The railroad is gone but the station still stands...

The former Chicago Great Western depot in Elma, Iowa was turned into a museum after the railroad was abandoned by the Chicago North Western Railroad that had taken over the CGW in a merger.

Creative Re-use

The former train station in Ames, Iowa home of Iowa State University is being turned into a new restaurant.

Sorry, can't catch the train here.

This tiny train station no longer has passengers boarding trains and in fact no longer has tracks near it but is still serving the public as the Moscow, Michigan Township Hall. The tiny township is located on US Highway 12 between US Highway 127 and Interstate 69.

Her fate is sealed...

The former Milwaukee Road train station in Mason City, Iowa that is soon face the wrecking ball like many classic train stations have recently as current owner Canadian Pacific no longer sees a need for it.

No train is coming

Former Rock Island Passenger depot in Independence, Iowa. The tracks in front the depot are decoration only.

Flying through New Lenox on a sad morning

A Chicago Metra commuter train on the Rock Island line flies through New Lenox  outbound on its way to Joliet at sunrise. It was a sad morning waking up to the news of the Las Vegas tragedy that happened the night before.

Looking at you...

Old train signal with a caboose and train station in the background in Parkersburg, Iowa.

Boise Union Pacific Station

Boise Union Pacific Station along front, a photo by Dornoff Photography on Flickr.

Back on June 30th, I spent the night in Boise on my way back to Salt Lake City after spending a week in Portland.

Boise has a beautiful train station that sits on a hill overlooking the downtown area.

One of things I never noticed before was that this building resembles the Catholic Church that sits across the street from where I went to High School.

Neon Taxi and Bus Sign at Portland Union Station

Neon Taxi and Bus Sign at Portland Union Station, a photo by Dornoff Photography on Flickr.

Here is the final picture of neon at Portland Union Station.

Portland, Oregon Union Station

Portland, Oregon Union Station, a photo by Dornoff Photography on Flickr.

While many cities may have a classic train train station, most of them have been altered sometimes beyond recognition.

However, Portland Union Station still looks like it did back in the hey day of the railroads including a wonderful waiting room.

I plan on getting some more pictures of this beautiful train station in the near future.

Baggage Dept Sign

Baggage Dept Sign, a photo by Dornoff Photography on Flickr.

Have to love the neon...

After my conference in Portland I took Amtrak's Cascade service to Seattle to visit my best friend.

The Portland train station is a beautiful classic station. The lobby still has many classic details including these wonderful neon signs.

I took this picture with a GE X5 super zoom camera. While it obviously did pretty good in these low light pictures, most of the other pictures were horrible.