Mail storage car to be on display at RR Crossing & Country Fair Day

June 17 celebration to mark 20th anniversary of Mendota's Union Depot Railroad Museum

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Posted 6/15/17

MENDOTA - The Union Depot Railroad Museum's latest addition, a 1937 mail storage car, will be open for viewing during Railroad Crossing & Country Fair Day, June 17.

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Mail storage car to be on display at RR Crossing & Country Fair Day

June 17 celebration to mark 20th anniversary of Mendota's Union Depot Railroad Museum

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Bryon Walters paints the roof of the Union Depot Railroad Museum's newly acquired mail storage car with a special industrial paint on June 9.(Reporter photo by Jennifer Sommer)

MENDOTA - The Union Depot Railroad Museum's latest addition, a 1937 mail storage car, will be open for viewing during Railroad Crossing & Country Fair Day, June 17.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mendota's Union Depot Railroad Museum and at the Breaking Prairie Museum across the street. Many fun activities, music and food are planned this year to commemorate the Railroad Museum's 20th anniversary.