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...Springfield, Mass., railroad repairman, Abrams graduated 185th out of 276 in his class at West...
...past are welcoming visitors as they never did before. There are the august red brick firehouses, the rococo waterworks, the splendiferous banks with marble floors and tellers' grilles that could have come from a Jimmy Cagney heist flick, abandoned churches raised with prayer and artistry, majestic railroad stations, many designed by the finest architects in the U.S. They have been re-antiquated and reinserted into American life with love and ambience-and with food and wine. The fact is that hundreds of classic buildings throughout the U.S. have become thriving restaurants, saved from the wrecker's ball...
...Unused railroad stations have provided a bonanza for thematic restaurateurs. In Chattanooga, Tenn., for example, when Motel Operator Allen Casey heard that the Southern Railway terminal was about to be razed, he put together $2.4 million to buy the gracious old building, which boasts one of the highest freestanding domes (85 ft.) in the world. The Chattanooga Choo Choo, as it is now called, has 2,000 seats and food that is as elegant as the ambience. Little has been changed inside. Diners enter through a ticket booth, scanning a big schedule board, and buy tickets printed with a destination...
...railroad stations are the basis of a chain of classic-building dining places. A San Francisco-based corporation owns 29 Victoria Station restaurants across the U.S. (nine more are being completed); guests dine inside 50-ft.-long boxcars, salad is served from old baggage carts, brakemen's lanterns light the tables, and a treasury of railroad relics line the walls. To ensure an ample supply of artifacts, the company has just bought the entire East Grinstead Station in England, well known to Sherlock Holmes fans...
From 1892 to 1967, the P & W was leased and operated by the New Haven Railroad, but after the Penn Central acquired the New Haven in 1966, it instructed its new subsidiary to cancel the lease because the P & W did not earn enough money. P & W President Robert H. Eder, an ex-paratrooper and Harvard Law graduate, fought the move, but the ICC decided in favor of Penn Central, and the Supreme Court upheld the decision. The P & W got bank backing and filed a petition with the ICC to operate independently, but the Penn Central about-faced...