by Station Aficionado
Click here to see a picture of the shed at Chicago Grand Central referenced by Nellie Bly:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand ... terior.jpg
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R36 Combine Coach wrote:While not a AAR/FRA railroad, one main arched trainshed in use is the new Coney Island Stillwell Terminal on the NYC Subway in Brooklyn, which opened in 2004. It may be the only active one with Harrisburg.http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pho ... =fbx_album
train2 wrote: Other stations that are not arched but open space are stations like Main Street station in Richmond, Va. which was at one time a mall (when I was last in it) and now sees trains again, however trains stop on the outside and do not enter what I would call the shed.Having recently traveled on Amtrak to Williamsburg, VA, passing through Richmond along the way, it piqued my interest in this station. What is currently under the shed there?
Matt Johnson wrote:I think it's currently office space now. The AT (on its way south) swings west at Acca Yard on the freight bypass, as do all of the Florida and Carolina trains. The only trains that pass (and stop at) Main Street are the Newport News trains. The trains that terminate/originate in Richmond do so at Staples Mill.train2 wrote: Other stations that are not arched but open space are stations like Main Street station in Richmond, Va. which was at one time a mall (when I was last in it) and now sees trains again, however trains stop on the outside and do not enter what I would call the shed.Having recently traveled on Amtrak to Williamsburg, VA, passing through Richmond along the way, it piqued my interest in this station. What is currently under the shed there?
Also, does the Auto Train pass through the station on the elevated track, despite not making any station stops?