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Kiddie train almost ready for Mendota Railroad Crossing Day and Country Fair

Locomotive will pull eight kiddie cars at June 18 event

By Shaw Local News Network
Mendota Museum and Historical Society member Jim Mathesius (left) presents Union Depot Railroad Museum President Allen Russel with the keys to the JD lawn tractor that will be used to power the Union Depot kiddie train for the Mendota Railroad Crossing Day and Country Fair on June 18.

Mendota Museum and Historical Society member Jim Mathesius (left) presents Union Depot Railroad Museum President Allen Russel with the keys to the JD lawn tractor that will be used to power the Union Depot kiddie train for the Mendota Railroad Crossing Day and Country Fair on June 18. (Photo provided by Mendota Museum and Historical Society)

Mendota Museum and Historical Society member Jim Mathesius presents Union Depot Railroad Museum President Allen Russel with the keys to the JD lawn tractor that will be used to power the Union Depot kiddie train for the Mendota Railroad Crossing Day and Country Fair on June 18.

The lawn tractor will have a constructed cover to look like a steam locomotive and will pull eight kiddie cars in the train. The cars are almost complete and Union Depot volunteers will begin building the locomotive.