Derelict Stations (Former, Current, or Future Amtrak)

Found an interesting historical writeup of railroad stations in Gary, IN.

It appears that Gary Union Station had service right up until A-Day (B&O and NYC/PC). Interesting that the press was all wrong about service dates but not surprising to a certain extent.

The old Amtrak station in Delray Beach, Florida is still there but Amtrak moved to the Tri-Rail station quite some time ago. The building looks kind of sad and has not been used probably since Amtrak moved to Tri-Rail.
I doubt if it would be practical for Amtrak to restore and use it again at this point.\
Noel Weaver

gokeefe wrote:Agreed. If it's fully occupied and in service it's not a derelict. Is the upstairs passenger lounge in use?

You can reserve it for weddings, etc. Kind of sad that so often in the remaining larger stations, Amtrak passengers are shoehorned into a small room off to the side, but there's too much revenue to be had from other uses of the original waiting room. http://www.toledoport.org/services/trai ... on-rental/

Steve B wrote:Kind of sad that so often in the remaining larger stations, Amtrak passengers are shoehorned into a small room off to the side, but there's too much revenue to be had from other uses of the original waiting room.

Indeed. I was especially dismayed by this at KCUS, and I’m glad SPUD allocates much more space to its passengers.

Speaking of, Amtrak’s St. Paul Midway Station isn’t derelict, but is unoccupied save for AMTK crews.

So they turned Midway into a crew base,did the same thing here in ABQ When the ticket office moved in with Greyhound after the
phase II of the Alvarado complex was built.
What was the "old Indian curio bldg" built by ATSF lives on as the Amtrak crew base,Express/baggage facility

Backshophoss wrote:So they turned Midway into a crew base,did the same thing here in ABQ When the ticket office moved in with Greyhound after the
phase II of the Alvarado complex was built.

St. Louis now has the 2004 station ("Amshack II") as a crew facility after Gateway Intermodal Terminal opened in 2008. The 1978 station (Amshack I) was demolished.

Noel Weaver wrote:The old Amtrak station in Delray Beach, Florida is still there but Amtrak moved to the Tri-Rail station quite some time ago. The building looks kind of sad and has not been used probably since Amtrak moved to Tri-Rail.
I doubt if it would be practical for Amtrak to restore and use it again at this point.\
Noel Weaver

No question Delray Beach Seaboard Station is a derelict and once had Amtrak service. Unfortunately I suspect it would take an extraordinary turn of events for this station to ever return to service.

North Philadelphia was vacant for some years and now is a discount bargain outlet. Given how rough the area is, impressed that it is in very good shape.

Delray was turned into a "Public Safety Training Center" by the town, listed on the national register of historical places.

Although it may never see service as a train depot again, the old Holyoke, Mass. station is worthy of restoration. This venerable edifice, built in 1883-1885 to the design of Henry Hobson Richardson, has been vacant for years and is endangered. Two other Richardson stations in the Bay State—Framingham and nearby Palmer—have been restored and now serve as dining depots. Is such a restauration practicable in a struggling city like Holyoke?

Historic Buildings of Massachusetts: Old Holyoke Railroad Station (1883)

Everyone:

Does anyone know about any Amtrak 1970s era new design stations that were built along defunct
routes that still stand and have another use today?

My example is Canton, Ohio on the former Broadway Limited route which looks now to have been
turned into a local convenience store and is still in use. The platform and tracks there look to be
largely intact from satellite map overviews of the area.

An honorable mention goes to Catlettsburg, Kentucky Tri State Station which became a CSX local
office facility for a nearby maintenance yard which now may be vacant as previously noted.

What is good to see in these two instances is that another use was found for these buildings
after Amtrak service ended instead of them being abandoned. For example Amtrak only used
the Canton, Ohio building for around 12 years (1978-1990 I believe it was) in total.

MACTRAXX

Amtrak Standard Stations thread here: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=166174" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting to see that Holyoke made it into the mid-1960's as a station. I could see a very strong case for restoration indeed if the current new platform is assumed to have a 20-30 year service life and ridership starts to increase with all of the new service.

gokeefe wrote:

Noel Weaver wrote:The old Amtrak station in Delray Beach, Florida is still there but Amtrak moved to the Tri-Rail station quite some time ago. The building looks kind of sad and has not been used probably since Amtrak moved to Tri-Rail.
I doubt if it would be practical for Amtrak to restore and use it again at this point.\
Noel Weaver

No question Delray Beach Seaboard Station is a derelict and once had Amtrak service. Unfortunately I suspect it would take an extraordinary turn of events for this station to ever return to service.

When I was there in June, it's been serving as a lot for something. Mostly the platform is derelict. The old ALR station seemed like it's had some TLC recently.