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gp35
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http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/amtrak_s_concrete_slab_to_be_replaced_with_bathroomless_station.html?&showAllComments=y

Just don't go there too far ahead of the train with a full bladder. The design for the new $1.2 million station near 11th and West Cedar streets lacks restrooms.

The new Beaumont station - paid for with federal stimulus money - is a variation of the design other cities are getting, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said.

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That's way more attractive than the Amshacks of yore...... but I'd feel better if they would at least plan a porta-john at the edge of the parking lot.....

Any idea of where other stations utilizing this design will be built?

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it is a very nice station. But I think it needs a bathroom. As they want you an hour ahead of arrival.
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I've actually been to Beaumont (on a consulting engagement for the port there) and seen the concrete slab. Yes, that's exactly what it is. No shelter, no roof, no phone, no nothing. So this will be an improvement. But if Amtrak goes to daily service NO to San Antonio, there may be enough riders to warrant a washroom.
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You guys and me should be ashamed of yourselves for spreading false rumors. [Big Grin] Beaumont has a nice brick open air shelter station and restrooms...WITH AIR CONDITIONING. So if you get too hot waiting on the train, go sit on the John too cool off.

I'll get some pictures soon.

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Next thing you know they'll be squandering stimulus money on a lavish castle in Lordsburg, where the the sanitary facilities quite adequate already.

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The article was written by a Mike Smith.

Would that be our Mike Smith?

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Nope.

There are appx 100,000 Mike Smiths in the USA. That';s why I can post under my real name and not worry about stalkers.

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I particularly like the faux bay window. In another era the agent operator would be preparing his train orders there to hand up to the 'Argonaut'. Too bad Amtrak didn't do this about 40 years ago.
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I'm one of four David Pressley's in Western North Carolina alone -

1 is an economics professor
1 coaches high school football
I am a high school counselor

The other may still be in prison. At least his name hasn't been in the papers for the last 8-10 years.

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Climbing toward 5,000 posts like the Southwest Chief ascending Raton Pass. Cautiously, not nearly as fast as in the old days, and hoping to avoid premature reroutes.

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quote:
Originally posted by palmland:
I particularly like the faux bay window. In another era the agent operator would be preparing his train orders there to hand up to the 'Argonaut'. Too bad Amtrak didn't do this about 40 years ago.

I don't know. If Amtrak had been doing this all along then we wouldn't be able to appreciate the tasteful cleverness of this design.

The press piece mentions that this is a design that Amtrak will be using in other cities. Anyone know of any other cities where this is the case?

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Climbing toward 5,000 posts like the Southwest Chief ascending Raton Pass. Cautiously, not nearly as fast as in the old days, and hoping to avoid premature reroutes.

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Williams, AZ?
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Okeechobee, FL;
Alliance, OH; http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x919544425/Whats-going-on-here-New-train-station-in-Alliance
Connellsville, PA;
Winnemuca, NV

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