Rail News
Back in the day, the Women’s Lounge – in pretty much any building open to the public – was a really nice place. Union Terminal was no exception, perhaps...
Every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man…. And if he wasn’t one before he got to Union Terminal, he certainly could be before he left! The train station had...
Can’t you just see the Justice League meeting at the fictional “supercomputer” that would be behind us in this photo, planning a counterattack on (fill in the blank) Mad...
If this looks like a tiny boxcar to you – well, it does to us, too. Was it for circus performer gag, like a clown car? Was there a...
Maybe it means that we should handle the placards carefully? These were posted inside special frames on rail cars with hazardous/flammable materials inside to remind everyone to keep their...
This control board allowed rail personnel to slow the speed of cars being coupled off the ‘hump’ – a man-made hill built up where gravity could do most of...
This L&N bulletin board is basically the same as the Arrivals & Departures screen(s) at the airport today – only it was unlikely you’d have a gate/track change! Another...
These wooden posts are just like the mile markers on today’s highways. Only not blue. Or reflective. Or flat. Or metal. (OK, OK – they just did the same...
This signal light, now on display in Tower A, used to be down on the rail platform. North vs. South probably doesn’t apply here – even though it’s fun...
We know what you’re thinking: “Wow, my cubicle doesn’t even have a door, much less a fireplace!” Yeah, us too – we have built-in bookcase envy, not to mention...