Amazing 25th Street Photo Exhibit Goes Back Up

One of the realities of Union Station is that it needs money to stay open, and gets that money by renting out rooms for weddings and parties and such.

One room is the Gallery 51 exhibit hall, which until Saturday was showing "Spotlight on 25th Street," a special exhibit by Weber State University's Special Collections library.

The exhibit, which shows images of Ogden's past and present, and features a special display on Joe McQueen, will be up until May 10, Train Day and Union Station's observance of its 90th birthday. But  Gallery 51 was rented out for a wedding this week, too.

Union Station, which receives very little money from Ogden, needs that revenue. So Sarah Langsdon and her crew from WSU came and took down the exhibit. Today, Thursday, she and her crew are back at Union Station putting it back up.

That's nearly 200 photos and their accompanying tags.

It's a lot of work. They're doing all this because the exhibit is a key part of Train Day and the station's 90th birthday. They're doing this because they know the history of Ogden is important to show.

Mostly, though, they're doing all this work because they're just really nice people.

Thank you, Sarah and crew. We're very grateful.