This describes exactly why I collect them! I love the old depots. Memories. And each one of these I can get, is a slice of a "day in the life" from a place long gone. A way of life too many railfans have sadly overlooked. Boxcab E50
Over the summer, I would go up to Palmer Jct. and watch a train or two and then go over to the abandoned station that's still standing and just daydream. The old roadbed is still there, looking both ways, east and west, and you can just pictures the steamers coming into town and the "NCL" and the others stopping for a brief moment, then head off over the pass! Those were the days! It's still exciting hearing the rumble of a freight coming up to the Green River Gorge bridge during a nice sunset, whistling and all, and then goin' up. But it sure would be nice to hear a steamer too!! I've been up there when the 4449 came west a few years ago, but it was just coasting.
Kurt- One of my favorite places, was where Highway 169 crossed the tracks. At Henry's Spur. Actually used to know someone down the hill from there, who was near Covington. And the tracks were close enough to their house, you could see movement through the trees. THUNDER!!! On the Milw, waiting at Cedar Falls was much the same. Thunder echoing through the hills. Memories! Boxcab E50
Boxcab, thanks for the info! Is the original track location far away? I once read that there was a line relocation but was unable to get more detail and to identify old and new on a map. Cheers Dirk
Dirk- The line relocation was completed in 1959. The "new" tracks are just up the hill from the old. Maybe 1/4 mile? When the leaves are down, you could see where the new depot stood, from the old one. The radio antenna pole marked it well. Boxcab E50
