(rshsdepot) Railroad Depots, at the Center Of America's Communities

["Eric Miller" <empirebuilder_@_earthlink.net>]

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Railroad Depots, at the Center Of America's Communities
by Eric Miller=20

While somewhat removed from their previous role, today, railroad depots =
are once again emerging as community centerpieces. After years of =
neglect, the buildings are being reclaimed, and now enjoy new lives as =
retail centers, museums and even transportation centers.=20
"It is hard to describe what I feel when I'm at an old depot," says Mark =
J. Camp, one of the directors of the Railroad Station Historical Society =
(RSHS). "It's a sense of nostalgia, history--a feeling of all the lives =
that have walked these platforms or gone through these doors. Maybe one =
of my relatives had once been standing right here, or maybe someone who =
was destined for greatness, or maybe just a common Joe who lived and =
died leaving little trace of his or her existence. The depot was the =
lifeblood of a community, sometimes even outliving the physical =
community."=20

http://www.newcolonist.com/depots.html

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