Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: depot

As you can see, Kalamazoo's transportation center was built around the old train depot, which was originally built by the Michigan Central and long part of the New York Central system. Unfortunately, all the construction to accommodate the local and inter-city buses has largely obscured the gorgeous railroad building.

One last look at Springport, Michigan's old New York Central depot before we go on our way. 1988. Camera: Minolta Freedom 100

This was the New York Central depot in Springport, Michigan. This photograph continues my exploration of the LS&MS Lansing line ; there will be more photographs as I locate and/or take them. It also begins a brief exploration of Springport, which I visited one afternoon in 1988. According to this article by Frank Passic of Albion, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern tracks from Jonesville to Lansing were laid in 1872. The tracks north of Springport were removed in 1940, which made this little building a terminal until the southern tracks were removed in 1968. This building has been restored , and now looks like this . Certainly appears that it was being maintained in the 80s. Camera: Minolta Freedom 100 ========= This track was built by the Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company, which was a front for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. The LS&MS was, in turn, a captive/component of the New York Central. You've likely noticed that I care about this built by/owned by/merged with/trackage rights detail. Many railfans talk this way. History majors generally like checking this stuff out....

When I first discovered the tiny, delightful Lake O' depot, sometime in the 1980s, it lived downtown and was dwarfed by nearby grain silos. I can't find any pix of those silos, but here's what the depot looked like for its first century . Around 1990 CSX sold it to the local historical society, who moved it about a mile north of the tracks and turned it into a museum. It looks far better these days, but the nearby fairgrounds just ain't the Pere Marquette mainline. Can't have everything. Regardless, it's still cute and a photogenic treasure. ========== This day marked a change in my photo-processing workflow. I've mentioned once or twice that my software converts black & white NEF (Nikon's RAW format) files back to their color originals, which rather defeats the purpose of the camera setting. To this point in the 366 Snaps project, I'd been sorting through those "color" "negatives" to decide which photo to turn back to B&W; beginning with the July 2 batch the first step in my processing workflow was to convert every photo in the folder (back) to monochrome. The details would change--I'll likely mention this again--but this became my normal practice for the rest of the project. Once again: Monochrome is partly an attitude. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 18 Title of " roll :" Lake Odessa Depot [every one of 'em] Other photos taken on 7/2/2012: none.