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1902 Northern Pacific depot turned railroad museum, the start of Livingston's Ghosts and Ghost Signs tour
200 W Park St, Livingston, MT 59047
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
Seasonal museum with modest admission; exhibits, events, and seasonal ghost tours priced separately.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Restored single-story depot building with platform and grounds in downtown Livingston
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1902 · Northern Pacific Railway · Yellowstone Gateway · Reed and Stem Architecture · Railroad Museum
The Livingston Depot opened in 1902 as the Northern Pacific Railway's station in Livingston, the town that served as the railroad's primary gateway to Yellowstone National Park. The depot was designed by the firm Reed and Stem, the same architects later associated with Grand Central Terminal in New York, and built in an Italianate style reflecting the importance of the Yellowstone tourist traffic the line carried.
For decades the depot handled the passengers, mail, and freight that moved through Livingston, including the visitors transferring to the branch line south toward the park. Regular passenger rail service ended in 1979, and the building was later restored and reopened in 1987 as the Livingston Depot Center.
Today the depot operates as a seasonal museum of railroad and regional history, a cultural-events space, and a venue for weddings and community gatherings. It anchors the historic Park Street district directly opposite the Murray Hotel, and it serves as the starting point for the Yellowstone Gateway Museum's seasonal walking tour of downtown Livingston's history and ghost lore.
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The Livingston Depot carries a steady reputation for unexplained activity that has made it a feature of regional paranormal coverage and seasonal ghost tours. Staff and visitors describe doors opening and closing on their own, sudden drops in temperature, and footsteps in empty parts of the building.
The most repeated apparition is a woman in early-twentieth-century clothing seen on the platform before vanishing. Other accounts describe a uniformed conductor near the old ticket booth, a figure local lore connects to a railroad worker said to have died on the job in the 1920s, though that account is folklore and the individual is not named in the available records. Visitors also report phantom scents, perfume, cigar smoke, and coal smoke, with no source present.
The depot leans into the stories each October with ghost tours and paranormal investigations, and it serves as the launch point for the Yellowstone Gateway Museum's Ghosts and Ghost Signs walking tour. The reports are presented as visitor experiences and local tradition rather than documented events.
The Livingston Depot Center is a seasonal railroad and regional history museum housed in the restored 1902 Northern Pacific depot. Visitors can tour exhibits on the railroad and the Yellowstone gateway, and the depot is the listed starting point for the Yellowstone Gateway Museum's seasonal Ghosts and Ghost Signs walking tour of downtown Livingston.
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