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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TwinStarRocket: [QB] Tanner, the status of stations in the Twin Cities is as follows: Pre-Amtrak there was a Union Station in St. Paul and two stations in Minneapolis: The Great Northern and Milwaukee. On A-day, Amtrak abandoned St. Paul and used the Great Northern in Minneapolis. A few years later Amtrak built a new unremarkable station in an industrial area of St. Paul, midway between the 2 downtowns, with several platforms, as if expanded service was expected. Trackage there is actually on a small railroad called Minnesota Commercial, about a 1 mile connection between the old Milwaukee Hiawatha mainline (now Canadian Pacific) and the Burlington Northern main line. The Great Northern station in Minneapolis was torn down for condos, but it was the least remarkable of the three. The Milwaukee Depot is now part of a hotel complex, where the old covered metal trainshed is now a popular ice rink in winter. The dead end rails into the depot became the local light rail ROW. Union Station in St. Paul remains a magnificent and well maintained building. Over the years it has housed many restaurants, TV studios, and offices. It is currently being renovated for condos on its upper floors (now on sale for you railfans), and a $50 million federal grant has been obtained to turn it into a transportation hub for light rail, HSR to Chicago, and very likely Amtrak. The Empire Builder runs through the narrow area between this building and the Mississippi on the ex-Milwaukee main. The ex-Rock Island (now UP) "spine line" to KC and Texas starts at this depot with a lift bridge over the Mississippi. Burlington, Northern Pacific, and Great Norhtern all passed just east, and their passenger trains backed into the depot. My parking lot for work is in the middle of all this, trackside -a great spot for trainwatching. If Amtrak moves back to St. Paul Union Station, we will lose the free parking and a atation walking distance from my home. But passenger rail will gain the most beautiful building in St. Paul, very similar in looks to the KC depot but not as large. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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