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Christmas Day At The Wilmington Amtrak Station Welcomes Visitors and Sends Folks Back Home

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Even though the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Amtrak train station in Wilmington Delaware was designed by Frank Furness in 1908 and is in a National Register Historic District, it is very much an active place. As a matter of fact, it is the 11th busiest station in the country. Christmas day 2011 was no exception, as you can see from these pictures. Before and after 1:00 p.m., two trains were in the station, one going to Boston, and the other to Florida. Just another day of boarding trains for the conductors and engineers, but always an eventful day of riding the trains for passengers eager to get back home or travel to yet another train station!

 

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Than Maynard
Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma - Purcell, OK
Broker - Licensed to List & Sell - 405-990-8862

Took the train to Dallas Tx this summer. Took 1.5 hours longer than by car and still needed a car to get around the Dallas/Ft Worth area.

Maybe for a longer trip, but the short one just wasn't worth it.

Dec 27, 2011 05:48 AM
Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA
Independent architectural histor'n - Wilmington, DE
Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS

Than--I agree, sometimes the short trips are not worth it. But when you can take a trip through the Rockies or some other spectacular place, there is nothing like it!

Dec 27, 2011 06:07 AM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
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Hi Carolyn, I hope your Chritmas was wonderful. I haven"t taken a train ride since I was in Pa last year and it was a mile long, LOL. But we are supposed to get a Bullet fast train link to LA and SF one day in the future which should be awesome.

Dec 27, 2011 03:08 PM
Carolyn Roland- In Delaware and S. Chester County PA
Independent architectural histor'n - Wilmington, DE
Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS

Hi William--Hope you had a great Christmas also. It's always fun seeing my grown son pursue his train interests which he has had since he was 2 years old. When he lived in Japan, he took me on the Shinkansen (bullet train). Impressive, of

 course!                    shinkansen

Dec 28, 2011 12:40 AM
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