A week ago my husband and I took the Amtrak train to Indiana to visit my Mom and sister and niece. We enjoy riding the train, as it is roomy and relaxing. No worries about driving. You can walk around, eat in the dining car, view the scenery in the observation car and also meet interesting people. It's an unhurried old fashioned way of travel, and we're definitely old fashioned folks! It was difficult to take photos on the train with all the movement so I didn't even try. But I did take a few pictures of the lovely train depots we were at. This time we took the train to Niles MI instead of Indiana. Doing this made for better connections in Chicago.
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| Harold waiting inside the Niles MI train depot. This is a lovely old building built in 1892 and it was decorated nicely for Christmas by the local Garden Club. |
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| The Niles MI depot is a large building made of beautiful stone. |
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| The other end of the building. This lovely stone structure has been in use since 1892. |
Before we got to Niles, we had to change trains in Chicago. Chicago's Union Station is a HUGE building and the hub of Amtrak. It's a busy place - like an airport. The main waiting area is called the Great Hall.
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| This photo doesn't capture the size of this room or the massive height of the ceiling, but it is a beautiful place to wait for the trains. |
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| There are four staircases leading out to downtown Chicago from the Great Hall. This Chicago depot was built in 1925. |
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| One part of the Great Hall had a massive Christmas tree, decorated with railroad signs. |
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| Another part of the Great Hall had a display of a Christmas train. |
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| I am standing in front of the Christmas tree on the other side of the hall to give you an idea of how tall it was. |
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| My sister and I with our Mom who is 96! |
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| Mom enjoys playing cards, so we made sure to play plenty of games with her. Doesn't my Mom look good for being 96? |
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