There was a time which I’m sure I romanticize but which I sense was a golden age of transportation where powerful machines hauled long trains of passengers across the landscape of our still-young country. When all the disparate rail lines with separate terminals finally matured and agreed to co-terminate in major cities for customer convenience, the concept of a Union Station was born.
I’ve been to many and most leave you feeling small, emotionally affected by their scale and beauty. The three I visited on this trip were exceptional. For what ever reason (and they each had different stories) they were saved, brought back to life after they grew unused and neglected after passenger rail slowed to a crawl. Thankfully, money brought them back to life and these three example are a real joy to have visited.
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Your Uncle Art held a Jazztrax concert in Union Station (decommissioned) in Seattle a couple of years ago.
Didn’t know about that one though I have been to other stations where he’s held concerts such as Kansas City. You wrote just as he was visiting us in Coronado as our guest for Thanksgiving. Good timing on your part. I was able to get him to wax on about those events.
wow!