It's empty here because it's early on a weekend morning....the Amtrak passengers are probably sequestered in the special waiting room and few commuter trains are running this day.
its a crying shame the grat american passenger rail network was allowed to wither and die. To see this great station so empty and under used is shocking. Hopefully Obama's HSR stimilus money will bring more rail passengers so that this fine building will be a hive of activity again.
it is my favorite train station. My second favorite is Grand Central. You know, I have been in both Union Station and Penn Station NY at rush hour and both are so jammed I cannot even guess who has more passengers. Both NYC and Chicago are railroad towns. One fact: Penn Station cannot accept double decker trains like Union Station. The tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers are not high enough. LIRR double decker trains stop in Woodside Queens because that is the farthes they can travel.
I was there last summer. I was taking still photos of the building when I heard two women commenting on the Elgin clock on the side of the train station. The one woman said, "my uncle had an Elgin watch, I guess they are made here?" I had to sadly tell them that Elgin Ill. no longer makes Elgin watches. I told them the sad news that Elgin watches are made in China and stamped with the brand name Elgin at a building on Long Island NY. They were shocked.
they poisoned their tuna sandwiches
KALEIDOSCOPEN 2 months ago
I think that Michigan Central Station in Detroit is the grandest of them all!
walwaad 4 months ago
The best photography of Union Station I have seen on youtube.
ChicagoJoe57 5 months ago
@ChicagoJoe57 Thanks. This is truly the last of Chicago's great railroad stations that is still being used for its original purpose.
artistmac 5 months ago
loooks nice and clean way better than penn station in nyc
retroguy1976 8 months ago
It's empty here because it's early on a weekend morning....the Amtrak passengers are probably sequestered in the special waiting room and few commuter trains are running this day.
lcar4000 1 year ago
looks so vintage
PINKluvr01 1 year ago
Washington D.C., Grand Central Terminal, New Haven Union Station, and Chicago Union Station. my favorites.
milky27oreo 1 year ago
its a crying shame the grat american passenger rail network was allowed to wither and die. To see this great station so empty and under used is shocking. Hopefully Obama's HSR stimilus money will bring more rail passengers so that this fine building will be a hive of activity again.
evantis121 1 year ago
it is my favorite train station. My second favorite is Grand Central. You know, I have been in both Union Station and Penn Station NY at rush hour and both are so jammed I cannot even guess who has more passengers. Both NYC and Chicago are railroad towns. One fact: Penn Station cannot accept double decker trains like Union Station. The tunnels under the Hudson and East Rivers are not high enough. LIRR double decker trains stop in Woodside Queens because that is the farthes they can travel.
ChicagoJoe57 2 years ago
I was there last summer. I was taking still photos of the building when I heard two women commenting on the Elgin clock on the side of the train station. The one woman said, "my uncle had an Elgin watch, I guess they are made here?" I had to sadly tell them that Elgin Ill. no longer makes Elgin watches. I told them the sad news that Elgin watches are made in China and stamped with the brand name Elgin at a building on Long Island NY. They were shocked.
ChicagoJoe57 2 years ago