Museum: (3D Satellite)
A William Jackson photo
It served the following railroads: "The Denver & Rio Grande; Denver, Texas and Fort Worth (later the Colorado and Southern); Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe; and the Missouri Pacific Railroad." The building to the north was the Express Office, which is now a railway museum. "In 1892, the Depot handled 51 trains, 18,615 passengers and 164,718 pieces of baggage per day. During this year, there were 103,114 tickets sold, worth $568,639. By 1917, the Pueblo Depot was one of the busiest railroad stations in Colorado. In addition to a bakery, a restaurant employed 33 waitresses. The Depot served approximately 160,000 passengers a year. Passenger service ended in April of 1971." [WayMarking]
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| Chris Ness posted Pueblo Union Station Pueblo Colorado 11/07 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Chris' post Richly appointed hallway of the Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado, designed by architect Frank V. Newell and built by Puebloans Henry Thatcher and Mahlon Thatcher in the Richardsonian Romanesque style in 1889-1890 LC-DIG-highsm- 32315 (ONLINE) [P&P] Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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| LC-DIG-highsm- 32310 Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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| LC-DIG-highsm- 32326 Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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| LC-DIG-highsm- 32314 Stained glass detail above the main doorway of the Pueblo Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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| LC-DIG-highsm- 32303 The Diana Statue that stands before the Union Depot train terminal in Pueblo, Colorado Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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