Well getting on another train meant a stop at another train station. This time it was Union Station in Los Angeles (it seems like many stations are called Union Station). The station was opened in May of 1939 and was considered as the last of the great railway stations in the United States. It would serve the Atchison-Topeka and Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads and saw heavy use during World War II but that use declined as rail travel was replaced by cars and planes.
It is now used by the buses, Amtrak and Metrolink so it once again sees heavy use.
A shot of the main hallway. It is nice but not as nice as the station in Chicago. I kind of wish I could have gotten a shot of the outside as it looks much better outside.
One of the gardens on the side.
A fountain which is on the other side.
A detail of that fountain.
Heading towards the tracks. You can definately throw yourself back in time in this station as it feels like a classic station.
A shot of the main hallway. It is nice but not as nice as the station in Chicago. I kind of wish I could have gotten a shot of the outside as it looks much better outside.
A detail of that fountain.
Heading towards the tracks. You can definately throw yourself back in time in this station as it feels like a classic station.
No comments:
Post a Comment