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(rshsdepot) Yuba City, CA
Train Depot Sold on eBay
Appeal-Democrat
Aug. 16--A Southern Pacific railroad depot auctioned online will have a new
home at an antiques store in French Camp.
Richard Zedlitz, a Stockton-area contractor, is the new owner. His
last-minute bid of $6,912.65 was the top offer on eBay. Bids had hovered
around the $500 mark until minutes before the deadline Friday.
Zedlitz said the depot will be dismantled and trucked to the French Camp
area, where it will be rebuilt at a site that will house an antiques shop
near Highway 99.
"It's going to be rebuilt to look like a real station," Zedlitz said.
Yuba City paid more than $20,000 to move the depot from its former home at
the site of the proposed Yuba City Roxy Stadium 15 cinemas to Gauche Park.
The structure was built in 1899.
Plans are to paint the depot a bright shade of red, making it visible from
the highway, Zedlitz said.
The depot was not the most expensive item sold on eBay by Yuba City. That
honor goes to a fire truck, said Jack Smith, Yuba City's general services
manager.
Michael Andrews, a Yuba City podiatrist who fought to save the depot, never
entered a bid. Andrews said he had nowhere to put the depot, so he never
made an offer on it.
Andrews said that in saving the depot, he just wanted to point out its
historical value after consultants hired by the city said the depot was not
worth saving. A report found the railroad freight station lacked the
integrity of materials, design or setting to meet the criteria for the
California Register of Historical Resources.
Andrews said he was happy with how things turned out.
"At least it has a home now -- obviously it's not around here," Andrews
said.
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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1187
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org