Train Station Ticket Counter

Years ago, a trip across country probably would have been by train, much simpler and a lot more comfortable than a car trip. Someone else would take care of the driving, and the train kept going all night long, no overnight motel stays while the car driver rested up for another day on the road.

Of course, it wasn't free, and you'd have to buy a train ticket somewhere...

Here is a picture of a train station's ticket counter, taken in a much larger than usual train station, the old Union Pacific Train Depot in Omaha, Nebraska.

Now operating as the Durham Western Heritage Museum, this place should be especially interesting for the train buff.

Inside a Train Car

What did it look like inside a train car back in the good old days?

Here is a picture taken at the Western Heritage Museum in Omaha showing the inside of a Union Pacific passenger train car. Now not all passenger train cars were so plush, spacious, and fancy back in the olden days.

From a personal memory of a train ride on the Soo Line Railroad from Chicago to northern Wisconsin in the early 1960s, passenger cars still existed at that time that could have been used in a train scene from an old west movie.

No matter what it looked like inside, a train ride was something to remember.