In it's heyday, St. Louis Union Station was busiest
terminal in the US, in terms of intercity traffic (it
only had limited commuter traffic). Not only was St.
Louis a major railroad gateway, but ALL railroads
(except the IT) used Union Station (not like Chicago
or NYC). In the 20's there were over 200 arrivals and
over 200 departures, every 24 hours. It was a very
busy place, indeed!
John
--- Scott Millick <smillick@wamusa.com> wrote:
> I recently bought a blueprint of the Union Station
> at St. Louis railroad
> tracks and found it very interesting. The question
> arose what was the
> busiest railroad in the United States. I have been
> told that the busiest
> airport is O'Hara in Chicago and would assume that
> Grand Central in New
> York would have held the railroad title but never
> have heard it officially.
>
>
>
> Scott K9SM
> 'God please save us from the Good People'
>
> If you don't know what I mean you are part of the
> problem.
>
> Remember another saying
>
> 'You can't fix stupid'
>
>
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