PESO: Union Station Grand Hall

[Brian Walters]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:03:35 -0600, "Bob Sullivan"
<rf.sullivan at gmail.com> said:
> (You've got automobiles down there don't you Brian?
> That's what those 100,000 passengers use today, or air travel.)



I can understand that, but it's a pity.  I love train travel.  My wife
an I traveled from Brisbane to Cairns via rail a couple of years ago -
it was a great trip but, admittedly, it took a day and a half, cost a
small fortune (although the service was worth it)  and we could have
done the trip by air in a couple of hours.  We're now looking forward to
a train trip to Western Australian in 2009.

(yes, we have automobiles - even took ours on the train, then drove all
the way back from Cairns to Sydney - took about 3 weeks via the scenic
route...)



Cheers

Brian

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/





> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:03 AM, Brian Walters <supera1000 at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
> > Hi Rick
> >
> > Great image - wonderful architecture.
> >
> > I'd love to see a photo of that hall back in its heyday.
> >
> > (How can a station that catered for 100,000 passengers daily end up
> > being abandoned?  Ending up as a shopping mall seems a sad end but
> > better than demolition, I suppose.)
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Brian Walters
> > Western Sydney Australia
> > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:28:47 -0800 (PST), "Rick Womer"
> > <rwomer1004 at yahoo.com> said:
> >> I left Denver last month and traveled to St. Louis, where I had a day of
> >> shooting while my wife toiled.
> >>
> >> This is the Grand Hall of Union Station.  The station is a huge and
> >> glorious structure, built in the 1890s and once the largest and busiest
> >> railroad station in the U.S.  In the 1930s and 1940s it served 400 trains
> >> and 100,000 passengers daily.  Abandoned in the 1970s, it was restored in
> >> the 1980s as hotels, convention center, and shopping mall.
> >>
> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8317483&size=lg
> >>
> >> K10D, DA 10-17 fisheye, ISO 800, f/3.5 @ 1/20, handheld, RAW via LR2.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> 
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