RESOLUTION NO. 041212

 

Expressing the City Councils appreciation to the Kansas City Southern Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad for their help in providing mechanical services and transportation to bring the new rail attraction to Union Station.

 

WHEREAS, Union Station was restored to its original grandeur in 1999 due to the generosity of citizens throughout metropolitan Kansas City; and

 

WHEREAS, Union Station was a transportation hub in its earlier glory years and has the opportunity to be a shining example of metropolitan cooperation for many years to come; and

 

WHEREAS, a complete 1950s streamliner was purchased from a private collector in Milwaukee, and will go on display as part of a permanent exhibit at Union Station in late 2005, and

 

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Southern Railway donated its mechanical services in order to prepare the cars to be moved, and

 

WHEREAS, transportation from Milwaukee to Kansas City was provided by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad, and

 

WHEREAS, the new attraction will include model railroads and a series of rotating exhibits exploring the human and social side of railroading in Kansas Citys history, NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

That the Mayor and Council applaud and thank the Kansas City Southern Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad for their help in bringing the new, exciting rail attraction to Union Station, and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Warren Erdman with the appreciation of the Mayor, Council and citizens of Kansas City for their help in improving and adding to the attractions of Union Station.

 

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