ROSEAU COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Greenbush 20998 CR-4 (210th Street)
(GPS: 48.704057, -96.151597)
C 1904 Storage None Wood
Holt
(Sandridge)
On a farm near the intersection of
300th Avenue and 160th Street
west of Haug in Roseau County
(GPS: 48.836412,-96.278933)
C 1904 Storage None Wood
salol Near grain elevator at MN-11 and 480th Avenue
(GPS: 48.867731, -95.569072)
C ???? Storage None Wood
warroad 121 Main Avenue NE
(GPS: 48.906380, -95.318228)
C 1914 Civic In Use Brick  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Badger This station was on the north side of University Avenue on the west side of town. The station was on the east side of the tracks. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station was built in 1908 and measured 30'x76'.
Fox According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station was built in 1914 and measured 12'x34' (the typical size for a converted car body station).
Longworth  
Mandus
(Lucan)
This station was called "Lucan" until 1911. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a 12'x50' platform and station sign here as of that survey. The station was abandoned by the GN in 1940.  
Roosevelt This station was between 3rd and 4th Streets, on the north side of the tracks.
Roseau The original location of this station was between Main Avenue South and 2nd Ave SE. Some have reported that the station was moved and is still standing. Is it? According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station was built in 1909 and measured 30'x88'.
Strathcona         This depot was between McKenzie and Lincoln (CR-70) Avenues, on the west side of the tracks. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station was built in 1908 and measured 30'x76'.
Swift  
Warroad This may have been an old GN station or a freight station.
Warroad This station was on the north side of MacKenzie Street at GPS: 48.907497, -95.317082. It was just a few hundred feet NE of the Canadian National station. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station was built in 1909 and measured 30'x88'.
Warroad This was the original CN station. It burned down in 1914 (Warren Sheaf, 7-22-1914).
1898 ROSEAU COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Greenbush (GN) - The original location of this station was on 1st Street North between Minnesota and Hill Streets.

Holt (GN) - Moved here from its original location in Holt (Marshall County) which was on the north side of Lincoln Avenue, on the west side of the tracks..

Salol (GN) - According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, this station is an old railroad car body that measures 8'x34'.