{"id":17539,"date":"2016-12-30T05:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T10:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=17539"},"modified":"2016-12-29T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:50:08","slug":"garrison-new-york-when-a-station-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/garrison-new-york-when-a-station-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrison, New York\u2014When a Station isn\u2019t."},"content":{"rendered":"

By classic definition a Railroad station is the designated place where the railroad conducts its business. It may, or may not involve a structure.<\/p>\n

Too often the station-building is confused for the station itself.<\/p>\n

This may seem pedantic, but it leads to both linguistic problems and logistical complications.<\/p>\n

Take the old New York Central station building at Garrison, New York. It\u2019s now been repurposed as the Philipstown Depot Theatre. It still looks like a railroad station, but it isn\u2019t one any more.<\/p>\n

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Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera on December 27, 2016. File adjusted for contrast and exposure to improve sky detail and overall mood..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The ‘Tickets’ sign is misleading. I don’t think you’ll be able to purchase a round trip to Grand Central Terminal here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today\u2019s Metro-North Garrison station is nearby; this is a modern facility with an ugly overhead footbridge and high-level platforms. The old building is fenced off from the tracks with no access to the line.<\/p>\n

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A Poughkeepsie-bound Metro-North train accelerates away from its station stop at Garrison, New York. The current ‘station’ is located south of the historic station building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out my book: Railway Depots, Stations and Terminals <\/a>published by Voyageur Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read a review of the book by clicking here:\u00a0https:\/\/westernsreboot.com\/2015\/10\/09\/train-stations-celebrated-in-new-book\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I made these views using my FujiFilm X-T1.<\/p>\n

Tracking the Light is Daily!<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By classic definition a Railroad station is the designated place where the railroad conducts its business. It may, or may not involve a structure. Too often the station-building is confused for the station itself. This may seem pedantic, but it leads to both linguistic problems and logistical complications. Take the old New York Central station … Continue reading Garrison, New York\u2014When a Station isn\u2019t.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[3988,3991,3990,631,1229,196],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Garrison_Station_DSCF9238.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4yT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17541,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions\/17541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}