This is a great perspective of Cincinnati Union Terminal, captured from one of the passenger platforms. No one really gets to see Union Terminal from this vantage point anymore,...
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Cincinnati Union Terminal boasts many great architectural features – and the clock on the façade is no exception. It’s large enough that it can be seen from I-75 today....
Funny how the tours of Tower A never talk about the little men under the control desk, running everything! (How do they feed them?) Seriously, though – the guys...
The Cincinnati Union Terminal project was one of the biggest earthworks programs in the region. The $41,000,000 project moved 5,663,065 cubic yards of fill from a local hill called Bald Knob and a farm in Indiana to raise the level of the station and train yard an average of 16 feet.
Most people these days associate the building of the terminal with the main building with the beautiful rotunda. In reality, the project stretched 287 acres from the river to two miles north along the Mill Creek Valley and included 22 buildings as well as the construction of the Western Hills Viaduct.
This matchbook cover from the Cincinnati Railroad Club’s collection shows Chessie, the spokescat for C&O Railroad, snuggled up in what is presumably a sleeping car. Viennese artist Guido Gruenwald did...
Like Chicago, Cincinnati has two seasons, winter and construction! If you have noticed lately, big piles of ties have started appearing all over the city next to our railways....
Reporter Jake Mecklenborg recently visited the Cincinnati Railroad Club in Tower A. Along with a terrific article Jake wrote for the Cincinnati Business Journal and UrbanCincy.com, he created a...
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The Cincinnati Railroad Club has been around a loooong time. Since 1938, as a matter of fact. This picture was taken not too long after the Club was formed...
