...on our last day in Omaha we visited the
Durham Museum...
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...it's in the old train station...
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...I'm always amazed at how
very grand these old train stations were...
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...you might think this was just painted on the ceiling - but they showed the intricate molded plaster being restored...
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...the ceilings are probably 30 feet high...
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...and the floors are beautiful too...
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...there were a couple of Great Halls - very impressive...
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...the sign to the trains...
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...there were statues of soldiers and partings...
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...that's Karen flirting with a couple of soldiers...
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...some art deco painting - I love it - it makes me wonder what people will look back on from our era...
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...I loved all the neon signs - for taxi cabs...
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...baggage...
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...and the soda fountain - which still works...
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...then we did go downstairs...
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...to see the trains...
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...and streetcars...
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...and mail buggies...
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...and baggage waiting to be loaded...
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...Scout planted a sunflower - they were having a soil exhibit - Dig It!...
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...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...
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...there was a tiny mouse in the scoop...
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...back inside for gangster cars...
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...old trucks...
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...horseless carriages...
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...a model train...
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...Karen playing at being a snobby first class patron in a Pullman Car...
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...her dining room...
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...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...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3B8uJ2u-6GQrVLwLW1CFuvtXVcLCsN7lKsVZRVxoDV-BI9Tjy2N3sZWPQoEmwrcMl4ul-FWULIJ2CD0-ClxswRHGQVxLgg9XYQtyFLVgAK4OH8pxZOhMU35dF1LQbbOQuplUxRw/s400/101_6810a.JPG)
...the public restrooms were the same too - even the colour of the walls...
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...a second class berth...
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...the same berth in the daytime position...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHk_OCr_yDs9xrQakgFkR5SbLpPOPokznaFKA1amGGmrXrhhZrSLAWq25baYBG1bQKRZjCV_ogb_Y-4CZkiCvOS3eE7SMNdAX6gzJRyxK2IGZdA7ckGaYNT4Nob6VhoejQxmWn3w/s400/101_6814a.JPG)
...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...
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...this is a first class sleeper - it has a door for privacy - the second class berth was just open to the hallway...
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...the bunk pulled down on top - with the little ladder going up...
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...a first class single sleeper - all in about a 3 x 6 space - you had a bed...
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...a toilet...
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...we thought the notice was funny - no flushing in station...
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...the chair in the upright position...
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...the sink in the corner with the toilet closed...
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...and baggage overhead...those were the days...