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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 |
| Browerville |
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33970 251st Avenue at Horseshoe Lake (GPS: 46.120810, -94.835862) |
C | ???? | Residence | None | Wood | |
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Burtrum (Hansen) |
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Part of an antique complex off CR-65 between Sauk
Center and Melrose (Stearns County). 36079 County Road 65, Sauk Centre. (GPS: 45.691566, -94.863771) |
C | ???? | Museum | None | Wood | |
| Eagle Bend |
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3713 CR-22. | C | ???? | Storage | None | Wood | |
| Grey Eagle |
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At Grey Eagle Electric, 305 West MN 28 West, corner of
Cartway and MN 28 (GPS: 45.823242, -94.752746) |
C | ???? | Business | Gone | Wood |
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| Long Prairie |
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At the corner of 3rd Avenue North and 3rd Street North. (GPS: 45.978032, -94.860827) |
C | 1901 | Storage | Gone | Wood | |
| Round Prairie |
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At former River View Gardens, 16507 CR-97 in Little
Sauk (GPS: 45.867277,-94.920743) |
C | 1903 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| Staples |
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At the corner of 1st Avenue and 4th Street NE. (GPS: 46.354521, -94.795558) |
P | 1910 | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
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Verndale (Wadena Co.) |
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North side of 3rd Avenue NE between 7th and 8th Streets
NE, Staples. (GPS: 46.356649,-94.789867) |
C | ???? | Residence | None | Wood |
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| West Union |
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14824 Stearns County Line Road, 2 miles SE of West
Union. (GPS: 45.775905,-95.062439) |
C | ???? | Residence | None | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Bertha |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 30'x48' station was built here in 1897. | ||||||
| Browerville |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x60' station was built here in 1903. | ||||||
| Clarissa |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x60' station was built here in 1888. | ||||||
| Dover Lake |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, there was no station here then, only a telegraph office. | ||||||
| Graham |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, there was only station sign at this location for that survey. | ||||||
| Hayden |
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| Hewitt |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x60' station was built here in 1891. | ||||||
| Kandota (Albury) |
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Formerly called "Albury" until August 1917. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Reports, only a station sign was at this location as of that year. It was abandeoned as a station by the GN in June 1929. | ||||||
| Lees Siding |
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This station was three miles north of Long Prairie. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Reports, only a station sign was at this location as of that year. | ||||||
| Little Sauk (Burlington) |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, an 8'x12' station was built here in 1903. This is the same dimensions and construction year as the station at Round Prairie. | ||||||
| Philbrook (Denver) |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation Records, the combination station here was built in 1887 and measured 24'x55'. The station was moved to Staples and set up on the south side of the tracks at about 5th Street. There it served for many years as a feed store before being torn down. | ||||||
| Round Prairie |
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| Spaulding (Birchdale) |
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| Staples |
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This frame station predated the 1909 brick station and was just across the tracks from where the current station is. It was located at GPS: 46.354253, -94.795595. The 1909 Sanborn Insurance Map shows both stations standing with the old one marked "to be torn down." | ||||||
| Staples |
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The first freight station was just east of the old passenger station. It was a wood frame station along the tracks to the east of 4th Street along 1st Avenue NE. It is shown on the 1894 Sanborn map. By 1899 a large freight she was added to the southeast of the freight station. Both were torn down around 1902 when a new freight station was built (see below). | ||||||
| Staples |
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A new brick freight station was built in 1902 that measured 32'x144'. It was along 1st Avenue NE at 1st Street NW at GPS: 46.355034, -94.799852. | ||||||
| Ward Springs (Birch Lake) |
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Previously called Birch Lake City. | ||||||
| 1898 TODD COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations...
Grey Eagle (GN) - Apparently the 2nd NP depot in Grey Eagle. Note the beveled operators bay, not the straight push out. This style was common on many Missouri Pacific, Rock Island & MK&T but not on the NP. - James Burt Long Prairie (GN) - This station's original location was off Water Street (now Lake Street) between Falls (1st Ave. SW) and Washington Streets (2nd Ave. SW) at approximately GPS: 45.972587, -94.866432. Round Prairie (GN) - According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, an 8'x12' station was built here in 1903. Verndale (NP) - Station was sold to private owners in 1970 and subsequently moved to Staples, MN. |
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