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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| East St. Cloud |
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555 East St. Germain Street (GPS: 45.567815, -94.148947) |
C | 1908 | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
| Oak Park (Oaks) |
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7 miles north of Oak Park at 15429 Benton County Road 67 (155th Street) (GPS: 45.792223,-93.845934) |
C | 1915 | Residence | None | Wood |  |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
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| East St. Cloud |
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The first combination station here opened in 1886. It was on the north side of East St. Germaine Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 45.567239, -94.147983. | ||||||
| East St. Cloud |
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When the new station was built in 1908, the original station was either torn down and replaced with a freight station, or it was moved slighlty (closer to East St. Germain Street) and became the freight station. On maps the building looks to be the same size as the original station, but it is shifted about 30 feet closer to the street. According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, the freight station here was built in 1902 and measured 24'x148'. | ||||||
| East St. Cloud |
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| Foley |
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According to the 1915 GN Vaulation Records, this station was built in 1898 and measured 24'x92'. | ||||||
| Hobart (Robert Siding) |
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This station was abandoned by the GN in June 1928. | ||||||
| Parent |
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This station was on the south side of the tracks and east of the north-south gravel road. Originally the station was also a general store/post office and the tracks were a double siding with a cattle pen and loading chute. According to the 1915 GN Vaulation Records, a very small (8'x12') station was built here in 1907. The location was named for the Parent family that lived near there. | ||||||
| Rice |
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| Ronneby |
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The station was originally built in 1882 in Collegeville and then moved to the town of Ronneby in 1900 (the 1915 GN Vaulation Records do list the build date as 1900 and the dimensions as 16'x36'), and then decommisioned in 1958 and then moved to a farm northwest of Ronneby in 1959 where it sat for years. More recently (mid-2010s), the depot was disassembeld and moved to Watertown, MN where it was slated to be restored. Unfortunately, during the reassembly, a wind storm knocked it down and it could not be salvaged. | ||||||
| Sartell |
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This brick combination station was built in 1915 and measured 25'x80'. | ||||||
| Sauk Rapids |
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This was the original depot in Sauk Rapids which was destroyed by a cyclone in April, 1886. Unfortunately, the photo shows the station right after the cyclone destroyed it. | ||||||
| Sauk Rapids |
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This brick combination station was built in 1887 and measured 24'x100'. It was on the south corner of Railroad Avenue and 1st Street North at GPS: 45.589123, -94.167834. | ||||||
| St. Francis |
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| Rice |
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This station was built in 1905 and measured 20'x70'. | ||||||
| Watab |
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A new combination station was built here in 1905 that measured 18'x22'. | ||||||
| 1898 BENTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Oak Park (GN) - According to the 1915 GN Vaulation Records, this station was built in 1915 and measured 12'x34'. According to the GN's 1962 "Official List of Officers, Stations & Agents," the GN changed the name of this station from "Oak Park" to "Oaks" in 1945. It was sold by the railroad in 1957. |
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