The 1945 Missouri Pacific caboose that sat for years at the Truman Depot in Independence last week was moved several blocks to the east on Pacific Avenue. It now shares a campus with the 1879 Chicago & Alton Depot and the model train museum in the old Waggoner-Gates Mill building. Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of John Thornton
By Jeff Fox jeff.fox@examiner.net Three decades ago, the 1879 Chicago & Alton depot on South Street just west of Crysler in Independence was dilapidated. The…
