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Union Station Kansas City posted
From 1938, a view of Union Station and the area around Pershing and Main. In the background, we see the chimney from the Jarvis Hunt-designed coal-fired power plant that supplied Union Station with steam-generated electricity. Today the restored power plant is home to the Kansas City Ballet. |
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Union Station Kansas City posted
From the 1940s, an aerial view of Union Station and train sheds. Extending both east and west of the Station, the train sheds covered a total area of some 430,000 square feet. |
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Michael North posted
Kansas city union terminal - KCUT |
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Union Station Kansas City posted
A throwback to the late 1940s. |
Union Station Kansas City
posted three photos with the comment:
It was 110 years ago today, on October 30, 1914, that Kansas City came together to celebrate the grand opening of its new Union Station. The finished construction project cost nearly $6 million and was part of a $50 million investment by the Kansas City Terminal Railroad that also included track additions, switching towers, viaducts, and bridges. Today, that would be equivalent to approximately $170 million and $1.4 billion.
The construction of Union Station involved the excavation of 670,000 cubic feet of dirt and brick, and at the peak of construction, approximately 500 people worked on the project. When completed, its 850,000 square feet of space and 900 rooms made Union Station the third largest train station in the country, only behind Grand Central Station, NYC, and Pennsylvania Station, NYC.
Union Station opened to the public on October 30, 1914. And at just after midnight on the morning of November 1, 1914, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Flyer became the first train to arrive at the newly opened station.
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Union Station Kansas City
posted five images with the comment: "Views of Union Station and the south plaza area featured in a series of Fred Harvey postcards from 1915 and 1916."
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Union Station Kansas City
posted five images with the comment:
From 1915, a collection of Fred Harvey souvenir postcards featuring views from inside "Kansas City's new Union Station." Seen in the various images, our Grand Hall: "A magnificent space, 242 feet [74m] wide and with ceilings more than 90 feet [27m] high, with huge windows on all four sides letting in natural light to accent its marble and stone interior." And North Waiting Room: "A cavernous space 334 feet [102m] long and 86 feet [26m] wide, beautifully detailed with marble wainscoting, terra cotta and massive plaster ceiling, and with 44 mahogany benches lining each side of the room."
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Marty Bernard
posted three photos with the comment: "
I have found by 3 slides Roger Puta taken at the Kansas City Union Terminal on July 30, 1967."
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Anneka English posted
Kansas City, Missouri. circa 1908
Anneka English shared
the first Kansas City Union Station |
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David Starbuck posted
Circa 1971, I took this photo of the Missouri Pacific “Missouri River Eagle”, as it departed Kansas City Union Station on the daily run to St. Louis. I rode this train many times. The Liberty Memorial is on the hill on left. Enjoy. |
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Robert Chitwood commented on Paul's comment
I'm going with KC, from Pinterest. |
Union Station Kansas City
posted three photos with the comment:
It was 109 years ago today, on October 30, 1914, that Kansas City came together to celebrate the grand opening of its new Union Station. The finished construction project cost nearly $6 million and was part of a $50 million investment by the Kansas City Terminal Railroad that also included track additions, switching towers, viaducts, and bridges. Today, that would be equivalent to approximately $170 million and $1.4 billion.
The construction of Union Station involved the excavation of 670,000 cubic feet of dirt and brick, and at the peak of construction, approximately 500 people worked on the project. When completed, its 850,000 square feet of space and 900 rooms made Union Station the third largest train station in the country, only behind Grand Central Station, NYC, and Pennsylvania Station, NYC.
Union Station opened to the public on October 30, 1914. And at just after midnight on the morning of November 1, 1914, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Flyer became the first train to arrive at the newly opened station.
Railroad Station Historical Society
sharedColin Harding: My favorite station...according to my 1940 Official Guide, was served by 18 railroads. Had two waiting rooms, one for 'immigrants'.
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Union Station Kansas City posted
The infamous Amtrak inflatable bubble occupied Union Station's Grand Hall from 1983 to 1985. Other than Amtrak and the Lobster Pot restaurant, Union Union Station had closed to the public in 1983, and with the roof leaking and the building rapidly deteriorating, the inflatable bubble kept rail passengers warm and dry (and protected against occasional falling debris). |
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Eric Duvall commented on the above post
I have some amazing pictures of the building during the renovation. It was in rough shape for sure. Can you imagine what we would have missed out on if they would have just torn it down? |
Raymond Storey
posted four photos with the comment: "UNION STATION KANSAS CITY MO."
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Union Station Kansas City posted
Photographed in 1932, this aerial view shows Union Station and the Station's train sheds in the distance and the coach yards and railway roundhouse in the foreground along Southwest Boulevard. Today, while the roundhouse has long since been converted into offices, the structure and site remain clearly visible. The location can be viewed on Google Maps at: https://goo.gl/maps/9jKJxmzgyz2gtoRo6. As an interesting side note, the 1932 photo was originally displayed at the Kansas City Terminal Railroad headquarters in Kansas City, KS, and was preserved by Roy Inman, using a 4x5 view camera to create a copy of the wall-mounted image. David Turner: What a crack'n view. No interstate highway dividing the downtown view.Karl Isenberger: Video has it abandoned again since 2020.....
https://youtu.be/3MruxAjnMN0 |
Jim powers
posted three photos with the comment: "Kansas City Union Station, built in 1914, was the third largest railroad station in the United States when it opened. In 1945, annual passenger traffic peaked at 678,363. Train travel steadily declined during the 1950s and 60s, and Amtrak moved its passenger facilities out of the station in 1986. The building continued to decay until 1997 when restoration was begun. The restored building was opened in 1999 and now hosts restaurants, shops, a theater, a science museum, and exhibit spaces."
Jim Powers: Amtrak is once again using the station. Two trains call daily: the Chicago-Los Angeles Southwest Chief and the St. Louis-Kansas City Missouri River Runner.
Marcelo Benoit: Jim Powers 3 trains. 6 a day.
Lance Erickson: Train tickets taxed until 1962 to build roads and the way out KCY airport . Air tickets should be taxed for Amtrak today! Fair is fair.
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Marty Bernard
posted six photos with the comment: "Kansas City Union Station, Interior Photos, May 31, 2012."
Stuart B. Slaymaker: Sadly, PCC 551 has been moved elsewhere, near the River Market. They had a great static display of pax cars at one time. Hank Castro's collection. One by one, they were sold off.
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Muiral above the escalators between the first floor and the concourse.
Kansas City Union Station, Interior Photos, May 31, 2012 |
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The PCC on desplay outside is no longer there.
Kansas City Union Station, Interior Photos, May 31, 2012
Mike Altmann: I ran this car at the museum at Rio Vista Jct. It was delivered from San Francisco on a flatbed track and was unloaded under its own power. |
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Raymond Storey posted
UNION STATION KANSAS CITY |
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Friends of Passenger Rail Oklahoma posted
Kansas City Southern
The Southern Belle was the flagship of the Kansas City Southern passenger fleet. Here the train is seen at Kansas City Union Station. The train operated near the eastern Oklahoma border with stops in Sallisaw, Poteau, and Heavener on its route to New Orleans.
Cliff Kierstead shared
Peter Conrad: WRONG: The Southern Belle was NOT, "The flagship of the Kansas City Southern fleet".............
-The Flying Crow was the flagship of the Kansas City Southern fleet. |
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David Starbuck posted
I took this photo, circa 1969, of what I believe was the westbound Suoer Chief, during a stop at Kansas City Union Station during its Chicago-LA run. Enjoy.
Art LH shared |
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Union Station Kansas City posted
Union Station's train sheds and a visiting Burlington Zephyr passenger train photographed in the early 1950s. |
Marty Bernard
shared two resolutions of a photo with the comment:
Kansas City Union Station -- Very Busy in 1963
When I found this slide with Walt Dunlap's, I immediatly wanted to share it because I realized that many of today's railfans have never seen a busy, large, railroad station. We are looking at the west half of the station tracks of Kansas City Union Station in September 1963. The lighting says mid-afternoon. While there are no passenger trains in the station, preparations for many is in progress. Look at all the loaded baggage carts.
The switchers are Kansas City Terminal Railway's 50 and 52. 52 is a not so special ALCo S-2 built in October 1940. The second reason I wanted to show you this scan is number 50. She was an ALCo HH900 built in November 1938. Her "HH" stood for High Hood. 900 for her horsepower. Only 21 HH900s were built. You are looking at the only one KCT Ry had.
I have enlarged the slide in the second photo.
The slide was taken by Roger Patelski. Thanks Roger.
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Rick Smith posted
Leading ATSF Alco PA-1 Nº65 shown easing out of Kansas City Union Station with Train Nº7, the "Fast Mail", 4-25-1965 During this late in the ATSF PA-1 roster tenure, the first trailing unit, Nº 62 is probably Nº 62L ─ not renumbered as with some other PA-1 units (as were units 59B-62B). Nº 62L would undergo a highly storied existence. It would be sold to the D&H in 1967, where it was used to power passenger trains between Albany and Montreal, as well as excursions across the system. After a brief stint in commuter service at Boston for the MBTA, it would be shipped to Mexico in 1978. It eventually would be retired and reduced to a mere hulk, stripped of major components such as trucks, prime mover, and associated gear.
Raymond Storey posted
KANSAS CITY
Colin Harding: At pin time the second busiest train station in the country. According to my 1940 Official Guide, 18 railroads had pax service into/out of this Station.
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Tamipromogirl Clark added
Anyone loves a good under city tunnel as much as myself???
1915. Union Station Construction, Kansas City, MO.
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Terry B. Carlson
posted six photos with the comment: "
Thought I'd post some shots taken around Christmas 2008 at Union Station, Kansas City. If buildings could talks. There are a lot of ghosts floating around there. I love the cut stone with all the old wood. The hall decorated with Christmas used to be filled with wooden pews for the passengers, such as in the next photo."
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Doug Hitchcok
posted two photos with the comment:
Thanks for letting me join the group.
Here's the Kansas City Terminal Railway roundhouse in Kansas City during its heyday.
The turntable & a large portion of the roundhouse still exists as a business park today.
Dennis DeBruler https://www.google.com/.../@39.0789035,-94.../data=!3m1!1e3
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Doug commented on his post
All gussied up for the holidays |
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John Kucko Digital posted
Throwback Thursday: Captured this shot of historic Union Station in Kansas City back in 2011 the night before covering a Bills game with the Chiefs that season. My TV sports anchoring days brought me to Kansas City six times to cover Bills games there—it fast became my favorite NFL city, tied with Green Bay. The history of the railroad is terrific in K.C., I was just getting into digital content and picture taking and I walked to Union Station (it opened in 1914) from my hotel to see this. Tonight’s 2023 NFL Draft is being staged at this iconic place—a venue, and city, well deserving of this springtime spectacle. |
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