On the move again Train depot relocated for at least third time
DULUTH - Even after three years and eight months of planning,
Mike Dudley had to take care of last-minute details.  Late for
the send-off, when Dudley began walking down Pleasant Hill Road,
he was met with an overwhelming site.  "All I saw was a forest
of bucket lifts and utility trucks and police cars," Dudley
said. "It was a remarkable scene and a remarkable experience."
The crews and cops shut down Pleasant Hill Road on Friday to
move a historic train depot from a Duluth park to the
Southeastern Railway Museum. The depot, which Dudley believes
dates back to 1871, will become a new entrance and focal point
for the state's transportation museum on Buford Highway.  "It
was an incredible moment when we made passage to our entrance,"
Dudley said, grateful for the safe two-mile journey. The only
damage to the structure was when a downspout fell off and some
siding was damaged as the depot left W.P. Jones Park.  It was
the depot's third, or possibl