Main Street Station Metal Print

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Main Street Station
Richmond, Va.

She's survived floods, a fire, the construction of I-95 directly to her side and above her and, perhaps worst of all for a train station, the cancellation of all passenger trains. But in 2008, she stands tall and proud and even hosts several Amtrak trains a day now.

The Main Street Station, one of the few French Renaissance buildings in Richmond, exemplifies a standard train station plan of the late-nineteenth century. Designed by Wilson, Harris and Richards of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who also designed the Pennsylvania-Reading Station, the station was a very busy travel center of the city during the heyday of passenger service.

Before Amtrak, she was served by both the Chesapeake & Ohio and Seaboard Air Line railroads.

The blur of the car was intentional in hopes of giving the station a timeless quality.

South Carolina native, photographer, railroad aficionado, I am happy when there is a camera strapped around my neck and something interesting in my viewfinder. This is my work, and I am proud to share it with you. I like to shoot railroads and interesting buildings and skylines as well as people. I am a former award-winning TV News photographer with the most watched TV station in South Carolina who has also photographed (and wrote) for newspapers and magazines such as Trains and Railroad and Railfan. Message me any comments or questions you may have. I go by Joe.