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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 |
| Menahga |
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57064 MN-87 (about 5 miles west of Menahga) (GPS: 46.747470, -95.201695) |
C | 1891 | Residence | None | Wood |
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| Sebeka |
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16952 MN-227 (about 4 miles east of Sebeka) (GPS: 46.630364, -95.015908) |
C | 1891 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| Verndale |
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North side of 3rd Avenue NE between 7th and 8th Streets NE, Staples (Todd County). (GPS: 46.356649,-94.789867) |
C | 1956 | Residence | None | Steel |
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| verndale |
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626 Ash Avenue NE, Wadena (GPS: 46.438624, -95.124567) |
C | 1902 | Business | None | Wood |
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| wadena |
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Aldrich Avenue SW between Jefferson and 2nd Streets (GPS: 46.442072, -95.138040) |
P | 1915 | Museum | In Use | Brick | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Aldrich (Partridge River) |
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This station was on the west side of 2nd Street. A new combination station was built here in 1915 that measured 30'x48'. | ||||||
| Hortons |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a station sign at this location as of that year. It was abandoned as a station by the GN in April 1939. | ||||||
| Leaf River |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a 12'x66' wooden platform and station sign at this location as of that year. The station was abandoned by the GN in December 1962. | ||||||
| Rockwood |
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This station was between Leaf River and Sebeka in Section 34 of Rockwood Township. The station was abandoned by the GN in March 1943. | ||||||
| Wadena |
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There was a frame passenger station here before the brick station was built in 1915. It was NW of Jefferson Street at GPS: 46.442164, -95.137430. It burned down in March 1915. | ||||||
| Wadena |
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This was the old freight station. It was on the NW side of Jefferson Street (formerly 3rd Street) at GPS: 46.441903, -95.136719. | ||||||
| Wadena |
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According to the 1917 NP Valuation records, a new frieght station was built here in 1905 that measured 24'x84'. It was built in the same location as the old freight station at GPS: 46.441903, -95.136719. | ||||||
| Wadena |
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According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x74' station was built here in 1891. It was on 4th Street SE between Dayton Avenue SE (formerly Windom) and Colfax Avenue SE (formerly King) at GPS: 46.436923, -95.133136. | ||||||
| 1898 WADENA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Menahga (GN) - The original location of this station was just north of Main Street. Sebaka (GN) - The original location of this station was on the south side of Minnesota Avenue, on the west side of the tracks. Verndale (NP) - Station was sold to private owners in 1970 and subsequently moved to Staples, MN. Verndale (NP) - This station was moved to Wadena in 1956 when a new steel depot was built in its original location on the west side of Farwell Street in Verndale. According to the 1917 NP Valuation records, the station was built in 1902 and has mesurements of 24'x100'. The building has add ons on the front and back (the sides of the depot) so only the two ends of the depot are visible and give away its identity. |
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