On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:03:35 -0600, "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > (You've got automobiles down there don't you Brian? > That's what those 100,000 passengers use today, or air travel.)
I can understand that, but it's a pity. I love train travel. My wife an I traveled from Brisbane to Cairns via rail a couple of years ago - it was a great trip but, admittedly, it took a day and a half, cost a small fortune (although the service was worth it) and we could have done the trip by air in a couple of hours. We're now looking forward to a train trip to Western Australian in 2009. (yes, we have automobiles - even took ours on the train, then drove all the way back from Cairns to Sydney - took about 3 weeks via the scenic route...) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:03 AM, Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Rick > > > > Great image - wonderful architecture. > > > > I'd love to see a photo of that hall back in its heyday. > > > > (How can a station that catered for 100,000 passengers daily end up > > being abandoned? Ending up as a shopping mall seems a sad end but > > better than demolition, I suppose.) > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:28:47 -0800 (PST), "Rick Womer" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> I left Denver last month and traveled to St. Louis, where I had a day of > >> shooting while my wife toiled. > >> > >> This is the Grand Hall of Union Station. The station is a huge and > >> glorious structure, built in the 1890s and once the largest and busiest > >> railroad station in the U.S. In the 1930s and 1940s it served 400 trains > >> and 100,000 passengers daily. Abandoned in the 1970s, it was restored in > >> the 1980s as hotels, convention center, and shopping mall. > >> > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8317483&size=lg > >> > >> K10D, DA 10-17 fisheye, ISO 800, f/3.5 @ 1/20, handheld, RAW via LR2. > >> > >> Rick > >> > >> > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
