I caught this shot at dusk, with an old Sony 5.1 mp camera. I loved that camera.

This shot was taken of Union Station in 1921 at the dedication of the Liberty Memorial Monument.

You cannot imagine how cold it was that night. I was struggling with the tripod, while trying to keep an eye out for bad guys. This was after all, before the rentovation of Liberty Memorial, which was where this shot was taken. Lots of muggings went on down there then.

Looking northwest of the main hall. Holy Moses it was cold that day, with lots of biting wind.

This was one of the first shots taken of Union Station with one of my very first digital cameras. This was taken with an old Sony FD90 that put its pictures onto a 3.5" floppy diskette.

Again, a night shot taken with the Sony Cybershot.

I took this shot, as I did the following, at around 0630 in the morning, when it was still dark. This shows the main entrance hall.

The inside of the central archway.

This one is the east arch, and in front of it is a massive toy train set. Hmm.

No amount of editing would take care of the glow rings.

This is a poor shot of the holiday wreath hanging above the east archway.

This is a better view of the train set, and the restaraunt housed inside the station.

The waiting area for Amtrak. Notice the little blonde girl staring at me as I took the picture.

My niece waiting for her train to board. I was so sad to see her head home. She's the sweetest thing, and we love her so.

More passenger madness at the train depot.

These two boys were giving their mother fits. I giggled and giggled, but always to myself. Then I took the shot.

Notice above the archway the old photograph. It's of the Union Station from years past. Very cool.

This older gentleman kept limping around talking to people. They'd be polite but it wasn't long before they shined him on and he was forced to find someone else. Finally he settled on this poor guard who couldn't run away. He chewed that guys ear for half an hour.

My niece's train the morning she left.

If you get on the wrong train, what a huge mistake you'd be forced to correct ... but where?

The conductor running around ordering folks to find their tickets and get on their trains.

Most of the trains were loaded by now.

The sun is finally out and the trains are ready to start rolling.

This led us back into the train station. I walked this after I put my niece on her train.

This time I took the shot from the North Wing, showing the hanging clock.

The doors leading to the waiting room.

Another waiting area.

A collection of toy trains. I found it more than just mildly interesting that a massive toy train setup, AND, this collection of vintage toy trains, would be on display in a major railway station. Maybe it's just me, but I saw this stuff, and thought, "Hmm".

This was a wonderful shot. The sun had just come out and the north wing was beginning to be lit. I saw this and could not help but think of the thousands, tens of thousands of people who must have passed through these gates.

By now, obviously, the sun had begun to come up.

After the sun had risen.

No thank you. It looks like one of those old wagons pulled by horses. Salesman would sell their snake oil from town to town in wagins that looked a lot like this.

In the light.

In the morning glow.

I left, melancholy about my niece leaving. We hope she returns very soon.

Looking from the parking lot.

I took this shot from the deck of the Liberty Memorial Monument. This is about as perfect a shot, ans I'm capable of making.

Same shot, but in black & white.

I took this shot of Union Station from atop the Liberty Memorial Monument tower.

from the Liberty Memorial Monument Tower. I tried to wait for the clouds to clear, but subsequent shots showed they only got worse.

I took this shot as I was leaving the grounds.

This shot was taken many, many moons ago.