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This scene really lent itself to black and white so here's another frame of this spot rendered that way for Monochrome Monday.
After shooting L245 southbound on the Bellwood we soon heard a CSXT loaded grain train talking to the dispatcher about getting out of Fulton Yard. Once we heard their symbol and realized they would be routed off the Peninsula Sub from Rivanna Jct. to AM Jct. then up the Bellwood to AY via the Richmond Terminal Sub to swing south on to the North End Sub we hatched a plan. And if it all worked out this train was going to be our ticket for the day I'd long wanted along the rails of the old Atlantic Coast Line.
But before that we set up at another quintessential Richmond location that I'd long wanted to shoot. The light was challenging to shoot this southbound train going north here, but I had to try. I'd long been fascinated with Main Street Station stemming from my earliest childhood memories. As a child, every February vacation my parents (who were school teachers and had the time off) would drive us from Rhode Island to Florida for a week in Orlando. But I cared less about Mickey Mouse than I did about trains to be seen out the window on the long drive 1000 miles down I95, and I have distinct memories of staring longingly out the window at the rails in north Jersey and Baltimore and other exotic places. But this place stood out amongst all others with its hauntingly beautiful Renaissance Revival styling that was starkly sad back then as the station I remember was a burned out and scary looking shell of itself.
Built in 1901 by the Seaboard Air Line and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad’s it served into the early Amtrak era until they moved out in 1975. It was damaged by fires in 1975 and 1983 and despite its National Historic Landmark status it remained in that sad state for several years until repairs were made and the station served assorted commercial enterprises. Finally in the early 2000s it received a full top to bottom restoration and Amtrak returned in 2003 with limited service and today six trains a day stop here with more service planned.
To learn more about this station check out these links:
mainstreetstationrichmond.com/our-story/
www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/richmond-main-stre...
styleweekly.com/richmond/a-tale-of-two-terminals/Content?...
And to see an amazing photo of it back in the 1960s after the SAL had moved out but when the C&O still called here check out this by the legendary J. Parker Lamb:
www.flickr.com/photos/railphotoart/26724813582/in/album-7...
As for this train it is CSXT G693-30, a solid train of loaded system grain hoppers from Russell, KY to Rocky Mount, NC behind AC4400CWs 229 and 201 and recently rebuilt CM44AC 7027. The latter was rebuilt in Fort Worth from CSXT AC440CW 167 which was only along for the pull up out of the James River Valley to AY and would be dropped in Petersburg on the way south. They are seen here curling through Rivanna Junction on the viaduct along the C&O side of the station passing the 530 ft long trains shed built by the Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pa., which is one of the last remaining gable-roof train sheds still standing. Now enclosed in glass it is a 63,000 square foot premier event space.
Richmond, Virginia
Saturday April 1, 2023
First Bus West of England 'Badgerline' Dennis Dart WX05 RVM 42904 , Marine Parade Weston-super-Mare 12.4.21
D79 RVM, one of the ill-fated Talbot Pullman vehicles acquired from several sources by Luton and District in the late-1980's is seen here entering Luton Bus Station on a Hoppanstopper route from Lewsey Farm. Alongside can be seen a Daimler Fleetline of Shoreys of Maulden.
Scanned from an acquired, un-copyrighted negative.
National Express West Midlands Volvo B7TL/Alexander ALX400 4260 (BU51 RVM) pictured in Kings Heath working on the 11C Outer Circle.
4260 was based at Acocks Green Garage.
Taken on 9/2/2018.
Later in de middag heb ik nog anderhalf uur bij Leschede gestaan waar het wat rustiger was.
RVM 55 als losse loc bij Leschede op 15 september 2020
Am 1.März 2023 gab es in der Vorplanung noch weitere interessante Züge an der linken Rheinstrecke (KBS 471).
Der GAGC 48573 von DB Cargo von Antwerpen Noord in Belgien nach Burghausen- Wackerwerk zur Fa.Wacker Chemie AG war geplant und sollte mit zwei der neuen 159 von DB Cargo zu bespannt werden.
Die erste Ernüchterung kam gegen Mittag….Der Zug hat Ausfall und die Loks bleiben in Oberhausen.
Nach einigem Hin und Her zwischen den verschieden Quellen kam die Info das die 159 243 und die 159 241 als Lokzug in der Plantrasse doch nach Bayern fahren müssen.
Ich wechselte schnell von Ingelheim an die lange Gerade nördlich Gau Algesheim und beschloss doch einen Nachschuß anzufertigen.
Die beiden wuchtigen Lokomotiven rollten dann auch noch mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit an mir vorbei.
Puuh, das war meine erste Begegnung mit der neuen Baureihe 159 bei DB Cargo.
Leasingnehmer der DB Cargo 159 ist ELP, der Halter RVM, Mieter DB Cargo.
Für die Statistik: 159 243 unter Strom hat die 159 241 im Schlepp als 48573 von Emmerich-Elten nach Burghausen-Wackerwerk mit über 2 Stunden Verspätung.
Der Zug fährt Regelweg rechts (KBS 466) und wurde auch wegen der Bauarbeiten hier über die linke Rheinstrecke (KBS 471) umgeleitet.
British Motor Museum, Gaydon, 11 June 2023
SORN with no MOT since 2013. Collected from the midlands by Owen Automotive for a customer and combined with a visit to the Gaydon show.
LEGO MASTERS: A final build in the "Cut In Half" episode of LEGO MASTERS airing Wednesday, Feb. 19 (9:01-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2020 FOX MEDIA LLC. CR: Ray Mickshaw/FOX
Taken very quickly on a walk around Paris. I could take a photograph every minute that I'm in that city.
Explore Jun 2, 2008
Stagecoach United Counties: 18110 (KX04 RVM) an Alexander ALX400 bodied Dennis Trident, painted in corporate livery with green route branding and captured here entering Northampton Bus Station operating on service X4 to Peterborough.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 4th May 2007.
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A recent addition to Stagecoach Bluebird is this one time Stagecoach East and latterly Manchester and Highland Trident 18110. The Bluebird engineer must really dislike Volvo B9TLs if this was chosen over the ex First Geminis recently on loan and currently spare with Fife.
18110 seen here on the current excessive layover at Woodend on the X17 that disappears or at least reduces later this month in the timetable change. Annoying for passengers but for handy for catching up and photographing X17 buses. The Trident joins 18018 in being the only flip dot display vehicles in the fleet now.
The red-brick Main Street station in Richmond’s Shockhoe Bottom district, a National Historic Landmark, is the second of two connections between this southern capital and the greater Northeast Corridor with a north-suburban stop at the Staples Mill station in the Henrico County suburbs.
The Main Street facility opened to serve as a union station for two major railroads, the Seaboard Air Line (SAL) Railroad, running north and south, and the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Railroad, running east and west. The headhouse building and train shed were originally designed by Wilson, Harris, & Richards, three famous railroad terminal specialists from Philadelphia, prior to the Spanish-American War, in 1898. Economic hardships following the war delayed construction and the facility was not opened until November 27, 1901. Architecturally, the station presents an excellent example of the Beaux Arts style adapted in what has been termed Second Renaissance Revival, dating from the 1880s and fostered by premier 19th century architect Richard Morris Hunt.
Seven bays wide on its entry sides and three on the flanking sides, the terminal building is veneered with Pompeian brick and many architectural embellishments in stone and terracotta. A five-bay loggia, with Corinthian capitals on its columns and roses carved into the lower face of the arches, sits above the rusticated stone portico with its own segmented arches; an ornate four-clock, six-story tower stands at the southwest corner of the building—a familiar Richmond landmark to drivers above on Interstate 95. The steeply-pitched hipped roof is covered in red clay tiles and pierced by two rows of dormers. The main body of the headhouse is four stories tall and first contained the station waiting rooms, ticket offices, men’s and ladies’ rooms, dining and retiring rooms on the first and second floors; and railroad offices on the two floors above.
The 123-by-517 foot train shed on the north side of the station is also historically designated, and was one of the last gable-roofed train sheds ever built, as architects finally went to arched balloon sheds when the structures needed to be longer than that. Built by Wilson Brothers of Philadelphia, the same firm responsible for the mammoth arched balloon sheds of Philadelphia and the Reading Railroad, the structure is one of the earliest examples of riveted steel trusses, which are now standard construction. The platform is above street level and while the platform is itself is new it is still resting on its original trestles. This makes it the largest intact train trestle system in the country.
The Main Street station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1970, and designated a National Historic Landmark on December 8, 1976.
In 1959, Seaboard Air Line moved its passenger services to the Broad Street station (now the Science Museum of Virginia) while C&O retained passenger service through the Main Street terminal as well as offices in its upper floors until Amtrak took over service in 1971. However, after Hurricane Agnes caused the rise of the James River which flooded the first floor of the station, Amtrak discontinued passenger service on October 15, 1975.
The station remained vacant for several years until SWA Development Corporation bought it in 1983 with plans to turn it into a shopping mall. On the eve of the conversion, October 7, 1983, a six-alarm fire destroyed the upper floors and roof of the headhouse. The building was subsequently restored, including using replica roof tiles, and the shopping mall opened in 1985 but closed in a short time thereafter. In these interim years between active train service, the station also housed an unsuccessful nightclub—the Shockhoe Bottom area being a center for nightlife at the time. In 1990, the Virginia Department of Health opened offices in the facility.
With the passage of the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, which emphasized preservation of existing systems before construction of new facilities, restoration advocate and City Planner Viktoria Badger saw an opportunity to fund the station’s restoration and begin the project. She envisioned a true multimodal transportation hub serving trains, shuttles, buses, taxis, vanpools, and intercity bus service. More than $53 million of the total $54.1 million spent in restorations was secured from federal, state and local governments. The headhouse restoration, together with construction of a new elevated platform, a mechanical plant, 156 parking spaces and public art in the first phase of the overall project was funded at $14.1 million. The renovation of the train shed followed in 2004.
The State of Virginia purchased the station in 1995, and shortly thereafter, Badger contacted Harry Weese Associates (HWA) of Washington, D.C. to do the initial feasibility study regarding restoration. The process of moving from study to plans to construction, including multiple approvals and assessments took several years, including transfer of the property to the city of Richmond. Meantime, the HWA Washington office closed and several of the partners moved to Chicago, as architectural firm Gensler purchased the firm following its founder’s death. Fortunately for the project, the team largely stayed intact.
Construction began in August 2001, with six months of interior gutting, because the plaster walls required significant asbestos abatement. Restorations were accomplished thereafter, trying to match original materials and usage of the building—a more complex matter than rehabilitation. Further complicating matters was the lack of as-built plans for the headhouse, which led to surprises such as discovering that some raised platform floors were not made of concrete, but compressed coal ash that fell apart once uncovered. Other surprises included discovering much architectural ornament long covered over and hidden. Some problems during renovation were solved through replacement of outdated materials, but other structural issues were more serious: a steel skeleton was added to support the second floor of the station. Additionally, building codes had changed in the years since the restoration’s original design, and plans had to be altered in some cases as they went along and discovered the applicable code changes.
Modern elements, such as life safety systems, security systems, network wiring, a new elevator, upgrades to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing upgrades were done as unobtrusively as possible. Bathrooms and public areas were redesigned to eliminate storage lockers, due to post 9/11 security concerns. Another important challenge to interior restoration was the lack of historical paint samples, due to the fires and water damage over the years. However, bringing the interior lighting up to modern code—much brighter than the station originally had—caused the proposed historical color scheme to be toned down a little, but it still retained the rich tones of the post-Victorian era. The colors chosen were peach-gold, sea-foam green, French white and a dark ivory typical of the period.
The building’s exterior was also restored, as the Pompeian brickwork needed extensive tuck-pointing, much of the terra cotta decoration had succumbed to the weather, balustrades were structurally unsound, and stonework was deteriorating. As the tracks running past the station were active during the entire restoration, outside work was required to stop several times a day for safety reasons. Cast concrete replaced the original platform, per code, but the shed’s unique and decorative ironwork was preserved and replacement iron support structures emulated the original as well.
Finally, spotlighting the features of the restored structure at nighttime was done not only for safety reasons but because it would and did have a positive impact upon the neighborhood and called attention to the station’s renaissance. Amtrak restored service to Main Street Station in 2003 and has been in discussions with state and local leaders about service changes in the region that could add more trains to the grand building.
In 1607, when English explorers from Jamestown sailed up the James to its falls, they found a sizeable settlement of the Powhatan tribal confederacy at the site marking the tribe’s westernmost boundary. The explorers were unable to establish a post on those river islands that lasted past 1610. They did not return to settle until after 1730, when the Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Warehouse Act, requiring inspectors to grade tobacco at 40 different locations, including the falls of the James. Seven years later, William Mayo arrived and laid out the original street plan for the town on the north bank of the James, on land provided by Colonel William Byrd II of nearby Westover Plantation; the name derives from Richmond, England. The town was chartered in 1742, and became the capital of the colony in 1780 and of the Commonwealth when Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788 as the tenth state.
During the Revolutionary War period, Patrick Henry delivered his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech in St. John’s Church in Richmond at the Second Virginia Convention. This speech is credited with convincing the House of Burgesses to pass a resolution sending Virginia troops to fight with the patriots. Shortly after the capital of the colony was moved to Richmond, British troops under Benedict Arnold burned the city, in 1781. Nonetheless, the city recovered and incorporated in 1782.
Its place as state capital and as a major trading center and port at the falls of the James all led to Richmond’s development in finance, government, and tobacco processing and trade. Development of the James River and Kanehwa Canal, designed by George Washington, as well as steamboat service on the James contributed to that growth. In the 1831 the industrial revolution arrived in the city with the founding of the Chesterfield Railroad Company, opening its horse-drawn line between Manchester (on the south bank of the James opposite Richmond) and the Chesterfield coal mines. In 1833, the largest iron foundry in the south, the Tredegar Ironworks, consolidated operations with its rolling mills and the Virginia Foundry of Richmond. The first steam locomotive service came with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1836, and the Richmond and Danville Railroad completed its line to Danville in 1854. The Virginia Central, succeeded by the C&O, had arrived in 1851.
During the American Civil War, Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy as well as Virginia, beginning in 1861 after Jefferson Davis placed it under martial law. The strategic location of the Tredegar Ironworks, third largest in the United States at the time, may have influenced the decision to locate the Confederate Capital there. Tredegar made the 723 tons of iron plating that covered the CSS Virginia, which successfully held the Battle of Hampton Roads against the Union’s wooden ships and later stood against the Union’s Monitor.
In April of 1865, as the fall of nearby Petersburg to Union forces became imminent, the city was evacuated and the Confederate President and his cabinet abandoned Richmond. Retreating soldiers set fire to bridges, armory, and warehouses, and much of the largely abandoned city was destroyed. The fire was only checked after the Mayor and other civilians went to the Union lines and surrendered the city the next day. Not until 1870 was Virginia readmitted to the Union, and Federal troops removed from the city.
Government and finance continued to fuel the city’s economy, as in 1914 Richmond became the headquarters of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve. Tobacco company Phillip Morris, originally of London, incorporated in the United States in 1902 in New York City. Buying an existing factory in Richmond, they began producing tobacco products there in 1929 and remained a major economic force in the city throughout the twentieth century. In the ensuing years, the company has expanded internationally and acquired prominent household products companies such as Miller Brewing, General Foods, and Kraft.
The Shockhoe Bottom neighborhood where the station was built was named for the valley of the Shockhoe Creek between Church Hill and Shockhoe Hill and is part of Richmond’s original settlement. The area was a busy center for slave trading until emancipation in 1865, as well as the burial grounds for thousands of enslaved Africans, commemorated today by the Trail of Enslaved Africans.
Building a floodwall along the James in 1995 protected Shockhoe Bottom and allowed the Riverfront District to expand, bringing the neighborhood back to life from floods in the 1970s and 1980s. However, on August 31, 2004, another devastating flood roared through the district due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Gaston pouring down through the Shockhoe watershed; much of the district was declared uninhabitable at the time. Nonetheless, following changes to the area’s sewage system to prevent a reoccurrence, the riverfront has seen successful redevelopment.
The Main Street station takes a significant place in that redevelopment and the future of the region as plans are made for it to become a stop on the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor as well as a transportation hub for downtown Richmond. Source: www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/RVM
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Vossloh DE18 (4185 025-8) Lok 55 der Regionalverkehr Münsterland GmbH (RVM), am 22.01.2020 bei der Ausfahrt aus dem Bahnhof Rendsburg in Richtung Schleswig.
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