Rob Leese posted:Two views of the Quanah, Acme & Pacific depot at historic Roaring Springs, TX taken in 2010.
28 years before, I set out an empty rail train consist at this depot and picked up dozens of gondolas loaded with trestle parts....sad occasion.
Was that a Southern Pacific/SSW depot? It reminds me of the design of the Sugar Land Depot, but has a bit of the Santa Fe "County Seat/Mission Style" thrown in.
AGHRMatt posted:Rob Leese posted:Two views of the Quanah, Acme & Pacific depot at historic Roaring Springs, TX taken in 2010.
28 years before, I set out an empty rail train consist at this depot and picked up dozens of gondolas loaded with trestle parts....sad occasion.
Was that a Southern Pacific/SSW depot? It reminds me of the design of the Sugar Land Depot, but has a bit of the Santa Fe "County Seat/Mission Style" thrown in.
Greetings Matt,
The eventual parent road of the QA&P was the Frisco railway. The QA&P was a short line running through only four Texas counties, and 99.9% of the track has been pulled up. However, a handsome brick or stucco depot still exists in each of the four counties: Floydada, Roaring Springs, Paducah, and Quanah, TX. The Quanah headquarters is a very nice museum.
The closest SP/SSW trackage would be found many miles away in Fort Worth, TX.
Wow, I just went through this thread and there are some terrific images shared. Thanks everyone. Here are a couple more from me.
Paul
The house where I grew up was along the NYC tracks near here. I must have watched a few thousand trains back then. Formerly four tracks, then three tracks, now two tracks. Former RS&E interurban line also paralleled these tracks for a ways. Revisited in 2011.
Mainline railroad bridge over Irondequoit Creek, same vicinity.
Portage Bridge over the Genesee River in Letchworth Park NY. Used by Norfolk Southern, formerly Erie Railroad. Built 1875, now being replaced.
A relative of my father fell to his death from this bridge while employed to repaint it - ironically, after he had survived military service in Europe during WW1. (early 1920's)
Photos by Ace 2011
Some pics from my Grandfather when he was a bridge construction supervisor. First are some from rebuilding the Cairo rail bridge over the Ohio River, owned by Illinois Central. 
They would build a new section next to the old. Then when ready, move the old span out and the new span in. Their contract required doing this and reconnecting the rails within 24 hrs, in order to minimize rail traffic interruptions.
The next set of pics from my Grandfather's bridge construction days are from the building of a new CNTP bridge at Burnside Ky. A taller one was needed due to the planned flooding of the Cumberland River. The bridge was heavily used by Southern and now Norfolk Southern.
There's some really nice photography here! Alas, all I have are a handful of postcards that I recently uncovered in my childhood to college era postcard collection.
Tomlinson Run Railroad
Florida East Coast RR, Key West Ext. Bridge over the Sea. Postmarked 1913:
Springfield, MA Railroad Arch Bridge (Boston & Albany? Boston & Maine?):
Harvard, MA, Depot and Freight (Boston and Maine) reprint of photo in Harvard Historical Society collections (no copyright notice):
Delaware and Hudson Journal Building, Albany, NY. Postmarked 1919 (wow):
Ulster and Delaware Depot, Tannersville, NY. Postmarked 1910:
New York Central advertising postcard? Fulton Chain Lakes, Adirondack Mountains, NY:
Union Pacific advertising, miniature postcards. (These might look great with my N scale UP SD70 ACe but the packaging is too tight to open up without damage):
Tomlinson Run Railroad
Butler Coal and Lumber
Sunrise and wires.
Fullerton, CA
Tunkhannock Viaduct 2014
Bridge by Wendal Bollman ... B&O Little Patuxent Branch ... Savage, Md. 
Carbondale, PA
Ace posted:Niobrara River bridge on former C&NW "Cowboy Line" near Valentine Nebraska.
photo by Ace 2011
Thanks for posting this, Ace. I've always been attracted to the long, high, bridges of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North Dakota. Apparently, that type of terrain extends further south on the Great Plains. One of my bucket list items is to make a trip to Mount Rushmore, with some side trips to see big bridges. Maybe in 2017.
Tobyhanna, PA 2014
Milwaukee Road transcon main over I-90 near Ellensburg, WA. This was on the western electrified region. 
Big Spring trestle north of Lewistown, Montana. I don't think I want to take a train over this thing. 
MILW Great Falls MT branch trestle at Judith River north of Lewistown MT. About a month after I took this picture the Judith flooded and washed out a concrete pier or two. The trestle deck was leaning precariously. I think they have it rebuilt now tho? 
NP/BN/BNSF trestle 52 on the Homestake Pass line above Butte, MT.
NP/BN/BNSF bridge 51 on Homestake Pass above Butte, MT. (Yes it is a different bridge from the one above).
NP/BN/MRL Yellowstone River bridge at Billings, MT
Some very nice bridges WYHOG.
Here is some track that is not quite so nice.
Lansdale, PA 2015
Signals, silence,fog, and Fostoria, Ohio...pre-dawn
I was back in PA recently and decided to take a number of photos of the old PRR position light signals at the Lewistown station. NS has installed the new three color light / PTC compliant signals at CP Lewis. The new signal heads are still turned at a right angle to the tracks but, the position light signals' days are clearly growing short.
For you non-PRR folks; the indication on the night shot is "approach medium".
Curt
Goat Canyon Trestle
Carrizo Gorge Railway operated on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
Nice shot Ivega, I like playing with the light on the rails as well.
Paul
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