- T&P Depot
The Texas & Pacific Depot, commonly referred to as the T&P Depot, is a historic
railroad station located inMarshall, Texas .It is the only surviving structure of the
Texas & Pacific Railroad shops complex which originally consisted of fifty-seven buildings spanning 66 acres.The T&P Depot is located in the
Ginocchio National Historic District and was built in 1912 to house the T&P passenger station and the headquarters of railroad's eastern district. The building welcomed soldiers in bothWorld War I andWorld War II , and at its height housed telegraph and immigration offices.During the 1970s a series of events lead to the station being abandoned.
Amtrak passenger trains used the building beginning in 1974, however in 1988 theUnion Pacific Railroad , which owned the property, filed for a permit to demolish the building. The community intervened and throughout the 1990s worked to save the Depot and the building was restored and resumed service as the local train station; however, much of the building houses the Texas & Pacific Railway Museum.ee also
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Marshall (Amtrak station) External links
* [http://www.marshalldepot.org/index2.htm Marshall T&P Railway Museum (Official site)]
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