I love "old" stained glass windows and of course stations - this must have been a beautiful station in its day. What is it used for now?
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This station is now part of a shopping mall (most of which is where the tracks used to be), but the main waiting room is just a large open space. Very clean and well maintained, though.
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Had the occasion to spend several hours in this station years ago, waiting to connect from the RGZ to Amtrak's "Pioneer" to Seattle. IF I recall correctly there were a number of these beautiful RR-themed stained glass windows and some large murals on the walls.
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The Southern Pacific did build & operate the Lucin cutoff across the Great Salt Lake to avoid going around it to the north past Promontory Summit. This saved S.P. enormous time, miles, & money. We can all feel better however, because in 1996, the Southern Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific. Union Pacific still uses the Lucin Cutoff to this day.
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