THE HAMLET PASSENGER STATION AS IT LOOKS TODAY!!!

A VIEW OF THE THE RIGHT WING AND MUSEUM ENTRANCE!!!

ONE OF SEVERAL OUTDOOR LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WILL BE RESTORED!!!

THE OLD SUBWAY ENTRANCE THAT WAS ONCE USED TO GET FROM THE STATION TO THE OUTTER TRACKS BY WAY OF UNDERGROUND!!!

THE BRICK PORTION OF THE DEPOT WHICH WAS ADDED IN 1942 AND RECENTLY HOUSED THE RAILROAD MUSEUM WILL NOT BE APART OF THE RELOCATION AND RESTORATION PRECESS. IT IS SLATED TO BE DEMOLISHED!!!

IN YEARS PAST, THE HAMLET DEPOT SERVED AS THE SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILROAD REGIONAL OFFICES WHICH WERE LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR!!!

SEVERE WATER DAMAGE FROM MASSIVE ROOF LEAKS PLAGUES THE STATIONS' UPSTAIRS INTERIOR!!!

STANDING IN A DARK AND FORGOTTEN CORNER OF THE DEPOT IS THIS WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH UNIT WHICH IS SLATED TO BE REFURBISHED AND PUT BACK INTO PLACE DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RESTORATION PROJEC!!!.

VANDALS HAVE DONE THEIR SHARE OF DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AS IS EVIDENCED BY THIS BROKEN WINDOW. ALL WINDOWS WERE BOARDED UP DURING THE SUMMER OF 2000 IN ORDER TO HALT THIS WANTON DISTRUCTION. THE COST OF REPLACING EVEN THIS ONE CURVED GLASS PANE IS $1,000. THE PANES MUST BE SPECIALLY MADE SINCE THEY ARE CURVED TO REFLECT THE SHAPE OF THE ROTUNDA!!!

A CORRODED 1.5V SIGNAL BATTERY SITS A TOP A SMASHED ELECTRICAL BOX!!!

DOWNSTAIRS AT THE TICKET WINDOW LOCATED IN THE MAIN WAITING ROOM!!!

AN EMPTY PASSENGER WAITING ROOM WITH BOARDED-UP WINDOWS!!!

"REBEL" WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE HAMLET PASSENGER DEPOT PROJECT TEAM IS AMAZED TO FIND THE WAITING ROOM WATER COOLER STILL WORKING!!! "A a small boy, I would walk down to the station on hot summer days to get a drink of ice-cold water from this same fountain which was one of the first electric drinking fountains in Hamlet!"

OVERSIZED AND ANTIQUATED! BATHROOM FIXTURES ARE ALSO SLATED FOR RESTORATION!!!

A JOURNEY NOT YET FULFILLED!

MANY YEARS AGO, SOME UNKNOWN PASSENGER PURCHASED HER TICKET (NOTE THE LADIES PURSE ATOP THE VALISE) AND CHECKED HER LUGGAGE AT THE BAGGAGE OFFICE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON SHE NEVER BOARDED THE TRAIN BOUND FOR NEW YORK CITY NOR DID SHE EVER RETRIEVE HER LUGGAGE. WHO KNOWS, SOMEDAY SHE MAY RETURN - WHEN THE OLD STATION HAS BEEN REFURBISHED TO ITS' FORMER GLORY - AND RECLAIM WHAT WAS LOST SO LONG AGO!

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