This is the Union Pacific Depot in Rawlins, Wyoming. The depot was built in the late 19th Century. Post cards from the early 20th Century show the depot with a nice lawn next to it.
Rawlins is a major Union Pacific town with a substantial rail yard today. Indeed, in some of these photographs you can see a Union Pacific train in the yard. But passenger service is long gone.
The depot as viewed from one of Rawlins' main downtown streets.
The Union Pacific gifted the depot to Rawlins which has converted it into a train museum, a fitting use for a structure that played a major role in the life of the community.
HI, The Rawlins Depot is not a train museum, it has two rooms that people can rent for events. The depot in Cheyenne Wyoming is a train museum.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the correction. I'd note, however that the station in Cheyenne, while it contains a museum, also separately contains a restaurant (brew pub style) so it isn't just a museum.
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