Difference between revisions of "Union Station"
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[[Image:Union-station-amtrak.JPG|thumb|300px|Union Station in 2008. Photo by Phil Frana.]] | [[Image:Union-station-amtrak.JPG|thumb|300px|Union Station in 2008. Photo by Phil Frana.]] | ||
[[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|Union Depot. Public domain photo taken between 1905 and 1915. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.]] | ||
| − | '''Union Station''' is a Little Rock train station stop for the 1,308-mile Texas Eagle route. The Texas Eagle makes twenty-six stops between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas. | + | '''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 Union Depot==== | ||
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| + | [[Pratt's Hotel]] was located inside the depot in the late nineteenth century. | ||
''Railroads served by Union Depot:'' | ''Railroads served by Union Depot:'' | ||
| + | *[[Little Rock, Mississippi River, and Texas Railway]] | ||
*[[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]] | *[[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]] | ||
====History of Union Station==== | ====History of Union Station==== | ||
| − | Union Station was constructed in 1921 after fire gutted the older [[Union Depot]]. | + | 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. |
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| + | ''Railroads served by Union Station:'' | ||
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| + | *[[Amtrak]] | ||
| + | *[[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | *George Waldon, "Running Off the Tracks," ''Arkansas Business,'' August 19, 1991. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.texaseagle.com Homepage of Amtrak's Texas Eagle] | *[http://www.texaseagle.com Homepage of Amtrak's Texas Eagle] | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 8 February 2010
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
Pratt's Hotel was located inside the depot in the late nineteenth century.
Railroads served by Union Depot:
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.
Railroads served by Union Station:
References
- George Waldon, "Running Off the Tracks," Arkansas Business, August 19, 1991.
