Train To and From Springfield
While Sheila and I drove down to Springfield, Massachusetts for our annual train show extended weekend this past weekend, Liza, John and the kids hopped on an Amtrak train to meet us there. Sheila and I arrived early, did some shopping, had lunch, did a little more shopping, bumped into Frank and Christine while at the Holyoke Mall and then headed to the train station to pick up everyone. Lukey and Kenzie were counting the days as the weekend approached mostly because they were excited about the Amtrak journey. The only other time they were on Amtrak was for a short day trip when we all headed to Brattleboro for a nice lunch on the Connecticut River. That was a few years ago so they were ripe for another train trip! The Springfield Union Station is newly renovated so we wanted to take a look at the station anyway so meeting them at the station was actually convenient for us. The new station is clean but, disappointingly, it lacks any sort of usual railroad station architectura