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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 |
| hallock |
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405 South Bryan Avenue (GPS: 48.771817, -96.946613) |
C | ???? | Residence | None | Wood |
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| holt |
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300th Street west of 170th Avenue north of Greenbush in Roseau County (GPS: 48.8359 -96.2576) |
C | ???? | Storage | None | Wood | |
| humboldt |
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2.8 miles east of the intersection of CR-1 and CR-4 (GPS: 48.861268, -96.869944) |
C | ???? | Storage | None | Wood |
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| karlstad |
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West of Karlstad on 410th Avenue at Wagon Wheel Ridge Event Center (GPS: 48.569410, -96.551479) |
C | 1904 | Civic | None | Wood |
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| Lake Bronson |
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332 Main Street (GPS: 48.734274, -96.660001) |
C | 1904 | Museum | None | Wood |
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| northcote |
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North side of CR-4, about 150 feet NE of US-75. (GPS: 48.845741,-97.00052) |
C | 1885 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| noyes |
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On the east side of US-75 along the tracks about 200 feet south of the Canadian border. (GPS: 37.0625,-95.677068) |
C | 1924 | Railroad | In Use | Wood | |
| Salol |
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Next to the quonset hut at old grain elevator off MN-11 and 480th Avenue (GPS: 48.867742, -95.569018). |
C | ???? | Storage | Gone | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Chatham |
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The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists only a platform at this location. The station was abandoned by the GN in June 1949. | ||||||
| Donaldson |
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This 24'x60' station was on Front Street between Ash and Commercial. It was on the west side of the tracks. | ||||||
| hallock |
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This was the second station here. It was torn down by the railroad. | ||||||
| Halma |
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The depot, built in 1904, was on Railway Avenue just north of the intersection of Main and Iowa Streets. | ||||||
| Kennedy |
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A predecessor of the station that still exists. | ||||||
| Kennedy |
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The original location of this station was on the corner of Pacific Avenue and 5th Street on the west side of the tracks in Kennedy. It was relocated to the northern part of Hazelton Township on an abandoned farm at the NW corner of 275th Street and 320th Avenue (GPS: 48.797694,-96.756361) where it was being used as a cabin. As of 2013 the station was gone from the property. Does anyone know if it was torn down or moved again? | ||||||
| Lancaster |
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This station, built in 1904, was at the east end of 1st Street on the west side of the tracks. | ||||||
| Noyes |
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The original station here was built in the 1890s by the GN with rooms for customs and immigration officials and the Soo rented space. That station burned down and the current station, a joint GN and Soo effort, dates from 1922. Numerous expansions and alterations since then to the newer station. | ||||||
| Orleans |
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This station was near the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue on the NE side of the tracks. It was a typical Soo Line 1-and-2-story station that measured 24'x56'. | ||||||
| St. Vincent |
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This 30'x125' depot was on Pacific Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets. It was on the north side of the tracks. | ||||||
| St. Vincent (St. Vincent Junction) |
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In later years this second generation station was moved from town out to St. Vincent Junction. | ||||||
| Sultan |
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Also known as "Sultan Yard" and "Sultan Siding." There was probably no more than a station sign and platform here. | ||||||
| 1898 KITTSON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Hallock (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was on Pacific Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets on the west side of the tracks. Humboldt (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was just to the southwest of the intersection of Davis and First Streets. It was on the SW side of the tracks. Karlstad (Soo Line) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was near the NE end of Roosevelt Avenue. It was then moved to Pelan Pioneer Park NE of town on the south side of MN 11 (GPS: 48.653516, -96.35234) before being moved again on April 13, 2018 to its current location at Wagon Wheel Ridge Event Center. Lake Bronson (Soo Line) - This station's original location was at the corner of Railway Avenue and Kittson Street. Northcote (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was on Pacific Avenue between 4th and 3rd Streets on the southwest side of the tracks. |
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