The following was forwarded to me from another rail newsletter distribution
list. No date was given for the article.
Wahoo railroad station to return to its old self
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad depot in Wahoo, NE will be restored
to early 1900s appearances thanks to a Nebraska Department of Roads grant for
the project from federal transportation-enhancement funds and building funds
from the Saunders County Historical Society.
The depot once sat along a 50-mile on g branch line that opened in 1887 between
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Ashland and the Union Pacific
Railroad in Schuyler. Passenger trains ran six days a week on the line, which
carried consumer goods to Wahoo and shipped out farm products.
Service had already begun to slip by 1941, when the Burlington abandoned 19
miles between Schuyler and Prague. An June 1982 flood damaged the line's Salt
Creek bridge at Ashland, dooming the last 31 miles.
The restoration work should be completed by late summer. Workers will re-side,
reproof, repaint and rewire the depot, improve drainage and restore two loading
docks outside and a sliding baggage door inside. Future renovation will focus
on the inside of the depot, where the two waiting rooms, agent's office and
living quarters will be restored to their 1920s appearance. -THE OMAHA WORLD-
HERALD, Larry W. Grant
Hope this can be confirmed by others.
Roger Hanson
Kansas City, MO
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