Union Station - Revision history

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← Older revision		Revision as of 20:49, 8 February 2010
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	*[http://www.texaseagle.com Homepage of Amtrak's Texas Eagle]		*[http://www.texaseagle.com Homepage of Amtrak's Texas Eagle]
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 *[[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]]
-====History of Union Station====
+====History of Current Union Station====
 Union Station was reconstructed in the Prairie style in 1921 after fire gutted the older Union Station Depot. The four-story station contains 110,000 square feet and covers 5.6 acres at the west end of Markham Avenue. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.

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-[[Image:Pratts-hotel-1892.JPG|thumb|300px|Pratt's Hotel in Little Rock's Union Depot.]]
+[[Image:Pratts-hotel-1892.JPG|thumb|300px|Pratt's Hotel in the original Union Depot.]]
-[[Image:Union-station.jpg|thumb|300px|Union Depot. Public domain photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.]]
+[[Image:Union-station.jpg|thumb|300px|Second Union Depot. Public domain photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.]]
 [[Image:Union-station-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Union Depot postcard.]]
 [[Image:Union-station-amtrak.JPG|thumb|300px|Union Station in 2008. Photo by Phil Frana.]]

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-[[Image:Union-station-amtrak.JPG|thumb|300px|Union Station in 2008. Photo by Phil Frana.]]
+[[Image:Pratts-hotel-1892.JPG|thumb|300px|Pratt's Hotel in Little Rock's Union Depot.]]
 [[Image:Union-station.jpg|thumb|300px|Union Depot. Public domain photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.]]
 [[Image:Union-station-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Union Depot postcard.]]
 '''Union Station''' is a Little Rock train station stop for the 1,308-mile Amtrak Texas Eagle route. The Texas Eagle makes twenty-six stops between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas.
-====History of Union Depot====
+====History of First and Second Union Station Depots====
-[[Pratt's Hotel]] was located inside the depot in the late nineteenth century.
+The original Union Station was constructed in 1885. [[Pratt's Hotel]] was located inside the depot in the late nineteenth century. The first station burned to the ground in 1900. It was rebuilt only to burn again in a 1921 fire. Only the clock tower and Italian Renaissance arches survived the second fire.
-''Railroads served by Union Depot:''
+''Railroads served by first two Union Depots:''
 *[[Little Rock, Mississippi River, and Texas Railway]]
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 ====History of Union Station====
-Union Station was constructed in 1921 after fire gutted the older Union Station Depot. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.
+Union Station was reconstructed in the Prairie style in 1921 after fire gutted the older Union Station Depot. The four-story station contains 110,000 square feet and covers 5.6 acres at the west end of Markham Avenue. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.
 ''Railroads served by Union Station:''
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 *[[Amtrak]]
 *[[Missouri Pacific Railroad]]
 ==References==

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 ====History of Union Station====
-Union Station was constructed in 1921 after fire gutted the older [[Union Depot]]. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.
+Union Station was constructed in 1921 after fire gutted the older Union Station Depot. The Missouri Pacific Railroad sold the station on April 27, 1973, to Train Station, Inc.
 ''Railroads served by Union Station:''

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	====History of Union Depot====		====History of Union Depot====
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		+	''Railroads served by Union Depot:''
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		+	*[[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]]

	====History of Union Station====		====History of Union Station====