WABASHA COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Wabasha Near the SW end of Campbell Avenue
(GPS: 44.382999, -92.049495)		 C ???? ???? In Use Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Bright Station Although the place name of Bright no longer exists, this location is on TWP Road 123 about 1/4 miles west of CR 71. The location was named after the property owners there.
Dumfries
(Glasgow)		 This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Midland Junction and McCraken.
Elgin This station was on the north side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 44.130645, -92.252776). It was built in 1878.
Funk
(Funks Crossing)		 This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Hammond and Zumbro Falls.
Hammond The depot was on the east side of the Zumbro River just north of Main Street (near the intersection of Main and CR 68).
Jarretts There was not a station listed herer on the 1896 map, but there may have been one earlier or later depending on the size of the town during those times. This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Millville and Hammond.
Keegan Station This location no longer exists. It was just below the northern border of Oakwood Township on what is today called County Road 11. The depot was on, or near, CR 11 approximately 7/10ths of a mile south of CR 69. According to the 1896 map, Keegan also boasted a post office and grain elevator. This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Tracey and Millville.
Kellogg This combination station was on the east side of Smith Street between Belvidere and Winona Streets.
Kings Cooley This station was between Reads Landing and Lake City.
Lake City The first station here was built when the RR came through in 1871. The combination station, which was at the corner of Lyon and South 8th Street (formerly Railroad Avenue) at GPS: 44.444092, -92.274014 was completed in August of that year (The Lake City Leader, 8-18-1871). When a new station was built, it appears from old Sanborn maps that this original station was moved 200 yards to the NW to SW end of Walnut Street (at GPS: 44.445142, -92.275725) where it became a freight-only station. It burned down on September 8, 1908 (The Minneapolis Journal, 9-9-1908).
Lake City This station was on the SW side of North 8th Street between West Chestnut Street and Lyon Avenue. It was built in 1899 (Wabasha County Herald, 9-14-1899). It burned down on August 6, 1921 when sparks from a passing locomotive ignited the structure (The Minneapolis Journal, 8-7-1921).
Lake City An old passenger coach was used as a temporary station here for two years until the new depot was built.
Lake City A new freight station was built in 1908-09 near the corner of North 8th Street and West Doughty Street (when that street went through all the way to 8th) at GPS: 44.445579, -92.276293.
Lake City This station opened on December 7, 1923. It was on the same site as the previous station which had burned down a couple years earlier. (Winona Republican-Herald, 12-7-1923).
Lakey
(Tracey)		 This station was between Thielman and Keegan.
Mazeppa This station was on the south side of Walnut Street on the east side of the tracks.
McCraken This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Glasgow and Thielman.
Midland Junction This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway. It was one mile from Kellogg and five miles from Wabasha. The station was near the present day junction of CR-81 and CR-30 at approximately GPS: 44.321674, -92.000085.
millville  
Minneiska This station was along the river north of Second Street between Louisa Street and Centre Street. None of these streets exist here anymore having been replaced by US 61. This station was moved at some point as there is a photo showing the station on wheels being transported along the tracks. On October 28, 1904 a fast mail/passenger train struck a freight train on the siding here and tore the front end off the depot. The agent, who was in the depot at the time, escaped without injury, but two hobos riding the train were presumed killed (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10-28-1904). a 1911 newspaper item (Winona Daily News, 4-22-1911) said the railroad's intention was to "erect a new and modern depot on their new location here this summer." An item from the summer indicated that sidewalks were being installed at the depot, but it did not indicate whether this was a newly-consturcted depot (Winona Daily News, 7-22-1911). I did not find any follow up confirming the construction of a new station, so perhaps the old station was moved at that time.
Plainview This station was located on the north side of 1st Avenue SW between 5th and 6th Streets SW. This is where the tracks ended. The Plainview RR became part of the C&NW in 1881.
Plainview This was most likely built to replace the station above in the same location. It was erected in 1914.
Reads Landing
(Reeds)		  
Thielman
(Thielmanton)         		 This station was on Zumbro Street (formerly Railroad St.) between Crawford and Snider Avenues.
Tracey This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Thielman and Keegan. It was also known as Lakey.
Wabasha This early CM&St.P station was on the west side of town near the SW end of Campbell Avenue at approximately GPS: 44.383143, -92.049662. It burned down in 1905 (The Weekly Telegram, 7-18-1905) and a new station was built soon after on the same site (see listing below).
Wabasha  This station was built on the same site of the station listed above at the SW end of Campbell Avenue. It was torn down in 1981.
Wabasha
(E. Wabasha)
(Midland Depot)		 This station possibly dates back to the old narrow gague Minnesota Midland RR which linked downtown Wabasha with the CM&St.P river line which ran west of town. According to an 1882 article (The Minneapolis Journal, 3-9-1882) Wabasha had two stations at the time. One on the CM&St.P River Division mainline and one on the Midland RR. The Midland originally ran from downtown Wabasha to Midland Junction (a distance of about 5 miles). In 1891, after the Midland was purchased by the CM&St.P (in 1879) the line from downtown Wabasha southeastward to Midland Junction was torn out and access to the downtown station was by the track section that remained westward from the downtown station out to the crossing by the main CM&St.P station on the west side of town. Thereafter, Midland trains ran over the mainline of the CM&St.P, bypassing downtown Wabasha. The city of Wabasha sued the Midland as the city had provided bonds for the construction of the line and the abandonment of the original Midland line meant that downtown residents and businesses had to use the CM&St.P station which was a mile from downtown (The Saint Paul Globe, 11-25-1893). After 1902 the downtown station was still shown on Sanborn maps, but it was used by the mill as storage, so it was probably finally closed around that time. The building was gone by 1928 having been razed to make way for more silos for the mill. This station was on the river at the corner of Lawrence Boulevard and what is now MN-60 at approximately GPS: 44.385111, -92.033221.
Weaver This depot was along the tracks directly across from where MN-74 intersects with US 61 now. Old Main Street was where US 61 is now and the station was on the east side of Main at the intersection with Plainview Street (now MN-74)
Weaver This appears to be a later-generation depot. The original was a standard-sized combination station.
Zumbro Falls The depot was near the intersection of Main and Railroad Streets (according to the 1896 map). It was built in 1878. It was built by the Minnesota Midland Railroad which ran from Wabasha to Zumbrota and operated from 1876-1883.
1898 WABASHA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Wabasha (CM&St.P) - This newer building was next to the old station and may have served as a station after the old station was out of service. Needs confirmation.