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Kansas City's Union Station was also in sad shape for quite some time. It was closed during the 1980's, and sat empty until a bi-state tax initiative was passed in 1996 to fund a major renovation beginning in 1997. (For those who don't know, the Kansas City metro area straddles the KS/MO state...

As you might guess from my screen name, I live near Kansas City MO; actually in a suburb called Gladstone, about 9-10 miles north of KC's Union Station. I was born more years ago than I care to think about :D (51) & raised in Wyoming MI (a suburb of Grand Rapids), and transferred here about...

For a number of reasons, I had the need to make a one-way trip from Grand Rapids to Kansas City on May 20th. I realized this on Thursday the 18th, and upon checking the Amtrak web site found I could purchase a one-way ticket for a very reasonable price even without my AAA discount. The ticket...

I've been through Osceola a few times, twice travelling on Amtrak from/to there, and a few more times driving through. It's a pretty small town (population < 5000) and I don't recall ever seeing a car rental agency in town. I think the closest rental agencies are in DesMoines, about 40-ish...

Well ... I can't say for certain, but it almost looks like the photographer might be having some fun with a photo editing program. The last name on the loco is a bit blurry, but it looks like it might be the photog's last name. Also, this photo was taken 7/15/05; there's 2 other photos showing...

Jim ... go to Amtrak's Home page (www.amtrak.com), then click on Routes. Once the Routes page displays, you have two options ... either select a route from the drop-down box under Route Search, or scroll down to the Route Table and click on the name of a route in that table. Either way will...