Train Depot Update

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I went by the old Pocahontas train depot today to see the progress. The city road crew is down there re-working the grounds to correct some storm drain problems. They’re also rebuilding the old rail bed to prepare for laying new track to hold the train caboose car the mayor recently purchased for the city.

They have removed the old, deteriorated loading docks to get access to the ground beneath, which they have graded to allow drainage away from the depot and channel it into the concrete storm drain in the foreground.
They have cleared away years of plant overgrowth behind the depot.
Years ago, when the Frisco Railroad ended rail service to Pocahontas, the tracks were removed and the old rail bed grew up in weeds. Now a new crushed stone bed has been prepared, so track can be laid again to support the new caboose the mayor has purchased for the city.
When the Frisco Railroad ended rail service to Pocahontas years ago, the track was removed and the rail bed grew up in weeds. Now a new crushed stone bed has been prepared to hold the new rails that will support the caboose car the mayor has purchased for the city.

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