McCook station is an

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intercity train station in

McCook, Nebraska McCook is a city in and the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,446 at the 2020 census. History McCook was platted in 1882 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that poin ...

, served by the ''

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''. The depot opened on April 13, 1926, by the

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwest, Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of ...

to replace an earlier structure from 1882. The brown brick depot features

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detailing as seen in the pointed arch windows and the

buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient (typically Gothic) buildings, as a means of providing support to act ...

es that divide the facades into regular bays.

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Amtrak stations in Nebraska Buildings and structures in Red Willow County, Nebraska Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations 1926 establishments in Nebraska Railway stations in the United States opened in 1926 {{nebraska-railstation-stub