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The Union Pacific Railroad tracks form the northern boundary of the Main Street District. The Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rail Road built the rail line into Del Rio in 1882. The original wooden depot was replaced in 1929 by the brick depot which now houses city offices. The old freight depot, built in the 1920s and still used by the UPRR, stand on the east side of South Main Street. while only two sets of train tracks cross Main Street, at least eight sets crossed the street in the railroad's heyday. Several US Presidents- including Harrison, McKinley, and Taft- visited Del Rio in the late 1800s.