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St Louis Tourist Train
Because I worked as an Electronic Design Engineer in the Defense Industry, I went on numerous Business Trips to then McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) in St. Louis. I spent a great amount of time (after work hours) Railfaning in Downtown St. Louis. In the Mid 1980's, St. Louis Union Station, which is located on Market Street between 18th and 20th Streets, was converted to a Hotel and Shopping Mall with Stores, Restaurants and a Food Court. While I was there I purchased several Post Cards just in case the exposures of my photographs were unsatisfactory. Here is a Postcard of a Tourist/Railfan Train that ran excursions out of the St. Louis Union Station Train Shed.
The Train Shed behind the Station served as a Railroad Museum with Covered Wagons (E and F Units, aka Diesel Locomotives), a Steam Engine, and several pieces of Rolling Stock (aka Box Cars) with advertising Murals of Anheuser Busch Beer and other local industries. There was even a Tourist Train that took visitors on short excursions. I will try to find my slides of the Rolling Stock that was stored under the train shed, scan the slides and post some of the photos to flickr™. Further information about St. Louis Union Station can be found at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(St._Louis)
Trains no longer stopped at Union Station, however Amtrak used a Trailer for a station about half a mile East of Union Station and there was an active Freight Rail Yard just Southeast of Union Station. There were also several Railroad Bridges that crossed the Mississippi River to East St. Louis, Illinois. Also a Light Rail Line called Metrolink ran from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, past the St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball) Busch Stadium in a Tunnel and then crossed the Mississippi River over on Edes Bridge, stopping at a Gambling Casino on the Illinois side of the River. Metrolink was later extended further East to serve Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
St Louis Tourist Train
Because I worked as an Electronic Design Engineer in the Defense Industry, I went on numerous Business Trips to then McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) in St. Louis. I spent a great amount of time (after work hours) Railfaning in Downtown St. Louis. In the Mid 1980's, St. Louis Union Station, which is located on Market Street between 18th and 20th Streets, was converted to a Hotel and Shopping Mall with Stores, Restaurants and a Food Court. While I was there I purchased several Post Cards just in case the exposures of my photographs were unsatisfactory. Here is a Postcard of a Tourist/Railfan Train that ran excursions out of the St. Louis Union Station Train Shed.
The Train Shed behind the Station served as a Railroad Museum with Covered Wagons (E and F Units, aka Diesel Locomotives), a Steam Engine, and several pieces of Rolling Stock (aka Box Cars) with advertising Murals of Anheuser Busch Beer and other local industries. There was even a Tourist Train that took visitors on short excursions. I will try to find my slides of the Rolling Stock that was stored under the train shed, scan the slides and post some of the photos to flickr™. Further information about St. Louis Union Station can be found at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(St._Louis)
Trains no longer stopped at Union Station, however Amtrak used a Trailer for a station about half a mile East of Union Station and there was an active Freight Rail Yard just Southeast of Union Station. There were also several Railroad Bridges that crossed the Mississippi River to East St. Louis, Illinois. Also a Light Rail Line called Metrolink ran from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, past the St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball) Busch Stadium in a Tunnel and then crossed the Mississippi River over on Edes Bridge, stopping at a Gambling Casino on the Illinois side of the River. Metrolink was later extended further East to serve Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.