"Amshack" American Passenger Train Station
After the decline and nationalization of American passenger rail, many of the once-grand stations had fallen into disrepair were now serving a tiny fraction of the passengers they once were. Strapped for cash, and eager to showcase rail travel as clean and modern, Amtrak (called CityLink in game) developed the "Standard Stations Program", which sold off or demolished antiquated station buildings and replaced them with much smaller modernist stations from a selection of prefabricated parts.
Designed for easy construction, almost 20 Amshacks went up throughout the 1970s and 1980s. They were designed to be expandable, flexible, and modern, incorporating recent innovations in rail station design and airport passenger experience. These stations were most common in the Rust Belt, but some existed as far west as California, and as far south as Miami.
While the architecture did not age well, and tight budgets prevented proper maintenance, a few Amshacks survive to this day, while many have been replaced with more modern station buildings. Even as they’re being demolished in real life, you can build this Amshack station here in Cities Skylines, to relive the 70s glory of what Amtrak once was.
- Accurate model based on real designs and blueprints from the Rochester, NY Amshack (RIP)
- Two track, dual platform layout, with low-level platforms
- Requires North American Rail (NAR) for station track
- Includes ploppable, decorative version for building your own platforms
- Includes two props, a matching trash can and a platform sign
Special thanks to TheTimeister, TheIntern, and Kalinsky for the screenshots.
This asset was made for bigmoodenergy’s Amshack bonus episode, and was released to celebrate Amtrak’s 50th birthday in 2021.
