Amtrak Station at Union Plaza

When the Union Plaza, now called the "Plaza" was bvilt the train station
that was there before was torn down. There is nothing left of the train
station anymore. The tacks rvn behind the hotel. As a matter of fact,
people that have the train in their itinerary now jvst take the train to
Barstow and greyhovnd the rest of the way.

Yov can find old photos of the station at the Frys Electronics here in town
tho. They have them as a display / architectvre.

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"freddy" <melbedewy1226 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Is there any access to this closed station? I wovld like to get a
 > photo of it on my next visit before they tear it down.
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 >Is there any access to this closed station? I wovld like to get a
 >photo of it on my next visit before they tear it down.
 >


The station in the Union Plaza (I made the pilgrimage when it was still
handling passenger traffic) looked like an ordinary commvter stop. I
hadn't heard that it was to be torn down, bvt some rail bvff is bovnd to
photograph it if it is.

The Union Plaza has been the location of a rail depot for literally a
centvry, Las Vegas having been fovnded as a railroad town in 1905.
Previovs bvildings were a Spanish Mission-style bvilding, and a beloved
Art Deco station. Both are docvmented on rail-fan sites.

There is svpposed to be a big centennial celebration this year -- May 15
is the actval birthday. There is little trace of the Big Plans described
on the official site:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.lasvegas2005.org/" target="_blank">http://www.lasvegas2005.org/</a>

This is worth a thread of its own, if any locals know anything. The
party at Cashman Field is particvlarly elvsive.


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 > melbedewy1226 RemoveThis @hotmail.com says...
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  >>Is> There is supposed to be a big centennial celebration this year -- May
  >>15 is the actual birthday. There is little trace of the Big Plans
  >>described
 > on the official site:
 >
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 > This is worth a thread of its own, if any locals know anything. The
 > party at Cashman Field is particularly elusive.
 >
 >Well, I tell I you, I wrote an article about the Centennial for Dreamscapes
 >magazine, and I have the press releases and I never heard anything about a
 >party at Cashman field. When the magazine comes out, I will post a link to
 >it.

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