PENNINGTON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Anita Siding 703 North Main Street
Thief River Falls
(GPS: 48.123437, -96.182210)		 C 1904 Garage None Wood
Goodridge              MN
Northwestern		 A.C. Tvedt Park on east side of South Urdahl
Avenue between Vaughn Main Street East and Payne Avenue
(GPS: 48.143708, -95.805302)		 P 1914 Civic None Wood
St. Hilaire 117 5th Street
(GPS: 48.015947, -96.213514)		 C 1882 Residence None Wood  
THIEF RIVER FALLS 405 3rd Street East
(GPS: 48.119392, -96.176135)		 P 1914 Civic In Use Brick  
Thief River Falls Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village
825 Oakland Park Road
(GPS: 48.108295, -96.188873)		 C 1923 Museum None Brick/
Stucco
Viking Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village
825 Oakland Park Road
(GPS: 48.108291, -96.189317)		 C 1909 Museum None Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
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Thief River Falls The first GN depot here burned down on March 7, 1894. It was on the north side of 1st Street on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 48.117267, -96.189815.
Thief River Falls This was the second GN depot here built in late 1894. It was located on the west side of Main Avenue at GPS: 48.115602, -96.182414. It was used as a freight station after a new station was built across the tracks. The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists a 23'x108' station at this location.
Thief River Falls This was the original Soo Line depot built in 1904. After the new brick station was built in 1912, it continued to serve as the freight station after being moved along the tracks to the north at 6th Street at GPS: 48.122270, -96.176192. After it was moved and converted into a freight station, the building was extended to 216' long. It was demolished in 1988.
Wylie The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists a 12'x20' station at this location. The station was abandoned by the GN in January 1943.
1898 PENNINGTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
PENNINGTON COUNTY WAS PART OF POLK COUNTY IN 1899
Notes About Existing Stations...

Anita (Soo Line) - This depot was originally in Anita (Marshall County). That town no longer exists. The building was moved to Theif River Falls in 1956 and used as a yard office. Anita was about 9 miles north of Thief River Falls along US-59.

Goodridge (MN Northwestern) - Even though this site doesn't list interurban depots, I have decided to include this one since the station is similar to a regular RR station and it was once a Soo Line subsidiary. This was the only station this line ever had. From Wikipedia: "The Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway was an interurban gasoline-electric railway which operated passenger and freight service between Thief River Falls and Goodridge, operating from 1914 to 1940.The railway also served Silverton Township and Mavie (although there were no depots there). There were several other stops along the way. The original plan was to extend the line all the way to International Falls, however due to poor finances, the line never extended beyond Goodridge. The line was acquired by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") in 1915, and then leased back to the original management. The railway continued to operate with its only piece of motive power – a General Electric gas-electric interurban car numbered 101 until it ceased operation on March 15, 1940.

Thief River Falls (GN) - This is the third GN depot that was built in TRF. The first burned and this one replaced the second. It was originally located on the east side of Main Avenue at GPS: 48.115533, -96.180867.

Viking (Soo Line) - This depot was originally on the east side of Main Street, on the north side of the tracks in Viking. It was moved to Thief River Falls in 1973.