Re: What warrants a depot

Posted by Dave Eggleston on Mar 30, 2019; 8:09pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/What-warrants-a-depot-tp13700p13726.html

I think that the journalists and laymen of the time had the same issue we do: many of us aren't railroaders and mix up the terms. It was not uncommon to use "station" for the physical depot building in period papers, a mistake that I've clearly picked up and need to correct.

One of the discussion groups I follow is having a very long conversation on what is a spur versus a siding...and the railroad sources vary by line. So that leads me to think that the best thing to verify any term is to look at the railroad in question, for the period in question, and see if there are any sources that definitively answer the question. If not, look to earlier and later practice for ideas.