(rshsdepot) Marshalltown, Iowa

["Jim Dent" <james.dent_@_itochu.com>]

=46rom Trains.com News Wire

Union Pacific station in Iowa burns prior to demolition

If there=92s a place in heaven reserved for railroad stations, the Union
Pacific depot in Marshalltown, Iowa, won=92t be making it. The depot, whi=
ch
was scheduled to be demolished this week, headed in the other direction
after a suspicious fire destroyed the building on Sunday evening.

Until recently, the former Chicago & North Western depot housed UP yard
crews, the Marshalltown Times-Republican reported. The building was too
large and run-down for UP to keep, so it planned to raze the depot.

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