Lafayette Train Station—Indiana
The people of Lafayette, Ind., were so keen on
making the historic Lafayette “Big Four” Depot
a central part of the community that they not
only restored the building, but also moved it
three blocks! Built in 1902, the Romanesque-
style brick and limestone depot served the
Lake Erie &Western, and the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads until
trains stopped running there in about 1970. In
1994,
A Transportation Enhancements grant
helped fund the relocation and renovation
of the depot, which now serves as an Amtrak
station and local transportation center, as
well as the headquarters for the Wabash River
Enhancement Corporation.
Tampa Union Station—Florida
Tampa Union Station’s 1912 Italian
Renaissance Revival-style building
originally served passenger operations
for the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard
Air Line and the Tampa Northern Railroad
at a single site. Though it was added
to the National Register of Historic
Places in 1974, the building was a wreck
by the 1980s, with the roof leaking
rainwater and plaster falling from the
ceiling. It closed in 1984. But thanks to a
Transportation Enhancements grant and
the support of many, including Friends
of Tampa Union Station, the station was
restored. It reopened in 1998 and is a
bustling hub of commercial rail service
once again.
Opening Day, 1912
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