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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 |
| claremont |
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5841 Lonsdale Boulevard East (MN-19), Northfield in Rice County (just west of St. Olaf College). (GPS: 44.455779, -93.191654) |
C | 1880 | Private | None | Wood |
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| dodge center |
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4th Avenue NE at 2nd Street SE (GPS: 44.026338, -92.848531) |
C | 1952 | Railroad | In Use | Metal | |
| Mantorville |
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SE corner of North Main and 4th Street East (GPS: 44.065362, -92.754574) |
C | 1981 | Gas Station | Gone | Wood |
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| West Concord |
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In the backyard of a house along the old CGW/CNW transfer track in Dodge Center. (GPS: 44.02611, -92.84703) |
C | 1911 | Garage | In Use | Wood |
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| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
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| Cheney (Eden) |
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There is no town here anymore. When there were streets here, the depot sat between Railroad and Main Streets. This location is now on 595th Street (CR 16) between 170th and 185th Streets. It was called Cheney in early 1900s, but the location is now known as Eden. Photo shows the special "Toonerville Trolley" that operated on the tracks between Mantorville and Eden with the CGW station in the background. In 1910 the station was moved about 125 yards to the east of its original location. The station closed in the 1940s. | ||||||
| Dodge Center |
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The first station here was a small grain warehouse placed near the tracks by a local resident in 1867. In 1869 a new grain warehouse was built and served as the depot until 1871 when the railroad erected a station (Dodge Center Star-Record, 1-23-1913). The article cited in the previous sentence claimed that this station carried on into C&NW days, but reports say that railroad-built station burned down in 1883 (Star Tribune, 5-6-1883). That jives better with the C&NW records that say the depot below was built in 1892. | ||||||
| Dodge Center |
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This station was on the SE corner of 1st Avenue SW (formerly called Fulton Street) and West Main Street on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 44.027859, -92.856062. It was built in 1892 according to C&NW valuation records. | ||||||
| Dodge Center |
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This station was built in 1885 and retired in 1952 when the new station was built at the same location. It was in the SW corner of the CGW/CNW diamond at GPS: 44.026531, -92.848546. It was moved to another site and stood at least until the early 2000s. Does anyone know where it was moved to? | ||||||
| Hayfield |
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This station was north of Main Street near 1st Avenue NW at GPS: 43.891309, -92.849263. All the street names here have changed since the old maps. This location was previously Fourth Street between Pearl and Broad. The station was built in 1885 with a freight section added in 1905. | ||||||
| Kasson |
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This was the first station built in Kasson. It appears to be of the same general design as the first W&St.P station at Rochester which was built in 1865. The Kasson depot opened in 1866 (The Post and Record, 6-23-1866). It was on the west side of Mantorville Avenue on the south side of the track at GPS: 44.029015, -92.748740. It was demolished in 1916 when the news station (listed below) was built. | ||||||
| Kasson |
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This newer depot was also on the west side of Mantorville Avenue, but on the north side of the tracks at GPS: 44.029269, -92.748799. It was built in 1916 (Dodge County Republican, 12-7-1916). | ||||||
| Mantorville |
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The CNW had a boxcar station with additions here. It probably was along the tracks on the east side of Blanch Street. | ||||||
| Mantorville |
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A new station was built here in 1896 (The Mantorville Express, 7-31-1896). This station was on the SW corner of Main and 4th Streets. The C&NW, which entered from the south of town, and the CGW, which entered town from the west, both terminated near the station, but the C&NW only served a grain elevator about a block NE of the station. The C&NW came into town on a spur that split off the main line just west of Kasson. The CGW also had an engine house just south of the depot in the early years. Both lines into town were abandoned by the 1930s, with the CGW line from Eden to Mantorville being abandoned in 1934. | ||||||
| SacramentE Village (Sacramento) |
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This town was between Wasioja and Mantorville on the CGW. There may have been a depot here in the early years. This town no longer exists and died off in the late 1800s when it lost an election to become the county seat. It is marked on the 1905 county map. It was located in the area that is now the south end of 225th and 227th Avenues south of 605th Street. There is a group of modern homes there now. | ||||||
| Vlasaty |
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This village was named by the CGW. CGW records show that an old pump house building in Hayfield was moved to Vlasaty in 1903 to be used as a depot and telegraph office. The 1900 list of agents shows no agent at Vlasaty so this was most likely the first depot there. The agency was closed April 7, 1921. | ||||||
| West Concord |
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This station was built by the Minnesota & Northwestern (later CGW) in the 1880s. A new waiting room was added in 1908 and the depot burned down in 1911. | ||||||
| Wasioja |
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The street names have all changed here, but the station sat on the east side of Broadway between Second and Third Streets. I believe this location is on 210th Avenue just south of 602nd Street at approximately GPS: 44.077893, -92.818601. The depot was retired in 1935. | ||||||
| 1898 DODGE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Claremont (C&NW) - This station was moved to its current location from Claremont in Dodge County. It was part of a private display owned by Jim Machacek that featured a 2' gauge railroad called the Northfield & Cannon Valley (which operated from the 1960s through 2007; Jim passed away in 2012). The railroad has been removed as of 2024, but the stations remain on the property. The station's original location in Claremont was on the west side of Elm Street on the south side of the tracks. Mantorville (Replica) - This was originally built as a replica of the old CGW station to keep with the historic aesthetic of the village. It has since been remodeled into a Casey's branded mini-mart and does not look much like a replica station anymore. West Concord (CGW) - This station has been modified with a clearly visible seam in the middle. It may have been moved in two pieces It sits in the backyard of a house along the old transfer track near the CGW/CNW diamond in Dodge Center. This is the second house to the east of the water tower on 3rd Street SE. Some vague reports and old information has it that this was the West Concord depot, but further verification and details would be nice. The original location of the West Concord CGW station was on the south side of Main street between and Front Street and Irvin Street in West Concord at GPS: 44.151252, -92.897684. |
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