Doesn't look that much could have been done to save the depot:
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| Author: | robertjohndavis [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Gap, PA Station Demolished |
http://forums.railfan.net/forums.cgi?board=EastPenn;action=display;num=1296693623;start=0#0 I had the pleasure to ride Amtrak to Harrisburg last month, and I was happy to see so many PRR touchstones still standing. Most surprising to me was the Gap depot, which I thought had been removed years a go. Well, it has now. Rob |
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| Author: | ebtrr [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
i was curious what it looked like before and found this photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandersonjack15/3589462314/in/faves-32118092@N04/ |
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| Author: | robertjohndavis [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
I still have to pinch myself when I think I really DID see a PRR 4-4-0 and 4-4-2 race by the Gap depot with a rake of vintage coaches. It was one of the few VERY few moments where I put the camera down and just observed. I will never forget that day.... and neither will the steam preservation field in general. As I join hundreds of others in a keystone timewarp, N&W #611 & crew was having a terrible day on the ground in the Great Dismal Swamp. Rob |
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| Author: | Wowak [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
Doesn't look that much could have been done to save the depot:
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| Author: | PLATFORMCAR [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:01 pm ] | ||||
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished | ||||
thought a few members wouldn't mind seeing the station from about a year ago... This was long before the demo crew showed up... Dean Levin
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| Author: | 060 Hogger [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
Too bad about the old station. The Wonderful News is the First Rate Roadbed, concrete ties and welded rail of the Amtrak Keystone line from Philly to Harrisburg. A joy to ride at 110 mph under the 25 KV 60 Hz catenary. I may like old trains, but I like new modern trains doing a great job even more. Ridership on this line has increased something like 25 % in the past year or so. |
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| Author: | limejuice [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
060 Hogger wrote: A joy to ride at 110 mph under the 25 KV 60 Hz catenary. Still 11KV 25Hz 'round these parts. |
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| Author: | robertmacdowell [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
I've seen worse saved. Grass Lake Michigan - burnt and nothing but stone walls, then restored. http://grasslakehistoricalrental.com/ Tehachapi CA - burned to the ground and restored. Before http://www.flickr.com/photos/stars4esther/2579290429/ After http://www.flickr.com/photos/stars4esther/5337320208/ Roanoke VA - serious fire damage, restoration underway http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/258004 In all those locales, a) somebody gave a carp, and b) the railroad let them within 100 feet of the property. |
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
Robert - Great examples! Wasn't there also a New Haven Railroad junction depot named Canaan (or something like that) that suffered major fire damage and was restored? Les |
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| Author: | Howard P. [ Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
Yes. Arson fire by "youts" in 2001 or so; state grant money to rebuild. Howard P. |
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| Author: | mikefrommontana [ Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gap, PA Station Demolished |
The examples given are reconstructions following fire, which might imply the avaiability of insurance money and buildings that started out with more structural integrity than the Gap depot possessed. When a depot gets to the condition that the Gap depot did, it implies that there is no champion for the building, or a purpose for the building were it restored. The junction depot listed a couple months ago that CSX tore down (fire damage) would have been a better candidate for reconstruction--were there a group to champion the cause--with money in hand. The amazing thing is that this ruin survived as long as it did, or that Amtrak didn't try to dispose of the building much sooner. Michael Seitz Missoula MT |
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