One of the better resources I have come across to this end is the plethora of old post cards still around depicting many of these structures, some better than others.
Most of the postcards were found on EBay unless noted, other pictures, mostly the more recent ones, come from Google and/or Bing images -
credit given if the source is known.
Dates are in the picture name, x means the date is approximate. If they were available, and interesting, I included the back side of the postcards.
1901a and 1910b would be the same card, both sides.
If the picture was really, really bad, some of them have been cleaned up and/or repaired when I had the energy.
Since many of these stations are no longer around (railfans seem to prefer the term "extant", I'm not one of them! :-), this page is mostly for historical reference.
This page is mostly for historical reference, as MANY of these stations are not around anymore!
What's the difference between a station and a depot? Most people will say "nuttin", it's a matter of preference, although many will use depot for older buildings.
If you have a picture you would like to contribute, please see the bottom of the page for how to find me, credit is always given to contributing photographers.
Batavia had two train stations for the New York Central. The first was downtown, and then come the 1950's when the NYC built a "bypass" around downtown Batavia,
they built a much smaller and simpler one off of Ellicott St. The building now serves as a storage building for CSX, and over the years, has been losing what remained
of the NEW YORK CENTRAL in 1930's Art Deco style stainless steel letters. Don't you wish you could have seen the downtown station?
I lived here in back in the good ole days of 1964-1965, when the New York Central, Lehigh Valley, and Lackawanna came into town. Now, Batavia is home to CSX (altho
there isn't much left of the station), and a short line, the Depew, Lancaster, and Western. Below the two postcards is a picture of the depot from 2006 when I
stopped thru town.
I'm looking for info on the old NH station, meanwhile...... Metro North, now
that there is access to GCT via the Hell Gate line and the new LIRR connection
through Sunnyside Yard, it looks like MN will be opening some new stations:
Hunts Point station is a planned passenger rail station on the New Haven Line of
the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, to be located in Hunts Point, Bronx. The
station is planned to open in 2027 as part of the Penn Station Access project,
which will add four stations in The Bronx. The station will be located
north of Hunts Point Avenue, behind the former New York, New Haven and Hartford RR
station, which was designed by Cass Gilbert. A 63-month design-build contract for
the project was issued in December 2021.
From Wikipedia: The Westchester Avenue station is a former railroad station located in the Bronx in New York
City, partially suspended over Amtrak's busy Northeast Corridor line. It was built in 1908
with rich terra cotta detailing to a design by Cass Gilbert, who would later employ similar
terra cotta detailing in his 1910 design for the Woolworth Building. Train service to the
station ceased in 1937, and as of 2023 the station was a ruin in poor condition. end Wiki
What can you say... this old depot must
have been great back in it's heyday... fortunately, it's still with us, and
"they" are trying to figure out what to do with it. When I was there
in 2006, there was a theater using some of the space to rehearse in.
It has been replaced by Amtrak with two stations, one in Depew, and a real sorry
excuse for one in the downtown Buffalo area.
Although Buffalo has a downtown station, Depew is now pretty much the main station for Buffalo, residing about 8 miles or so east of the downtown area.
Here are some scans of postcards collected by Phil F of Harrisburg, who grew up in Granville.
If you Google Granville, you may find that references to Grandville will also show up.
The current Grand Central Terminal was built in 1903, replacing an older structure built in 1871? The station was remodeled
in 1913. The station covers 48 acres in the middle on Manhattan, and has both a lower and upper deck for automobiles.
All of the tracks are underground - There are 30 tracks on the upper level, and 26 on the lower level, and 44 platforms, but only 43 tracks are currently in service.
Upper level tracks are numbered 11-42, east to west. Track 14 is only used for a garbage train.
Tracks 22 and 31 were removed in 1990 to build concourses for the Grand Central North.
Lower level tracks are numbered 100 to 126. Currently, only tracks 102-112 and 114 to 116 are in use.
Neither the city, the MTA, or the railroads own the building, it is owned by a private venture called Midtown TDR Ventures.
Two of the original rotary converters are still on the property, not removed as part of a 1990's upgrade to solid-state converters for the DC power. Their location
remains a "secret" because of the damage that could be done to the whole North East Corridor.
There are over 40 stores and restaurants, and an easy to access MTA Souvenir Store.
New Rochelle is a former New Haven RR commuter station on the New Haven Line. I was born here way back in 1951. Nice little town in Westchester County, just
a stones throw outside New York City's Bronx. During the early
to mid 1900's, it was a popular place for Italians to settle once they came through Ellis Island in NYC. Once we moved away in the late 50's, we still came back to
visit my father's parents, while my mother's parents lived in the Queens alongside the New Haven, the same line that came through New Rochelle and the station below is
on. The line is currently used by Amtrak and the Metro North commuter trains. Amtrak replaced the last of the New Haven style triangular catenary around
1990 or so. Metro North remodeled the station once they got rid of the old low platform New Haven cars, and went to high platform cars.
Rochester used to host five railroads, and had a subway that served the trolleys and trains for 30 years. The railroads were the New York Central, the Lehigh
Valley, the Erie, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania RR.
1970, found via Google Images
~1940
2017
NYC station, maybe ~1910?
found via Google Images
found on EBay
found on EBay
A DLW freight
found on EBay
the Lehigh Valley train station
Steamtown collection, Erie Depot
found via Google Images
photo: Jon Rothenmeyer,
1997
Seller: baysideantiques_02
found via Google Images
Seller: beth0514
Construction of the track area in 1871.
Early 1900's
The earlier Grand Central Station
Tracks of the earlier Grand Central Station
1957
found via Google Images
found via Google Images
found via Google Images
The NYC station between Mill and Front
interesting collage
Found on Wikipedia
City Hall station during WWII
Subway construction at Monroe St
Former entrance at Brown St, probably filled up by now....
Subway Monroe St entrance
Graffiti in the subway tunnels
Subway entrance at Exchange and Broad Streets
uploaded by Brian Hotchkiss
Rochester Junction
found via Google Images
in 1996, Jim Dent photo
found via Google Images
found via Google Images