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This Week at Amtrak; 2010-05-26

May 26th, 2010 Comments off

National Train Day

National Train Day passed uneventfully in Phoenix. Union Station, the mission-style depot turned fortress, protected by its tall prickly steel fence painted cactus green, was immune to invasion by curious passers-by. No-one rode a train through the station, except one hobo who waved from the end platform of a covered hopper — all freight trains must now traverse the lone remaining passenger track, the bypass line having been removed a few years ago.

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