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Source: The Northern Virginia Daily

It will soon be yesterday once more in Middletown thanks to next month's projected opening of a replica train station on West First Street.For now, though, something is missing from the picture. There's a big, open space between the station and the CSX rail lines that would be the perfect home for a caboose or other train car, so officials are sending out a request to anyone who can help.On Thursday morning, several people involved with the train station project, including Middletown Mayor Charles Harbaugh IV, Frederick County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Jewell and Frederick County Sheriff Lenny Millholland, met at the soon-to-be completed train station to provide a progress update. "It passed the electrical inspection and drywall is going up today thanks to a significant donation from Capitol Building Supply in Winchester," Harbaugh said. "All the exterior lights have been put up and we've planted 27 new trees to repair the [property] buffer that was here.

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