Washington D.C. Union Station 100th Anniversary Video

[micaelcorleone]

Amtrak has an interesting video about the 100th Anniversary of Washington D.C.'s Union Station on their new channel.

Have a look:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkFZxAp95I&feature=channel_video_title

[Chessie8638]

Thanks for sharing!

Fun fact about the 1953 train wreck mentioned in the video. The GG1 that was leading landed in the main concourse of the station and fell into the basement. Because the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower set for a week later was looming a temporary floor was put over the locomotive. People passed through without even knowing of the locomotive sitting in the basement. After the inauguration passed the locomotive was lifted out of the basement by cutting it into 6ft sections. It was then rebuilt and continued to operate until it was retired in 1983. Today it's on display in the B&O Museum in Baltimore.

Also found this photo looking towards the station circa 1908-1910 (3,149×886): http://i.imgur.com/Ce4qk.jpg

[arizonachris]

Wow, thank you both for sharing. Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new on this Forum!

[micaelcorleone]

I hope it will be included in the NEC by RS.com in a very good quality.