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Moody Depot Moves Downtown
As reported by Clay Coppedge with the Temple Daily Telegram
August 23, 2001
 

Clay Coppedge reported on the depot's move in the Temple Daily Telegram.

How do you move a 1907 railroad depot from one part of town to another one? Very carefully. And slowly.

The old Moody Depot, a long time feature of the Railroad and Pioneer Museum at the corner of Avenue H and 31st Street, was taken from there to its new location next to the downtown Santa Fe Depot Thursday morning.

A&D House Moving from Georgetown, Texas moved the depot in two sections, each 150 feet long, 30 feet wide and 23 feet tall. The move involved about 50 people and took around four hours.

Traffic was stopped at various points on Adams and Central avenues, and on 31st Street in the process.

 
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CentraMod is a model railroad club located in Temple, Texas. Meetings are typically held each month on the first and third Saturday at the historic Santa Fe Moody Depot. The club's modular layouts can be viewed at various times throughout the year at train shows throughout central Texas. The club has also hosted the Temple Model Train Show for the last 25 years.

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