MY FAVORILTES ARE
1 THE LATE,GREAT PENNSYLVANIA STATION, NEW YORK CITY
2 OLD BROAD ST. STATION, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
3 30th ST. STATION PHILADELPHIA, PA,
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- Atlanta Terminal 2. Washington Union 3. Chattanooga Union
Grand Central Terminal.
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1)Grand Central Terminal
2) Lackawanna Statation in Scranton, Pa
3) Union Satation, Tacoma Wa
- Hudson Train Station (made of wood, Hudson Quebec, CP, Built circa 1850-1900)
- Terminus Windsor Train Station (made of Stone, Downtown Montreal, CP, circa built ~ 1875-1900)
The old Rock Island Station in Peoria Illinois 
Oklahoma City Santa Fe Station
The old abandoned train station that used to be down the street from my parents house in the little town of Kaneville, IL. It was part of an interurban system(I think it was called CA & E-Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin.) that ran through town joining Aurora to Dekalb, IL(I think). My parents have some good old photos of the trains and the station from circa 1920’s I think. Great to walk through and imagine. Torn down in the mid '80’s.
- Portland, OR Union Station
- Chicago Union Station
- East Glacier Park (What a view)
- Any station I am boarding
Rock Springs, Wyoming Depot
Green River, Wyoming Depot
Kings Cross, London, UK
Cincinnatti Union Station
Louisville Union Station.
Possibably Washington D.C.
Grand Central Termina was truly great when it had long distance trains, and Penn Station was great before it was torn down and replaced by a less architecturally destinguished building . Washington Union Station will truly be the very best when streetcars again load at its front door, which is a possibility in the future. Meanwhile, 30th Street Philadelphia is best because: (1) Knowledgeable ticket agents and other people who really help passengers, (2) excellent food available, both in restaurants and take-out; (3) a very beautiful building both inside and out with that wonderful memorial sculpture at the east end, (4) excllent planning for passenger traffic flow, (5) ndearly all kinds of rail passenger service represented, (a) Amtrak, (b) commuter rail (both NJ Transit and SEPTA), (c) SEPTA’s Market-Frankfort subway-elevated rapid transit line, and (d) the outer tracks in the Market Street subway used by streetcars (oops, light rail cars to be politically correct these days) on four or five lines. To me, it really compares with the best of Europe. All it need the last time I was in it was improvements to the PA system, and I hope that has been done.
I also like to stop by old stations that have been abondoned and wonder what they must have been like in their hey-days. I just stopped by the old station in Pontiac, IL last week (at the crossing of the (now U.P.) GM&O and another line (I think it may be the TP&W?). This station is hard to get to on foot due to the very high weeds, etc., but is great to look at and wonder. I guess I’d make a good railroad archeologist.
Louisville’s Union Station. Only train station I’ve ever been in, that I can remember
(at least I think it’s the only train station I’ve been in).
Toronto Union Station and the magnificent Royal York Hotel directly across the street. The Hotel on its east side has an elevator that takes complete tractor trailers up two floors where they exit to the exhibit hall that has a hardwood floor turntable that turns the tractor trailer for exiting to the elevator.
Los Angeles Union Station best in the west.
Grand Central of old best in the east.
Four Metra Stations: Grayslake, Round Lake, Long Lake, and Prarie Crossing. They aren’t terminals either.
- wichita union station ( now cox communications)[:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!]
- Kansas City mo. union station [:p][:p][:p][:p]
- wichita rock island depot ( now a steak house)[xx(][xx(][xx(][xx(]
New York Central Station in Syracuse, NY is also great (now Time Warner Cable Channel 10)
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…Of the ones I’ve been in…It would be: The late, Great Pennsylvania Station, N Y.