...it's in the old train station...
...I'm always amazed at how very grand these old train stations were...
...you might think this was just painted on the ceiling - but they showed the intricate molded plaster being restored...
...the ceilings are probably 30 feet high...
...and the floors are beautiful too...
...there were a couple of Great Halls - very impressive...
...the sign to the trains...
...there were statues of soldiers and partings...
...that's Karen flirting with a couple of soldiers...
...some art deco painting - I love it - it makes me wonder what people will look back on from our era...
...I loved all the neon signs - for taxi cabs...
...baggage...
...and the soda fountain - which still works...
...then we did go downstairs...
...to see the trains...
...and streetcars...
...and mail buggies...
...and baggage waiting to be loaded...
...Scout planted a sunflower - they were having a soil exhibit - Dig It!...
...then he headed outside to climb on some farm equipment - he enjoyed it still...when he was little he absolutely LOVED 'diggers' - we would stop on the side of the road and let him watch them digging - he had so many books about diggers and said he wanted to drive a dump truck when he grew up - so sweet...
...there was a tiny mouse in the scoop...
...back inside for gangster cars...
...old trucks...
...horseless carriages...
...a model train...
...Karen playing at being a snobby first class patron in a Pullman Car...
...her dining room...
...the lounge car - I must say that the lounge car has not changed an awful lot - I took the train from Greenville, SC to Boston MA - and the lounge car looked pretty much the same - on the inside anyway...
...the public restrooms were the same too - even the colour of the walls...
...a second class berth...
...the same berth in the daytime position...
...the second class seats - these look exactly like the seats on a train I took in France - they were blue too - and we faced each other like this...
...this is a first class sleeper - it has a door for privacy - the second class berth was just open to the hallway...
...the bunk pulled down on top - with the little ladder going up...
...a first class single sleeper - all in about a 3 x 6 space - you had a bed...
...a toilet...
...we thought the notice was funny - no flushing in station...
...the chair in the upright position...
...the sink in the corner with the toilet closed...
...and baggage overhead...those were the days...
3 comments:
Love your tour. What fun! MOM
I just love the museums that let you get a hands on go at stuff like this. It is the sort of museum where all ages can have a lot of fun.
Our old trains had compartments with sliding doors. The seats faced each other and seated four people - with or without the pull down arms. There were netting racks for luggage. As I remember people didn't have so much luggage back then.
There was a corridor down one side. If you see 'Terror by Night', a Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film, it is set on such a trainl
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