Indianapolis Union Station in November 1993

Here's some outdoor footage when Union Station was a shopping mall. The food court occupied what was once the original train shed.

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• trains
• railroad
• Indianapolis
• indiana
• union station
• amtrak
• F40PH
• conrail

[themeaningoflife38]

wow they had video cameras back in 1993?

[gregarnst]

Mine was the DINASAUR of camcorders. It was a Panasonic which recorded onto a VHS tape. I've since upgraded to a Canon Mini-DV camcorder.

[gregarnst]

That was the Hoosier State. In addition to passengers, this train is moving equipment from Amtrak's maintenence facility in Beech Grove to Chicago.

[Ham549]

You would get a hell of a lot more hits of you put F40PH in your tags

[gregarnst]

I agree. Many thanks for the suggestion.

[cehayes74]

I miss the old F40's, those were "REAL" Engines !!!

[claimless]

Lmao at kid at 5:32. x] So cute. I remember when I was little and all that stuff was still there at the station. It just makes me so sad that it's all gone now. Things just aren't the same. :(

[TheADude213]

Cool video! I bet it was awesome back then than it is now.

[jccourtney317]

This station was the first Union station in the world, and in 1900, it had serviced 200 trains and had much more tracks going into the shed. Now it seems only 1 to 2 passenger trains a day.

[arrowguy173]

Visited this about the same time when our high school jazz band from Nappanee played in the mall. Was very cool....even remember the Great Train Store. Forgot how big this place was!

[mfn1953]

When Amtrak took over in 1971, they had six trains a day. East and West National Limited, North and South Floridian, and Norht and South James Witcomb Riley, later named Cardinal.

[jimmyp42002]

0:29, none of that is there now, theres a large pit and alot of construction

[kes1963]

it's a shame that indianapolis doesnt have as many trains as springfield illinois does