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Title: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: Trowres on April 26, 2010, 00:35:10 Fortunately it's Amtrak that has achieved "Eyesore of the Month" status, but maybe Network Rail will catch up soon:
http://kunstler.com/eyesore_201001.html (http://kunstler.com/eyesore_201001.html) What do you think? Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: Worcester_Passenger on April 27, 2010, 09:47:51 Judging from the logos, it's a joint facility for Amtrak and Greyhound. Can't think of any equivalent to that over here.
Meanwhile, can anyone enlighten me about what the Americans mean by "two platforms and 4 pockets"? But the disused station is wonderful. Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: paul7575 on April 27, 2010, 12:17:58 I think 'pockets' may be the US term for what we call bays?
Paul Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: Worcester_Passenger on April 28, 2010, 01:37:27 I think 'pockets' may be the US term for what we call bays? Seems likely. Two syllables instead of one - must be better. Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: inspector_blakey on April 28, 2010, 02:37:40 "tie" rather than "sleeper"..."grade crossing" not "level crossing"..."switch" not "turnout" etc... ;)
More seriously, that station in St Louis MO doesn't look too bad compared to some other horrors I've seen here. North Philadelphia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Philadelphia_%28SEPTA_Regional_Rail_station%29), for example - a station in a murderous area of the city that looks from the outside as if to all intents and purposes it's been abandoned, and yet has frequent commuter train service as well as a few Amtrak departures every day. Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: Phil on April 28, 2010, 07:06:17 for example - a station in a murderous area of the city that looks from the outside as if to all intents and purposes it's been abandoned, and yet has frequent commuter train service ;D(http://www.terrascope.co.uk/images/TrowbridgeStn.jpg) Title: Re: Railways make it to "Eyesore of the Month" Post by: Worcester_Passenger on April 28, 2010, 17:24:48 "tie" rather than "sleeper"..."grade crossing" not "level crossing"..."switch" not "turnout" etc... ;) Take your Though these are the people who prefer "transportation" to "transport". This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |