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May 31, 2018 at 10:56 pm #6101princessclyne69Participant
item on eBay now:
The Aurora MoPac, depot, interesting because a) it has a partial second story, and b) there’s an eagle buzzsaw sign on the building. Photo dated 1985.
I don’t believe I’ve seen that many screaming eagle signs being installed on any buildings, since by 1985 more depots were being torn down than being taken care of. I checked Google Earth and the building is still in existence, as a museum. Frisco main line across the way seems to be still active too, but no depot.
RG7
June 1, 2018 at 10:34 pm #8795Bud MossParticipantThis does seem to be unusual. I cannot remember seeing any stations with this sign. It might ahve been a local thing, but it is a steel sign which cost someone something!
Jerry Michels
June 2, 2018 at 12:42 am #8796peggyrothschildParticipantThe Missouri Pacific Historical Society actually owns the Eagle sign off Aurora. Was donated to us by Sue McVey when Steve passed away.
June 3, 2018 at 1:31 pm #8802Dennis FairclothParticipantHere is a Steve McVey photo from the same angle, December 1, 1974.
June 3, 2018 at 2:41 pm #8803princessclyne69ParticipantThis one shows the buzzsaw on the roof, the way a lot of stations on some divisions were done, with the station sign below.
In the later (eBay) photo, when the screaming eagle sign was applied to the exterior wall, the station sign was moved to align with it.
RG7
June 4, 2018 at 8:50 pm #8808clemmie_doris12ParticipantSeveral stations on the White River got the eagle/buzzsaw logo in latter days. I am pretty certain that Branson got one. In looking at the photos, it appears that the Aurora depot got a new roof at some point between the two photos. I wonder if that had something to do with the sign replacement and repositioning? It makes sense to me.
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