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24/05/2008 2:09 am
A little off topic but those who have visited Cincinnati might want to have a look at an excellent web site honoring the 75th anniversary of Cincinnati Union Terminal. No doubt that some who arrived at or departed from Cincinnati by steamboat came or went by a train. With five old depots, some prone to flooding, the CUT was designed as a home for all seven railroads serving Cincinnati. It opened in 1933 and is now a museum. For it's anniversary, a new web site with several photo collections and videos has been put on the web.
-Jim Herron
Here's a link to it:
http://www.cincymuseum.org/explore_our_sites/union_terminal/
24/05/2008 3:27 am
Thanks for posting the website for the CUT anniversary. There is no one with more knowledge or interest in the building than Gibson Yungblut: MR CINCINNATI UNION TERMINAL. It was through his efforts that the construction photos were saved and preserved. It was good to see and hear him on the video. The Cincinnati Railroad Club has published a book on the Terminal, available for sale in the museum book shop and in the club room in Tower A. A second book is in the works or maybe now available. Steamboat fans should own a copy of the book as the Str Tom Greene is rendered in the 'Cincinnati' Rotunda mural (right side entering the building).
27/05/2008 3:24 pm
Jim: Are you planning any road trips up to Looey-ville this summer? I have a box (that's rather HEAVY) of river and steamboat movies for you!
29/05/2008 8:37 pm
Anyone visiting the CUT should not miss the 1/64 th scale model of the city of Cincinnati circa 1940 with operating trains, streetcars and models of the Island Queen and the Omar out in the river. No, I had nothng to do with any of it.
30/05/2008 3:24 am
John,
It is HIGH on my list of things to do when we stop there! Being a long-term S Gauge train nut, I am well aware of this wonderful antimated model. Finally, the DQ takes me to see it!! (Well, sorta, it is our trip ending port).
Here's a site with photos of the display:
http://www.cincymuseum.org/explore_our_sites/cincinnati_history/cincinnati_motion/
S'
David D.