station
Title:  Milwaukee station
Description:  This station at Marquette appears to have been moved. It now serves as a museum, several blocks from two ex MILW lines. One is their Chicago-St Paul main, behind me, and to the left of tde station, across US 18, the line toward Mason City and Sioux City.
Photo Date:  10/3/2018  Upload Date: 11/8/2018 5:56:31 AM
Location:  Marquette, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Interurban classic
Title:  Interurban classic
Description:  The Insull era station at Beverly Shores on the South Shore still stands, though the ticket office is closed.
Photo Date:  1/1/2020  Upload Date: 8/2/2019 4:27:01 AM
Location:  Beverly Shores, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Grand Rapids & Indiana station
Title:  Grand Rapids & Indiana station
Description:  GR&I was a Pennsy subsidiary that ran from Richmond, Indiana up through Fort Wayne to Grand Rapids, and eventually to the Strait of Mackinac. It had a seasonal passenger traffic flow, as people would vacation in the northern part of Michigans lower peninsula. Now its mostly abandoned, and a bike/snowmobile trail. See the photo in this album of the bridge and trail from Stanwood Mich. This was Decaturs other station, the main one being the now gone Erie station, which was on their Jersey City-Chicago main, a line now long gone, though a small portion of it still exists here as a switching lead.
Photo Date:  1/1/2020  Upload Date: 8/2/2019 4:40:22 AM
Location:  Decatur, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Its a trail now
Title:  Its a trail now
Description:  Elsewhere in this album, I posted a photo of the Pennsy station in Decatur, Ind, farther south on this same line. This is the GR&I in Michigan, where it has a much different character than in the more industrial environs of northern Indiana. You wont see any trains here any more, but show up in February, and youll be dodging the snowmobiles. View is from M-20, which crosses it here, just east of US 131.
Photo Date:  1/1/2020  Upload Date: 8/2/2019 4:50:41 AM
Location:  Stanwood, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Hasnt been a train here for a while
Title:  Hasnt been a train here for a while
Description:  While on my way up to Quivira NWR, I drove through Pratt, something I had done many times before, but either on K 61 or US 54/400. I had not, til now, come up US 281 from Oklahoma. I had always thought of Pratt as a Rock Island town, which it is. I had no idea there was a Santa Fe station there, too. The building is in good shape, and is currently occupied by a couple of non rail businesses. The track, on the other hand, looks like its not see action in quite some time. Were looking east in this view.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/25/2020 4:29:48 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Street side
Title:  Street side
Description:  The street side of the Santa Fe station in Pratt. The owners of the building have done a nice job restoring it.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/25/2020 4:38:28 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Track side
Title:  Track side
Description:  The track side of the Santa Fe station in Pratt. The crossing still has crossbucks, though the track ends here. It does not appear to be continuous to the east, as well, though I did not have time to follow it to see.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/25/2020 4:47:17 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Elevator
Title:  Elevator
Description:  Turning the other way, were now looking west from the same spot. The track ends at the road, so there is no way to access the elevator. The loading chute can be seen, but the track appears to be long gone.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/25/2020 4:55:59 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Track
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Kanza Coop
Title:  Kanza Coop
Description:  This Kanza Coop elevator stands alongside the ex Rock Island in Pratt Kan. Its part of a feed mill, still served by UP. The plains are dotted with these buildings, though many are not as busy as they once were.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:50:27 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Left high and dry
Title:  Left high and dry
Description:  A pair of Kanza Coop elevators in Iuka, Kan, which had been on the end of a Missouri Pacific branch that is now abandoned. As the rail network was rationalized over the years, a process accelerated following deregulation in the 1980s, there are now many elevators such as this, still serving their purpose, only now served by truck as the railroads abandoned the light density lines they were on.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:57:24 AM
Location:  Iuka, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Youd be hard pressed to know it now
Title:  Youd be hard pressed to know it now
Description:  But there was once a MP line that served this elevator. Another victim of rationalization due to insufficient traffic to keep the line viable.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:58:40 AM
Location:  Iuka, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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No more grain here
Title:  No more grain here
Description:  Well, more grain, just none of it by rail. Many smaller elevators did not have enough volume to keep rail service competitive once unit trains became prevalent, and the railroads didnt help matters by pricing the small moves so that they were uneconomical. Elevators like this could not keep up and went to trucks. The trucks went to elevators that could take advantage of volume rates, driving off business. That allowed many lightly trafficked branches to be abandoned, such as this ex Santa Fe line in Hardtner Kan.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2021 5:50:09 AM
Location:  Hardtner, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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OK Coop
Title:  OK Coop
Description:  A wider look at the OK Coop. The tracks went to the left of the elevator.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2021 5:55:58 AM
Location:  Hardtner, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Frisco and Midland Valley
Title:  Frisco and Midland Valley
Description:  This view of the Frisco freight station also shows the Midland Valley station, literally a block away. Both lines are long abandoned, but this must have been quite a place in the 1950s, when both roads were active here, and crossed the MKT. The caboose is of unknown origin, hopefully an actual Frisco car. There are no markings on it to indicate its pedigree.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:42:33 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Frisco freight station
Title:  Frisco freight station
Description:  The Frisco through Muskogee is long abandoned, though BNSF still comes here via trackage rights. The freight station has been restored and is quite attractive. I found it while scouting photo locations during the recent UP 4014 trip through here. The light colored building at far right is the Midland Valley, part of the MP-Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf-family. station.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:16:48 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Main entrance
Title:  Main entrance
Description:  The office side of the freight station is looking good in restored paint.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:19:43 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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West end
Title:  West end
Description:  The west end of the building, looking rather utilitarian.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:23:10 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Head house
Title:  Head house
Description:  This is the head house of the Midland Valley RRs station in Muskogee. One of the Muskogee Roads, along with the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka, and the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, the three roads were operated as a single company til their sale to the Mopac in 1964. The line here is long abandoned, but the station has been nicely restored.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:36:48 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Midland Valley station
Title:  Midland Valley station
Description:  A slightly wider angle on the Midland Valley station, showing the front of the building.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/19/2021 5:40:37 AM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Frisco station
Title:  Frisco station
Description:  The former Frisco station in Fayretteville has been home to several non rail businesses for a long time, and is nicely preserved.
Photo Date:  9/13/2022  Upload Date: 9/19/2022 5:32:27 AM
Location:  Fayetteville, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Union Depot
Title:  Union Depot
Description:  One of the other buildings we encountered during our day in Tulsa was the Union Depot, which was built in 1931 to consolidate the Frisco, MKT and Santa Fe stations in the city. Santa Fe was last to use it, in 1967, the MKT having discontinued service there in 1965, the Frisco in 1964. This is a dark side view of the east end of the building. That's the BOK Building at left.
Photo Date:  10/18/2022  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 5:03:50 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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First St view
Title:  First St view
Description:  A view from the First St side of the building shows its Art Deco style well.
Photo Date:  10/18/2022  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 5:07:03 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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West side
Title:  West side
Description:  An angled view of the west side of the Union Depot showing the driveway from Cincinnati Av up to this side of the station.
Photo Date:  10/18/2022  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 5:11:19 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Straight on, west side
Title:  Straight on, west side
Description:  A direct view of the west side of the building. It currently houses the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame-which was closed the day we were there, and well have to go back.
Photo Date:  10/18/2022  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 5:17:35 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Track side
Title:  Track side
Description:  The track side of the station. There were originally five tracks in the station, two of which served mail and express. At its peak, the station served 36 trains a day. Now there are just the two main tracks of the BNSF Cherokee Sub, and a couple of stub end sidings. The lower level is fenced off from the railroad.
Photo Date:  10/18/2022  Upload Date: 10/20/2022 5:22:48 AM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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