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Trip report: Amtrak 21 FTW-STL, 4 of 4 |
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Posted by Dave on Tue Jun 17 22:20:53 2014 Union Station was magnificent back in the day but like almost all major stations, fell into disuse and disrepair. It was rebuilt in the early 1980's as a mall but two tracks were kept for displaying special cars and equipment. Metrolink has a stop at Union Station. The shot below is from Grand Ave., one stop before Union Station: Two different catenary support poles:   In between Grand Ave. and Union Station is the Metrolink shops:   And we pass Union Station:  Looking back just before entering St. Louis station:  A few minutes later we arrived, about 1 hour, 40 minutes late. Standing on the adjacent track was the 9:15 Missouri River Runner to Kansas City. She left on time with our passengers making the connection. Note that she used Heritage fleet equipment except for the cafe car:   St. Louis station is an intermodal station, served by Amtrak, Metrolink, and bus. Riding the escalator up I caught site of two BNSF engines, with GP75M #221 still in Sante Fe warbonnet livery trailed by SD70ACe #8798:  I boarded a Metrolink train at St. Louis station and rode it out to Lambert Airport, where I rented a car:   I hope you enjoyed the trip report! |
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