The Cheyenne Depot Museum is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is located inside the historic Union Pacific Railroad depot, built in the 1880s. The depot, a National Historic Landmark, was the railroad's largest station west of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

Cheyenne, WY
The San Francisco Zephyr at Cheyenne in April 1976.
General information
Location	121 West 15th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Line(s)	Union Pacific Railroad
History
Closed	October 28, 1979[1][2]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Laramie toward Oakland-16th Street San Francisco Zephyr 1972–1979 Greeley toward Chicago City of San Francisco 1971–1972 Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Borie toward Ogden Overland Route Hillside toward Council Bluffs Transfer through to Ogden via Overland Route Cheyenne – Denver Speer toward Denver
Union Pacific Railroad Depot Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Union Pacific Passenger Station
Location	121 W. 15th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming
Coordinates	41°7′54″N 104°48′51″W
Built	1887 (1887)
Architect	Van Brunt & Howe
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	73001934 (depot); 92000930[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 29, 1973 (depot); July 24, 1992
Designated NHL	February 15, 2006 (depot)[4]

The museum, founded in 1993, interprets Cheyenne's early history and that of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. It houses multiple exhibits and occasionally offers tours of other railroad facilities.

History

The station is built from blocks of sandstone quarried in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Depot was built directly down the street from and facing the Wyoming State Capitol building, signaling its significance to the city and state.

The building was lengthened and renovated in 1922 and redecorated in 1929. More renovations were made from 2001 to 2006, including a $6.5 million improvement by the city of Cheyenne and a plaza built in front of the Depot. This plaza hosts a variety of music and events throughout the year.

Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr ceased serving this station directly in 1979 in favor of a new station in Borie, nine miles to the west. This eliminated a time-consuming backup move in and out of the Cheyenne station.[5] Passengers were bused between Borie and Cheyenne.

The Old West Museum and Cheyenne Frontier Days made an agreement which established the Cheyenne Depot Museum, Inc., as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The organization leased the depot from the city of Cheyenne for 25 years.

Gallery

• 
  2011 photo of the depot
• 
  The nearby roundhouse where the Union Pacific Railroad stores its historic steam locomotives, and E9 diesel locomotives.
• 
  UP's nearby machine shop, where it services it's steam locomotives.

See also

• Union Pacific 844
• Union Pacific 3985
• Union Pacific 4014
• Union Pacific 6936
• Cheyenne Frontier Days
• Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Laramie County, Wyoming

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Pacific Depot (Cheyenne, Wyoming).

• Cheyenne Depot Museum Website
• The Rotary Steam Plow # 900082 in Cheyenne
• Union Pacific Depot National Historic Landmark at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
• Union Pacific Roundhouse Turntable and Machine Shop at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
• Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie, WY at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)

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