South Torrington Union Pacific Depot
The line was principally intended to serve a sugar refinery in the vicinity. By 1928 it was extended to serve as a cutoff from the Union Pacific branch along the North Platte River to the main transcontinental line and was known as the North Platte Cutoff.
The ground level comprises a freight and baggage room, a holdover room and record room, agent's office, passenger waiting room, toilets and a hallway leading to the upstairs apartment. A basement includes a storage room and a furnace room. The upstairs portion contains living quarters for the station agent, including a living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.
Homesteaders Museum
The Homesteaders Museum is a museum of county and area railroad history located in the depot and adjacent buildings. The depot features a display of homesteading items and local memorabilia from the first settlement in 1834 up to 1976, when Homesteading ended. Also on display are a Lincoln Land Company house with artifacts from an early ranch family, an original homestead shack, a one-room schoolhouse, a Union Pacific Caboose with railroad items from the Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Railroad, a transportation building with vehicles, and railroad cars.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "South Torrington Union Pacific Depot". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ Junge, Mark (May 6, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: South Torrington Union Pacific Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ "Homesteader's Museum". Go Goshen. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Homesteaders Museum – Torrington". Wyoming Public Radio. January 18, 2013. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
Preceding station | Union Pacific Railroad | Following station | ||
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Terminus | South Torrington - North Platte | Cottier toward North Platte
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External links
- Homesteaders Museum - City of Torrington
- Photographs of the South Torrington Depot - at the National Park Service's NRHP database
- South Torrington Union Pacific Depot - at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office