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  1. NorthShore

    Chicago Union Station discussion

    These photos (from two weeks ago), alone, won't be the most helpful to answer all questions out there at the moment. (I'll try to get more next time I'm downtown.) But, it may help orient and contextualize a bit, concerning the current circumstances. As you can see, the Great Hall (and general...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    As the information at the link provided on a subsequent post makes more accurately clear, Union Station is closed between 1 and 5 A.M. There is a huge canopy over the street on Canal, and it is closed to vehicular traffic. The sidewalk seems to be open with scaffolding on at least the east...
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    Planes overhead

    I used to like listening to air traffic control, following flights from O'Hare on radio as far as the Earth's curvature would let me. I'd usually lose eastbound flight signals somewhere over Cleveland Center, as I'd track them using paper aeronautical maps. Being under the glide path for...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    This is the most accurate and concise description of the current situation at CUS, in my recent experience and observation, passing through. There is a lot of scaffolding in the corridors between the platforms and the Great Hall, as referenced, but everything seems open and in its usual place...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    You can access the station from the doors just off Jackson west of the river. There is also an elevator in that area. This is the exit I typically recommend for anyone attempting to access transit, also, as there is a bus stop right across the street (which will get one to the L easily) and a...
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    St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago (TCMC) second daily service

    Minneapolis based Friends of 261 has used SPUD at times in the past, particularly for their holiday train, which is the organization's biggest fundraising endeavor, annually. Though, I believe their most recent events may have originated in Minneapolis. And PV owners have, historically, used...
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    St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago (TCMC) second daily service

    And, surely, the new train name is to honor the ceremonial king of St. Paul's annual Winter carnival, yes? https://wintercarnival.com/legend/king-boreas/
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    Progress on service to Madison WI

    The campus and airport sites are out: https://madison.com/news/local/government-politics/wisconsin-madison-amtrak-station-location/article_530b0d9e-b15e-11ee-84bc-1b08f3dd6d57.html
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    Progress on service to Madison WI

    Might a new station be intermodal, like Milwaukee, with room for buses, also?
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    No Amtrak Beech Grove moves in 3 weeks

    I didn't realize Amtrak has a turnaround and maintenance facility at Brighton Park, southwest of their big yard that everyone knows about beyond Roosevelt Rd. I'm going to have to sort out and spot where, exactly, that is next time I'm on the Orange Line or a trip to Springfield.
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    Seattle, WA

    I enjoyed a very nice day at that zoo on my trip ten years ago. Of course, things evolve, but I found it both big and diverse enough to be truly worth my while, as an animal lover. If I recall my various city zoo visits correctly, they have a lot of birds, not just in the avian house but in...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    As always, I recommend the latter route, with such a simple (and frequent in most hours) bus connection to/from Union Station along Jackson (east to Blue/Red Lines at Jackson/Dearborn/State and Loop trains Orange/Pink/Purple/Brown at Quincy/Wells) as well as west to Union Station on Adams in...
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    Twin Cities (Minnesota) Local and Suburban Rail Service discussion

    Might the theorized I94 S-Bahn type rapid transit line between St. Paul and Minneapolis offer a potentially more direct rail connection for Amtrak trains to also use than the currently cumbersome routing available between the two cities stations? (Hypothetically, as I imagine it isn't extremely...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    I got to use this entrance a couple of weeks ago. It was a happy surprise to see it available and significantly trafficked by passengers obviously on their way towards departures...
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    This is always the best route to Union Station, imho. (There are also other bus routes along Adams, all of which will get you to Union Station easily.) That said, the L will begin running to UIC/Halsted again tonight, including the Clinton stop.
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