Nostalgia & History > I Had Never Seen the Front of That Depot

When I scanned this depot slide of Rick Burn's today, I realized I had never seen the front of the Seaboard Air Line Depot in Petersburg, VA.  Thus I thought some or many of you hadn't either.  I could not find the depot on Google Earth.  The N&W depot was easy to find.  And so was the Amtrak Depot (ex-ACL).

The seconsd shot Rick took trackside of E7A 3044 with Train 34, the Silver Comet.  She became SCL 569.

Both slides are dated August 1966.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/22/17 19:11 by MartyBernard.

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Great photo!  The building was there until just recently, but it appears to have been demolished.  Oddly enough, the platform canopy is still there.   You can see the canopy in this aerial view: https://goo.gl/maps/HdZ6sQvDdPr  The old SAL station building was where the three trailers are parked in the aerial photo.  And in this street view, you can see the canopy in the background: https://goo.gl/maps/Cz3gGcE4BQ32  



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/22/17 19:37 by knotch8.

Thanks for finding that.  Nom wonder I missed it

Marty.

The 2012 streetview from the other side along Upper Appomattox St. shows the track side of the depot:

https://goo.gl/maps/suo6AcrBhn22

The birdseye views on Bing Maps show the depot while it was still in place as well:

https://binged.it/2kinLWL

What a stately, colonial-looking depot.  Not used to seeing that in the Midwest.

Evan_Werkema Wrote:

> The birdseye views on Bing Maps show the depot
> while it was still in place as well:
>
> https://binged.it/2kinLWL

Very interesting that the Bing Map says it's 2016.  Maybe the station was still there early in the year, but was only recently demolished.  Sad to see it go.  A beautiful old station.  Always was surprised that the owner kept it for so long, and surprised to see that the canopies still remain.

cabman wrote,  Not used to seeing that in the Midwest.   Petersburg, VA is on the East coast,  not Midwst  upkpfan