01-04-2011, 06:37 PM
The site struck me as a very difficult place to move a building off of. The whole place is about 20 feet above the average ground level, on a triangle formed by a junction. The NS main is elevated throughout town. Even if they could move it across the tracks, there's an immediate and steep dropoff to deal with. That's two sides of it. The third is where a major road is and a sheer retaining wall and the railroad overpasses. The only other direction also faces the same elevation difficulties as well as being developed properties. Like a less than two year old Chipotle, for instance. I'm no expert in moving buildings, but the site looks like there's no way down. From street level, you can't even see the thing. You can see it from a road that goes behind the town library, and that's about it. Its not visible from main roads.
My brother was telling me part of the preservation movement was to save it in case passenger trains ever called there again, like Akron to Cleveland commuter or adding a Capitol Limited stop. But realistically they'd probably be better off building a new station. I mean, the place doesn't even have a parking lot and there's nowhere to build one.
My brother was telling me part of the preservation movement was to save it in case passenger trains ever called there again, like Akron to Cleveland commuter or adding a Capitol Limited stop. But realistically they'd probably be better off building a new station. I mean, the place doesn't even have a parking lot and there's nowhere to build one.