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From the Summit Daily News.
 
Original story and photo at:
_http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080916/NEWS/809169976/1078&ParentProfile
=1055_ 
(http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080916/NEWS/809169976/1078&ParentProfile=1055) 
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Kremmling railroad depot relocated in nick of time
 
By KATIE LOOBY
grand county correspondent

Railroad enthusiasts, history buffs and community members watched Monday as  
the 102-year-old Kremmling Train Depot was put on wheels and rolled to its new 
 location.
 
Oh, and the building just managed to dodge demolition.
 
“Lots of days we woke up and said, ‘Is this going to be the day we’re going  
to have to stop doing anything because it’s gone?’ ” said Yvonne Knox, Grand 
 County Historical Association president.
 
“There were a lot of times when I thought: ‘One more call from the Union  
Pacific man and he’s going to say it’s being destroyed tomorrow.’ We were right 
 down to deadline several times.”
 
Bailey House Movers of Grand Junction moved the 80-by-24-foot structure  from 
the corner of Depot and Second streets. Dottie Barnes of Kremmling watched  
with her children, Sherry Steuben and Bob Barnes.
 
“We wanted to see it when it gets to U.S. Highway 40,” she said. “It’s  
fascinating to me how they do this.”
 
Workers from Mountain Parks Electric, Comcast and Quest lifted and moved  
power lines out of the way during the six-block route.
 
The depot’s destination was Grand County Historical Association Heritage  
Park, 1114 N. Fourth Street.
 
The Fishing Cabin and Pole Barn at the museum were moved to make room for  
the structure. The cost to transfer these buildings and the depot is about  
$30,000.
The Association plans to replace the chimney, portions of the  building’s 
ceiling and renovate the interior.
 
The depot was built in 1906. It is the last remaining depot of its floor  
plan built by the Denver Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
 
“The building will be kept as historically correct as possible,” Knox said.  
“(It will) attract a whole different group of people than what we’ve 
attracted  before.”
 
Francine Carpenter, 59, of Kremmling, has fond memories of the depot. Her  
father was a postmaster, and she would watch mail be delivered and picked up by  
the train in the late 1950s and early ’60s.
 
“That was our entertainment,” she said. “Going with dad, coming down and  
picking up the mail.”
 
She and her husband Dennis also were some of the last passengers to ride  the 
train into Kremmling about 25 years ago, after the depot shut down.
 
“We thought it was crazy then that they wouldn’t stop,” Dennis said, “but  
they slowed way down.”
 
“We threw all our stuff out,” Francine added. “They didn’t want Denver to  
see that they stopped because then they could get busted.”
 
The Association took ownership of the building Aug. 26. It was able to save  
the building with assistance and donations from community members and  groups.
 
Union Pacific Railroad donated $15,000, Grand County commissioners $10,000;  
Grand County Historical Association $5,000; and Grand Lake Historical Society  
$1,000.
 
In addition, Union Pacific Railroad abated asbestos found in the depot’s  
ceiling and scraped and sealed loose lead paint from the outside of the  building.
 
More than 400 people signed a petition and raised more than $1,000.
 
“That to me indicates that a lot of people are interested in seeing train  
history saved,” Knox said. 



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