Underwhelming compared to the luxurious Union Station, Amtrak’s current setup in the “Gateway Station” near Clark and 14th streets represents the afterthought that is the current state of commuter rail in our state and region. Louis as a central rail hub, with many looking at the possibilities of high-speed travel to connect our cities and commerce. However, 80 years following its peak, an optimistic attitude toward the future of passenger train travel could mean the re-emergence of St. With the final train departing from the steal arches of the shed in 1978, this country seemed destined for a car-dominated future. Reported to average 100,000 daily passengers at times, the station’s colossal popularity was undermined by that of the automobile in a post-war America, meeting a similar fate to the city’s entensive trolley system. Louis’s Union Station held the title of North America’s largest train station for decades during its height in the early-to-mid-1900s. Once the center of an expansive American railroad system, St. Louis Central Station showing the two train sheds and pedestrian plaza A Rich History and an Underwhelming Present Trains 9-10, the City of St.Aerial view of St. Passenger service discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak, last train was the Wabash Cannonball. Kansas City 1:50 4:15ġ8 Midnight Limited Kansas City 7:30 7:35Ģ Pacific Coast Ltd. Louis.ġ7 Midnight Limited Kansas City 12:05 11:20ģ Kansas City Express Kansas City 9:05 8:45Ĥ Detroit Special Detroit 9:15 9:05 304 9:30 amĩ Pacific Coast Ltd. Louis Southwestern began terminating trains in East St. Passenger service initially retained by Amtrak in 1971, basically trains 4 and 31 the Spirit Of St. Louis New York 12:00 12:40ġ02 Pennsylvania Limited Pittsburgh 6:00 32 6:00 4:45 pmģ1 Spirit Of St. And after World War II, several trains were similarly reequipped and evolved into the Texas Eagle service, as trains 1-2 and 21-22.ġ2 Southwestern Limited New York 9:25 9:20Ĥ46 Cleveland Special Cleveland 11:32 10:30ġ1 Southwestern Limited New York 4:58 3:45Ĥ07 St. Later in 1942, the Scenic Limited was renamed the Colorado Eagle, upon reequipping with streamlined equipment. Passenger service discontinued in late 1940's.Ģ53 City Of Miami Carbondale 10:50 201 9:50 amĢ55 Panama Limited Carbondale 6:05 205 6:45 pmĢ52 City Of Miami Carbondale 6:15 208 4:57 pmĥ1 Green Diamond Chicago 10:10 21 10:15 pmĩ3 Dixie Limited Atlanta 3:45 pm 4:35 10 8:55 amĩ2 Dixie Limited Atlanta 12:01 pm 3:45 5 4:30 pmĥ Katy Flyer Oklahoma City 11:55 pm 11:28 pmĦ Katy Flyer Oklahoma City 7:30 am 7:02 amĥ Missouri River Eagle Omaha 8:50 8:50 17 9:30 amġ Sunshine Special Fort Worth 5:30 5:45 5:30 pmġ7 Hot Springs Special Texarkana 10:35 21 5:30ġ8 Hot Springs Special Texarkana 7:55 32 7:50Ģ Sunshine Special El Paso 8:30 8:10 3:20 pmĦ Missouri River Eagle Omaha 5:40 5:40 16 5:10 pm Pershing Zephyr Kansas City 1:00 pmĤ4 Mark Twain Zephyr Burlington 9:45 am 10:08 pm Pershing Zephyr Kansas City 2:00 pmġ5 Zephyr Rocket Minneapolis 5:30 pm 5:00 pmĨ Zephyr Rocket Minneapolis 7:00 am 7:35 amģ2 Gen. Passenger service discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak.Ĥ3 Mark Twain Zephyr Burlington 9:00 am 9:02 amģ3 Gen. Louis.Ģ National Limited New York 9:30 9:45 9:55 amġ2 Metropolitan Special Washington 11:30 11:30ġ1 Metropolitan Special Washington 7:35 7:40ġ National Limited New York 1:00 1:00 2:30 pm Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.ġ5 Gulf Coast Rebel Mobile 6:15 pm 6:00 pmġ6 Gulf Coast Rebel Mobile 7:40 am 8:15 amīetween the late 1930's and early 1940's, the pre merger Mobile & Ohio and Gulf Mobile & Ohio trains instead terminated at Trendley Ave. Tower 3: controlled the east leg of the station wye Tower 2: controlled the west leg of the station wye Tower 1: controlled the immediate station area Interlocked switches controlled as follows: Louis, during the golden age of passenger trains. Louis in 1942, 1956, and 1971 immediately prior to the creation of Amtrak.
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