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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dilly: [QB] Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal --- Like a 1930s movie set; it's the most relaxing big city Amtrak station I've found. The waiting room crowds are so laid back they're horizontal. I'd gladly live inside the empty Harvey House restaurant. [URL=http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/losangeles.htm]http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/losangeles.htm[/URL] --------- Chicago Union Station --- The only part worth spending time in is the 1920s waiting room, with its wood benches, Tennessee marble, and big skylight. The Metropolitan Lounge has as much atmosphere as a proctologist's waiting room. [URL=http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/chicago.htm]http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/chicago.htm[/URL] --------- Portland Union Station (Portland, OR) --- Great 1890s railroad atmosphere. Even "the ladies" will feel like growing a handlebar moustache. [URL=http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/portlandOR.htm]http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/portlandOR.htm[/URL] ------------- 30th Street Station (Philadelphia, PA) --- Monumental columns, soaring concourse, hurrying crowds. . . it's a classic. [URL=http://www.chesco.com/~apu/prr/prr_30.html]www.chesco.com/~apu/prr/prr_30.html[/URL] ------------- Utica Union Station (Utica, NY) --- Built by the New York Central. Saved from the wrecking ball. One of the few surviving "big city" stations along the former NYCRR "Water Level Route" between New York City and Chicago. [URL=http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/GRS%20-%20Utica.htm]http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/GRS%20-%20Utica.htm[/URL] ------------- Santa Ana Regional Transit Center --- I thought it was an old Santa Fe Railway / Harvey House relic until I discovered it was built only about a decade ago. Impressive Spanish California architecture. The nicest "new" Amtrak stop I've seen. [URL=http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/santaana.htm]http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/santaana.htm[/URL] ------------- Honorable Mention: Washington Union Station --- The exterior and the entry rotunda are amazing. Unfortunately, most of the interior has been "upgraded" into a massive retail mall / food court that belongs at an airport. But at least it's still standing. [URL=http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/washingtondc.htm]http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/washingtondc.htm[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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