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 #1263877  by bigK
 
the Poughkeepsie station has been renovated,the Gazebo at Main Street has been repaired and opened and so the station is all ready for the big 100 - the station opened in 1914 one year after GCT

does anyone know if there are/or were plans for a celebration ???

perhaps May 10 Nat. train day?? that is if there was? or there is? plans for this day at the Poughkeepsie station - POU
 #1266275  by glennk419
 
bigK wrote:the Poughkeepsie station has been renovated,the Gazebo at Main Street has been repaired and opened and so the station is all ready for the big 100 - the station opened in 1914 one year after GCT

does anyone know if there are/or were plans for a celebration ???

perhaps May 10 Nat. train day?? that is if there was? or there is? plans for this day at the Poughkeepsie station - POU
Are there any links to the renovation? I thought that poor old girl looked like she was 100 thirty years ago when I worked in Poughkeepsie and rode Amtrak from there on a regular basis.