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(rshsdepot) Storm Lake, IA
Railroad rejects depot proposal from restoration group
STORM LAKE, Iowa The Canadian National Railroad has rejected a plan to move a historic depot at Storm Lake so it can be restored and turned into a community welcome center.
A local volunteer group has asked the railroad to donate the 1915 landmark depot for historic preservation. The railroad denied a plan by the Save the Depot committee to move the depot to a lot near the school administration building.
But Brad Strader, a spokesman for the volunteer group, says it remains undeterred.
The group has sent the railroad a second proposal calling for the depot to be moved to a parking lot that sits on a site owned by the railroad and leased to the Chamber of Commerce.
The railroad had planned to demolish the depot, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, and replace it with a metal building for crew and storage.
Strader said he would oppose a prefab building going on the site for aesthetic reasons.
The railroad refused to give or sell the depot to the Storm Lake volunteers on its original site, for fear of liability with tracks just a few feet from the building.
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http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2355730
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org