Re: (rshsdepot) New Orleans, LA

["Gene Paoli" <stationman_@_prodigy.net>]

I wonder if the the folks down there know they destroyed the former Illinois
Central station designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis  Sullivan
in 1892?
Gene Paoli
stationman_@_prodigy.net

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie Wagenblast <brwagenblast_@_comcast.net>
To: Rail Depot List <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 3:32 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) New Orleans, LA


> Photo links:
> http://www.byrnes.org/railfan/amtrak/image_51.jpg  (current station)
> http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/union.jpg  (station replaced by
> current station)
>
> N.O. Terminal To Become Transportation Central
> Facility To Host RTA, Traffic Signal System
>
>
> NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans' Union Passenger Terminal is being revamped
into
> a transportation center for the city.
>
> Until now, freight lines shared the building with passenger traffic, but
on
> Friday, the freight leases were canceled.
>
>
> In one of his last official actions as mayor, Marc Morial, along with
Amtrak
> officials, terminated the 50-year freight agreement, giving the city total
> control of the station.
>
>
> After some upgrades, it will become the nerve center for operations of the
> Regional Transit Authority and the city's automated traffic signal system.
>
> It also may eventually serve as a remote airport terminal.
>
>
>
>
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
>

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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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