Romney Depot

[Ron Marquardt]

How about a nice Sunday afternoon surprise?  A very rare picture of the Romney depot.  Before you ask David, I got it at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago.     / Ron

[Roger Nulton]

Thanks for the photo, Ron.  Does anyone know what the colors would have been?  On my layout, they are red and gray: a guess I made years ago and have been sticking to, because it looks neat and I have not seen a color image to contradict it.
Roger Nulton

[Ken Weller]

A different picture of Romney depot.

[Ron Marquardt]

Interesting picture Ken.  Wonder what the Jno stands for?  / Ron

[Ken Weller]

Jno may stand for Junior. 

Here is another picture of a Romney depot; I think it predates the one in the other 2 pictures;
look at the brackets holding up the roof, and also whether there is part of the building
that sticks out trackside for the operator to see.

Didn't the railroad have a different name for Romney?

[Joe Land]

Ron,
Jno is abbreviation for Johnathon. 

[Ron Marquardt]

Thanks Joe, I appreciate it.  That Romney picture is neat Ken.  Obviously taken during a period when the mileposts were numbered from the south to the north?  / Ron

[Tim T Swan]

Didn't the railroad have a different name for Romney?

Corwin

[Robert Gibson]

I took some photos of the Wanatah depot in 1974.  The paint was badly faded but looked to be red and grey.

Bob Gibson

[Tom Kepshire]

Thanks for the photo, Ron.  Does anyone know what the colors would have been?

Here is a screen capture of the Lowell depot from the DVD Birth of a Train. It appears that the lower portion is a dark red and the upper half, either a gray or creme color. I realize this is not the clearest image but it's all that I have.

[Ron Marquardt]

That may not be a very clear picture Tom, but so far it's the only one I've seen.  I just checked the archive depot pictures.  We have 567 photos, and not one colored photo of a depot painted in the wide band wainscoating paint scheme.  Lots of green ones though.  Blugh.  / Ron

[Tom Kepshire]

I called my Mom's sister Shirley today and asked if she remembered the colors of the old wooden depot. Shirley said the lower part was a dark red and the upper was a light shade of grey. She gave me another number of a longtime Lowell businessman who also recalled the red and light grey color scheme. Hope this information helps. Color photos are few and far between.

[Roger Nulton]

Hey, thanks a bunch, you guys.  I really appreciate the information!  Somehow I didn't notice your replys until now.  Still learning how to use the Board.
Thanks again, Roger