T&P Depot
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The Texas & Pacific Depot, commonly referred to as the T&P Depot, is a historic railroad station located in Marshall, Texas.
It is the only surviving structure of the Texas & Pacific Railroad shops complex which originally consisted of fifty-seven buildings spanning 66 acres.
The T&P Depot is located in the Ginocchio National Historic District and was built in 1912 to house the T&P passenger station and the headquarters of railroad's eastern district. The building welcomed soldiers in both World War I and World War II, and at its height housed telegraph and immigration offices.
During the 1970s a series of events lead to the station being abandoned. Amtrak passenger trains used the building beginning in 1974, however in 1988 the Union Pacific Railroad, which owned the property, filed for a permit to demolish the building. The community intervened and throughout the 1990s worked to save the Depot and the building was restored and resumed service as the local train station; however, much of the building houses the Texas & Pacific Railway Museum.
