RICE COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Claremont (Dodge Co.)		5841 Lonsdale Boulevard East (MN-19), Northfield (just west of St. Olaf College). (GPS: 44.455779, -93.191654)	C	1880	Display	In Use	Wood
Dumfries (Wabasha Co.)		5841 Lonsdale Boulevard East (MN-19), Northfield (just west of St. Olaf College). (GPS: 44.455425, -93.191198)	P	????	Display	In Use	Wood
faribault		2nd Street NW and 9th Avenue NW (GPS: 44.292094,-93.282391)	C	1887	Business	In Use	Brick
faribault		3rd Street NE, just west of the river and to the east of MN-60. (GPS: 44.294236,-93.265429)	C	1902	Business	In Use	Brick
northfield	AND	Between 2nd Street West and 3rd Street West (GPS: 44.457709, -93.163487)	C	1889	Railroad	In Use	Brick
webster		Little Log House Pioneer Village 220th Street, Hastings (Dakota Co.) (GPS: 44.630704, -92.837383)	C	1903	Museum	None	Wood
West Northfield		5841 Lonsdale Boulevard East (MN-19), Northfield (just west of St. Olaf College). (GPS: 44.455936, -93.191577)	C	????	????	None	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Bridgewater		This station was between Dundas and Faribault. There may or may not have been a depot building here. It may have just been a flag stop with a station sign.
Cannon Lake		Clarks Crossing was in the NW corner of Section 27 of Bridgewater Township. It was around GPS: 44.399172, -93.220940 where Faribault Boulevard crosses 130th Street. There was only a passenger waiting platform here.
Clarks Crossing		There was only a passenger waiting platform here.
Dennsion
dundas		This station was on the NE corner of Railway and Hester Streets. It was built in 1882 and closed in 1954.
Dundas		This depot was on the south side of West Street
Dundas
Epsom		Built in 1903.
faribault		The first station was on 12th Street NW between 3rd and 4th Avenues NW.
Faribault		This was the second generation station. It north of 1st Street NE and east of First Avenue NE. It was on the west side of the tracks.
Hildebrand
Kasper Siding		This station was southeast of Faribault on the east side of Section 16 in Walcott Township.
Lake City		There is no station shown here on the 1902 map, however there may have been one previously.
Lonsdale		According to the book "Then & Now: A History of Rice County, Faribault, and Communities" (1976), this station was moved to the "Prior Lake Mall." Does anyone have more information on that?
Morristown		This station was on the west side of 4th Street, on the south side of the tracks. The first station here was built in 1882 with a subsequent station built in 1905. That second-generation station was closed in 1962 and sold to an R.R. Kirchner for $25.
Nerstrand		This station was on the south side of Main Street. The first station here was built in 1885 (not sure if that is the one pictured).
Northfield		This brick station was on the north side of 3rd Street NW at GPS: 44.457501, -93.163728. The CGW freight station was just to the north and can be seen in the photo.
Northfield		Built in 1910.
Northfield		The first station here was built in 1865. It was little more than a 16x16 shack. It was moved in 1870.
Northfield		Built in 1868 by the Minnesota Central RR, this station was just south of 3rd Street West. It either was destroyed by fire in 1888 or became part of the existing freight depot.
Northfield	AND	This freight station was on the north side of 3rd Street West, just west of MN-19/MN-3 at GPS: 44.457709, -93.163487. This building is shown as the freight station on 1902 maps. It also served the CRI&P and there is an outline of a CRI&P sign that can be seen in the photos.
Ruskin		Built in 1903.
Sheffield Mill		This station was between Faribault and Cannon Lake. There was no depot structure here, only a waiting platform.
Walcott		This station was south of Faribault in the SW corner of Section 18 in Walcott Township.
Warsaw		The station was east of Main Street down in the area near Falcon Way. In the old days this was the extreme SE corner of town. In later years at least, there was a boxcar body used as a station. That boxcar depot was retired in 1956.
1898 RICE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

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. Dumfries (CMSt.P&P) - This station has a (non-authentic) sign indicating "Dumfries," but is it the actual station that was at Dumfries (Wabasha County)? Need some confirmation of that. 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. Northfield (CM&St.P - Passenger) - The station's original location was on the south side of 3rd Street West, just west of MN-19/MN-3 at GPS: 44.456858, -93.164245. The station was moved north to its current location in January 2016. It now sites approximately where the CGW passenger station was. Webster (CMStP&P) - This station was moved from its original location to Little Oscar's Cafe on US 52 in Hampton where it was for a number of years. The former owner of the cafe, Oscar Palrud, was well-known railroad buff from Faribault who traveled all over the world via rail. Around 2008-09 it was moved to Little Log House Pioneer Village in Dakota County. West Northfield (Unknown) - Does anyone know the origin/railroad of this station? Is it a replica, or an authentic station?