The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.

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The lobby is dominated by a huge granite fireplace column with broad ceiling beams radiating from its top.

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While the public areas still wear their Dorothy Draper-era, retina-stinging magenta-and-emerald floral patterns, the 682 guest rooms have flat-panel TVs, granite-and-marble bathrooms, and feather-top beds.

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One of them plays the trumpet at a top-tier art troupe in the capital, and the other works at a granite quarry.

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