Running in the Big Apple
Union Station in Washington, great example of a railway architecture but the platforms lacked the grand halls of the European stations. It was a quick trip. I arrived in the morning off a direct flight from Dubai and spent most of the time in Washington in a windowless room reviewing documents. On the upside, I caught glimpses of the Washington monument from my previous visit to these parts over 30 years ago. I was also able to catch up with 3 colleagues from the Denver bid. Almost 36 hours after I arrived I was a at the spectacular Union Station in Washington boarding a train to NYC. The experience was interesting as there was a real sense of decay through this part of the journey. Union station building and retail areas was spectacular, the platform ordinary, the Accela high speed train was primitive, Baltimore was rusted and Penn Station in New York like something from a Scorsese film from the late 70’s. Union station again. It was a