A trip on the Sunset Limited through Florida

Started by Lunican, September 02, 2009, 01:27:47 PM

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FayeforCure

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September 06, 2009, 04:07:30 PM
Beautiful videos!

Thanks for posting!!
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thelakelander

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September 06, 2009, 04:49:45 PM
That Lake City station is the true definition of an Amshack!
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FayeforCure

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September 06, 2009, 05:23:49 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on September 06, 2009, 04:49:45 PM
That Lake City station is the true definition of an Amshack!

Hmmm, I guess Lake city is due for a new Amtrak station!

QuoteJuly 08, 2009Amtrak station opens with on-time departure

The Bull City's new Amtrak station -- relocated across the tracks from an old modular unit to a spiffy new 10,000 sq. ft. space inside West Village's Walker Warehouse -- opened on time this morning.

And the two-dozen or so passengers heading out to Charlotte on the morning Piedmont train were greeted to a much-upgraded experience from the station days of old... not to mention a number of media and NCDOT types there to check out the first departure. Below: the train pulls away from Durham Station as passengers' family and local media members watch.



It was my first time heading into the station, and there's no denying that the new station is a far more comfortable place to wait for a train than the tired Amshack had been.

As you walk from the train platform to the station's waiting room inside the Walker Warehouse, you're greeted by an overhead covered canopy -- and an attractive sign welcoming you to the Bull City.

Very pretty pictures in that article, but I won't picture bomb this thread, just click on the link:

http://www.bullcityrising.com/2009/07/amtrak-station-opens-with-ontime-departure.html
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thelakelander

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September 06, 2009, 05:56:57 PM
Faye, nice find.  That's a good example of taking an older structure and using it for a new use.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Ocklawaha

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September 06, 2009, 07:24:04 PM
Lunican, these really are great railroad videos.

They also demonstrate the painfully short sighted policies of Florida - anywhere but Orlando-Tampa-Miami. Can you imagine them building a station like some of these in... Lakeland? or Boca? NOT!

The other was the horrible conditions of the schedule keeping. This was nationwide until recent intervention by some powers on high. Uncle Pete (UP - AKA: Union Pacific) still runs the Texas Eagle like this. It's sad to stand in Dallas Union Station, FULL of passengers, and everyone cheerfully saying, "Oh it's never on time," or "It's always 9 hours LATE!" Prior to Amtrak, even in the days when the railroads were killing passenger trains right and left, every damn employee would have been fired for such actions.

Several magazines had opened up a call to railroads, "It's TIME to see AMTRAK as our front door!" Public image, etc... Maybe it will stick. We (FLORIDA) dumped millions into the CSX line between NOL and JAX, added sidings, capacity and signaling, and what we got for our investment was 18 hours late! Now they want us to do it all over again.

OCKLAWAHA
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