Southern Train Depots
My collection of photographs and information of train depots in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia & Alabama.
All images are for sale. For purchase information, Contact John Grogan, [email protected]. The era of passenger train service in the south started its decline in the late 1940's and had forced railroad companies to end passenger service completely by the early 1960's. With improved highways and owning a car was no more a luxury; riders begin using cars as a primary means of travel. So many depo
05/09/2024
Over this past weekend we were in Northern Virginia. On our return trip, I was able to capture 5 depots along US 29 on our way home.
Warrenton, VA
Culpeper, VA
Montpelier, VA
Charlottesville, V
Danbury, VA
Southern Train Depots
13/06/2024
Here is a set of images I took many years ago when I was starting out my collection. This building has quite the past. Today the station is once again serving passengers from NYC, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta to New Orleans and many places along the way. Beautifully restored this station represents the majesty that train travel had at the turn of the 19th Century.
For a history of this building, visit, https://mainstreetstationrichmond.com/our-story/
13/06/2024
New website at a new location. Here is a look at the site in progress.
Southern Train Depots Southern Train Depots - A collection of train depot photographs from the southern states.
17/03/2024
Today I was in South Carolina for an assignment and thought I'd re-shoot a few of the depots I had already visited before and shoot them again using the drone.
17/10/2023
Last week Denise and I were in Pendleton SC and I was able to capture the railroad depot there. This week we were in Charleston, where I was able to get the depot in Camron SC on the way down and the Depot in the former town of Batesburg SC, now Batesburg-Leesville.
Pendleton's depot is used for community events, Batesburg is also a community building, however, it was not clear what is happening in Cameron. I hope the citizens in Cameron have a plan to repurpose this beautiful building. Cameron is a small town no too far from Orangeburg SC. Most of their downtown was closed.