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This site contains maps of the 48 contiguous U.S. states, with over 9,000 markers indicating the locations of historic railroad depots. If you're taking a trip by car check these maps first - you'll be able to determine what depots are located along your route.
Railway depots. Railway buildings and structures in the United States. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Iowa has Amtrak stations on two different routes, but no service to or from Des Moines. Explore the list of Iowa Amtrak stations and routes below to view your options. Iowa Amtrak Stations. Burlington, IA (BRL) Creston, IA (CRN) Fort Madison, IA (FMD) Mt. Pleasant, IA (MTP) (closest station to Iowa City) Osceola, IA (OSC) (closest station to ...
The Railroad Station Historical Society has been compiling lists of passenger, freight, and combination railroad, trolley, and interurban depots; interurban substations, power houses, shops, and carbarns; railroad interlocking and signal towers, railroad enginehouses, roundhouses, and shop buildings: water tanks; coaling docks; bridges ...
The Underground Railroad was a network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape slavery beginning in the late 1700s until the end of the Civil War in 1865. It spanned northern and southern states, stretching from Texas to Maine.
Scores of these beautiful buildings were resigned to neglect, vandalism and the wrecking ball. The photos on these pages show what is left of the golden age of railroading. Every town on the rails had a depot, at one time there were upwards of 40,000 depots in America, today that figure is halved.
Depot and former railroad headquarters of the Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Co., owned by the Milwaukee 1962-80, now part of the Palouse River & Coulee City (PCC) RR. The depot is now owned by the WI&M Railway History Preservation Group, and its restoration is under way.
The America of the small-town railroad depot is largely gone, and has been for nearly 70 years. With the passenger rail system in steady decline following the end of World War II, railroads sought property tax relief by closing and tearing down train stations as early as the 1950s.
Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc. To encourage the preservation and growth of historical knowledge of railroad stations/depots and other railroad/railway structures worldwide.
Top. Architectural Drawings. View Larger. Union Pacific is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States.