Monday, June 29, 2009

17 Beautiful Train Stations that fell to the Wrecking Ball

Received the following links via email. If you have an appreciation for architecture, railroads, history or all three, you will likely recognize some of these lost landmarks:

http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/22/11-beautiful-train-stations-that-fell-to-the-wrecking-ball/

http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/25/6-more-great-train-stations-lost-to-the-wrecking-ball/

Columbus (OH) Union Station (all that is left)...one of the few major rail station demolitions where an effort to save anything tangible was made, though this giant relocated arch is still but a token hint of what it used to be connected with, downtown:

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3863