I was stationed in central New York in the early 1990s and had the opportunity to see this station also. This was the NYC's Syracuse station from 1936, when the main line through downtown was elevated above street level, until about 1962, when the downtown ROW was replaced by Interstate 690.

If you happed to drive by the back of the depot on I-690, you may have noticed (if they're still there) life-sized stone figures on one remaining platform on the the north side of the freeway.

The replacement station was built in East Syracuse, just off I-690, and the remaining passenger trains used the freight bypass north of downtown. The current multi-modal transportation center north of downtown, which replaced the East Syracuse facility, opened in 1999.