Midwest train stations and terminals - Page 5

eomaha.com · November 18th, 2009, 10:31 PM

An earlier post showed Omaha's Burlington Station... and not the larger, former Union Station... across the tracks. Omaha was once one of the nation's busiest passenger rail stops... now just gets the east/west stop of the California Zephyr.

Union Station on the left... Burlington on the right...

Union Station
image hosted on flickr

Burlington Station

jpIllInoIs · November 19th, 2009, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eomaha.com

.... Omaha was once one of the nation's busiest passenger rail stops...

A fairly generous statement, but that is Ok. My real purpose is to say...where the hell are all of the Omahans? Why dont you all come come around here more often?

Chadoh25 · November 21st, 2009, 09:11 PM

Those are great looking stations!

mgk920 · November 21st, 2009, 09:44 PM

Green Bay, WI former CNW station (now a popular restaurant/brewpub). They have outdoor seating on the former platform right next to CN's busy Milwaukee-Green Bay mainline in warm weather.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...,11.27,,0,0.69

I'm not sure on what the plans are for the Green Bay terminal station if/when common carrier rail passenger service returns to that line.

Also,
Green Bay, WI former Milwaukee Road station:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&...59.978027&z=16

View from north:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&...59.978027&z=16

Enjoy!

Mike

eomaha.com · November 23rd, 2009, 06:21 AM

Quote:

A fairly generous statement, but that is Ok

Not really... at it's height in the 40's... Union Station at left saw over 80 passenger trains a day... and Burlington Station on the right saw over 30 passenger trains a day... over 110 passenger trains daily! It's easy enough today for jet traffic to fly right over this part of the country... obviously not the case at the peak of passenger rail, and Omaha was near the center of everything.

Quote:

My real purpose is to say...where the hell are all of the Omahans? Why dont you all come come around here more often?

And I'd love to post more news from Omaha... however, I'm a 43 year old father of three now... and just don't have the time, outside of checking in periodically. There is a fairly active site dedicated to Omaha however... http://www.eomahaforums.com ... should you be wanting to know more about what's going on here.

Keithire · November 30th, 2009, 10:59 PM

Rock Island Depot

Council Bluffs, IA

http://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/Depot.htm

Puant · December 3rd, 2009, 07:15 AM

Green Bay had several passenger rail depots.

I just wrote about one of them here (includes pics)

Some of the pictures from this article are below:

Mudhen419 · December 3rd, 2009, 10:18 PM

I have another question about Cleveland RTA........ I asked before about the Rapid dropping people off at the Amtrack... Now im wondering if you can access the Lakefront Airport from the RTA. (What I want to know is could you get off the rapid and pretty much walk to the smaller municipal airport?) How far of a walk is it or can you jump off the train and your right there

ColDayMan · December 3rd, 2009, 11:44 PM

It's probably a 5 minute walk from Burke Lakefront to the Waterfront Line.

bagus70 · May 7th, 2012, 09:11 PM

Wow, this is interesting thread. I've been admiring the beauty of Union Stations. It is unfortunate that only a few of them still serve their original purpose as major railway station.

-- · June 16th, 2012, 11:56 AM

Barberton, OH

-- · June 16th, 2012, 12:00 PM

Kent, OH

November 21st, 2009, 09:44 PM	#84
mgk920 Nonhyphenated-American Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Appleton, WI USA Posts: 2,581 Likes (Received): 4	Green Bay, WI former CNW station (now a popular restaurant/brewpub). They have outdoor seating on the former platform right next to CN's busy Milwaukee-Green Bay mainline in warm weather. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=4...,11.27,,0,0.69 I'm not sure on what the plans are for the Green Bay terminal station if/when common carrier rail passenger service returns to that line. Also, Green Bay, WI former Milwaukee Road station: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&...59.978027&z=16 View from north: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&...59.978027&z=16 Enjoy! Mike Last edited by mgk920; November 21st, 2009 at 09:56 PM.

May 7th, 2012, 09:11 PM	#90
bagus70 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Surabaya. The City of Hot Headed Heroes. Posts: 966 Likes (Received): 48	Wow, this is interesting thread. I've been admiring the beauty of Union Stations. It is unfortunate that only a few of them still serve their original purpose as major railway station. __________________ Indonesian productive rice fields are slowly getting replaced by buildings and houses, all in the name of progress. What will our children and grandchildren will eat in the future? Overpriced imported rice???

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November 18th, 2009, 10:31 PM	#81
eomaha.com Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 104 Likes (Received): 0	An earlier post showed Omaha's Burlington Station... and not the larger, former Union Station... across the tracks. Omaha was once one of the nation's busiest passenger rail stops... now just gets the east/west stop of the California Zephyr. Union Station on the left... Burlington on the right... Union Station image hosted on flickr Burlington Station

November 21st, 2009, 09:11 PM	#83
Chadoh25 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 7,570 Likes (Received): 248	Those are great looking stations!

November 30th, 2009, 10:59 PM	#86
Keithire Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 34 Likes (Received): 0	Rock Island Depot Council Bluffs, IA http://www.thehistoricalsociety.org/Depot.htm

December 3rd, 2009, 07:15 AM	#87
Puant Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Green Bay Posts: 1,288 Likes (Received): 14	Green Bay had several passenger rail depots. I just wrote about one of them here (includes pics) Some of the pictures from this article are below:

December 3rd, 2009, 10:18 PM	#88
Mudhen419 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 2,270 Likes (Received): 2	I have another question about Cleveland RTA........ I asked before about the Rapid dropping people off at the Amtrack... Now im wondering if you can access the Lakefront Airport from the RTA. (What I want to know is could you get off the rapid and pretty much walk to the smaller municipal airport?) How far of a walk is it or can you jump off the train and your right there

December 3rd, 2009, 11:44 PM	#89
ColDayMan King of Flyover Country Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Columbus Posts: 974 Likes (Received): 0	It's probably a 5 minute walk from Burke Lakefront to the Waterfront Line.

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