Scott
Another thing about St. Louis, was it was in the
middle of the country. Rail lines came in from all
directions, not like New York and LA. BTW, in NYC, it
was Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal
("Station")or "Crossroads of a Million Private Lives".
You remember that Pete? That's another "old man"
thing.
John
--- Scott Millick <smillick@wamusa.com> wrote:
> I didnt know that Chicago and NYC had more than the
> one terminal but then
> after u said that I remember hearing about
> Pennsylvania station so I guess
> that was the case I didnt know that St. Louis was
> that busy but
> consideration the river I can understand that it
> would have been a real hub
>
> At 09:02 PM 12/6/2003, you wrote:
> >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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> 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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