Greyhound Bus Depot

Greyhound Bus Depot · 07:06 PM

K20D and DA 16-45mm, 16mm at f4 and 1/60sec, ISO 400

Wish the "BUS" part had been lit up but for a run down station I guess it's a miracle any of it worked.

Mike

Jimbo · 09-09-2009, 07:19 PM

Brings back some memories. Kind of reminds you of the 50's Mike. JIM

mel · 09-09-2009, 07:29 PM

Cool. Where is this and is it still in operation?

jmc7104 · 09-09-2009, 07:46 PM

Originally posted by Jimbo

Brings back some memories. Kind of reminds you of the 50's Mike. JIM

Yep brings back memories for me also. In 1954 I began my Greyhound days. My first trip away from home. I traveled from N.W. Arkansas to Wakeeney Kansas via Kansas City Mo. via Greyhound to work the summer on wheat and cattle ranch. Quite an adventure for a 16 year old Kid, who thought he was 26

jim

**Kerrowdown** · 09-10-2009, 02:55 AM

Looks like a fifties image, not a recent one, well seen.

**dcmsox2004** · 09-10-2009, 04:57 AM

big fan of neon... well captured... keep'em comin'....

Ash · 09-10-2009, 06:33 AM

An air of nostalgia here.
Classic capture.

MRRiley · 09-10-2009, 07:04 AM

Thanks everyone. This is up in Huntington, WV (home of The Marshall University Thundering Herd!!!) and it is still the main bus station. I noticed it was lit up after the football game but the traffic escaping the stadium was too heavy so we returned the following evening to shoot it.

I think I may play with a B&W conversion...

Mike

Bud · 09-10-2009, 07:52 AM

Really nice image, Mike! Triggered some memories for me, too. I spent a few summers with my grandmother as a kid. Seven hours on a Greyhound into southwestern Kentucky in the 60's.... lots of interesting folks and stories on those trips... wish I had a camera back then

Taff · 09-10-2009, 08:40 AM

As a radio comms tech i have worked on 31 buses in the last two days and only 370 to go, this is the last thing i wanted to see

daacon · 09-10-2009, 10:02 AM

Nice clear image Mike - they (the company) are in trouble up here.

**Sailor** · 09-10-2009, 02:59 PM

Wow, Mike, like others, this well-crafted image shook loose the past for me. In '62, a few months before I turned 16, I and my 17-year-old buddy too a Greyhound from southern Illinois to Miami to sail the Bahamas on a 150-ft schooner. We ran out of money early, and had to endure the 36-hour trip back home on the bus satisfied with water and free crackers we picked up in the bus stations. Taught me something about managing money.

Thanks for posting this shot.

Jer

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 09-10-2009, 07:02 PM

I do like that image Mike and as others have said it does stir memories.

MRRiley · 09-11-2009, 11:44 AM

I have my own Greyhound memories, some good and some bad. LOL I think they are what motivated me to take the photo. Strange how something so simple can stir so many memories.

Thanks everyone!

Mike

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Jimbo Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maple Ridge BC Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,368	Brings back some memories. Kind of reminds you of the 50's Mike. JIM

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mel Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,531	Cool. Where is this and is it still in operation?

09-09-2009, 07:46 PM	#4
jmc7104 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rock Island, Illinois 61201 Photos: Gallery Posts: 436	Originally posted by Jimbo Brings back some memories. Kind of reminds you of the 50's Mike. JIM Yep brings back memories for me also. In 1954 I began my Greyhound days. My first trip away from home. I traveled from N.W. Arkansas to Wakeeney Kansas via Kansas City Mo. via Greyhound to work the summer on wheat and cattle ranch. Quite an adventure for a 16 year old Kid, who thought he was 26 jim

09-10-2009, 02:55 AM	#5
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 56,144	Looks like a fifties image, not a recent one, well seen.

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dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	big fan of neon... well captured... keep'em comin'....

09-10-2009, 06:33 AM	#7
Ash Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,914	An air of nostalgia here. Classic capture.

09-10-2009, 07:04 AM	#8
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275 Original Poster	Thanks everyone. This is up in Huntington, WV (home of The Marshall University Thundering Herd!!!) and it is still the main bus station. I noticed it was lit up after the football game but the traffic escaping the stadium was too heavy so we returned the following evening to shoot it. I think I may play with a B&W conversion... Mike

09-10-2009, 07:52 AM	#9
Bud Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,699	Really nice image, Mike! Triggered some memories for me, too. I spent a few summers with my grandmother as a kid. Seven hours on a Greyhound into southwestern Kentucky in the 60's.... lots of interesting folks and stories on those trips... wish I had a camera back then

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Taff Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,612	As a radio comms tech i have worked on 31 buses in the last two days and only 370 to go, this is the last thing i wanted to see

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daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Nice clear image Mike - they (the company) are in trouble up here.

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09-10-2009, 02:59 PM	#12
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 25,492	Wow, Mike, like others, this well-crafted image shook loose the past for me. In '62, a few months before I turned 16, I and my 17-year-old buddy too a Greyhound from southern Illinois to Miami to sail the Bahamas on a 150-ft schooner. We ran out of money early, and had to endure the 36-hour trip back home on the bus satisfied with water and free crackers we picked up in the bus stations. Taught me something about managing money. Thanks for posting this shot. Jer

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Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,083	I do like that image Mike and as others have said it does stir memories.

09-11-2009, 11:44 AM	#14
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275 Original Poster	I have my own Greyhound memories, some good and some bad. LOL I think they are what motivated me to take the photo. Strange how something so simple can stir so many memories. Thanks everyone! Mike