Shelton Union Pacific Depot

The Shelton Union Pacific Depot was built in 1898 next to the Union Pacific tracks in Shelton. It was moved to its present site in September 1975 as the first building on the grounds of the Trails and Rails Museum of the Buffalo County Historical Society, and the Union Pacific Railroad donated it. The depot has three rooms: a Waiting Room, a Depot Agent’s Office, and a Freight Room. The Waiting Room served people buying tickets to board a train, waiting for someone to arrive by train, dropping off or picking up packages, and collecting telegraph messages. The Depot Agent’s Office was used to sell tickets, watch passing trains, send and receive telegraph messages, and operate the semaphore outside the depot, with a depot agent available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The Freight Room stored incoming and outgoing freight, which moved through a sliding door and ramp at the back of the building. The Trails and Rails Museum of Buffalo County Historical Society opened in 1975, and a large portion of its land was donated by Jack and Nina Hammer, Dr. F.L. and Dorthy Richards, and Ruth Dier.

Kearney, Nebraska · United States