In November 1868, grading for the Union Pacific Railroad approached what is now Evanston, Wyoming. A town was plotted and by 1871 the railroad had located its roundhouse and machine shops in Evanston.In 1971, due to the increased use of diesel locomotives, the Union Pacific Railroad shut down its operations in Evanston and donated its 290-acre property and buildings to the city. For 27 years, the city leased the complex to various rail companies. Then in 1998, Evanston began environmental clean-up on the property and conversion of the buildings to other uses. The machine shop and a portion of the roundhouse have been converted into facilities for conventions and meeting and another of the buildings is in the process (as of September 2009) of being converted into a visitor's center. Much of the original railroad facitities remain and the contrast between the renocvated structures and those which have not yet been improved is amazing. Union pacific tracks lie adjacent to the site to this day.

Image	Description
	Historic photo of the Evanston Yard
	Union Pacific locomotive #3214 and a crane on the tracks adjacent to the site
	Union Pacific locomotive #3216
	UP locos #3215 and #3214 lashed up
	A covered hopper car on the UP tracks
	A tank car sitting on the UP tracks
	Railroad detritis - old unused rail equipment at the site
	Sign announcing the coming Evanston Visitor's Center
	Building to be renovated to become the Visitor's Center
	Sign on the renovated portion of the roundhouse
	The renovated part of the roundhouse
	Interior of the unchanged part of the roundhouse
	Another view of the roundhouse interior
	Exterior photo of the unchanged portion of the roudhouse
	Exterior of the renovated part of the roundhouse. The contrast with the previous picture is astonishing.
	The old roundhouse turntable
	The renovated machine shop
	Close-up photo of the machine shop