CARLTON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Carlton North Avenue west of Grand Avenue
(GPS: 46.663645, -92.431618)
C ???? Railroad In Use Metal  
Cromwell Second house on right, south of S.R. 73/S.R. 210
(GPS: 46.676518, -92.885183)
C 1915 Garage None Wood
Moose lake 900 Folz Boulevard (south side of SR-71/27 east of Ironwood Avenue).
(GPS: 46.453899,-92.768732)
C 1907 Civic None Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Alford
(Wingate)

The GN changed this station name from "Wingate" to "Alford" in 1951. See listing below for Wingate.
Atkinson
(Franconia)
According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, this station was built in 1883 and measured 12'x30'. This station was moved to Atkinson from Franconia (in Chisago County) in 1903.
Automba Station burned in the fire of 1918.
Barker According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 16'x30' station was built here in 1894.
Barnum According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, this station was built in 1883 and measured 16'x64'.
Blackhoof The station became a house after service but ultimately burned down.
Brownell According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, there was only a station sign at this location that year.
Carlton
(NP Junction)
Originally called NP Junction, the NP, GN, and CM&St.P shared a station that was on the west side of 3rd Street between North and South Avenues at GPS: 46.662872, -92.425256. The NP completed its line from NP Junction (Carlton) to Brainerd, with the first train arriving on march 11, 1871.
Carlton The first station here was on the west side of 3rd Street between North and South Streets at GPS: 46.662869, -92.425309. This station is shown on the 1892 Sanborn map.
Carlton A new station was built sometime between 1892-1901. It was also on on the west side of 3rd Street between North and South Streets, but it was closer to 3rd Street than the previous station. The station was short-lived as the lot is shown as empty on the 1908 Sanborn map.
Carlton A third generation station was built here in 1904 according to NP Valuation Records of 1917. The station measured 20'x175'. Specific location is not known.
Cloquet The original St. Paul & Duluth RR (later NP) passenger station was at the north end of Arch Street at approximately GPS: 46.723878, -92.464731. This station appears on the 1885, 1888, and 1892 Sanborn maps.
Cloquet
AND
The first Union Station was built here sometime between 1892-1897. It was on Avenue A on the east side of Arch Street on the south side of the tracks at GPS: 46.723496, -92.464678.
Cloquet The original St. Paul & Duluth freight house was on the north side of the tracks across from the original Union Station to the NE a bit at GPS: 46.723663, -92.464570.
Cloquet The original Duluth, Superior & Western RR freight house was at what was formerly the north end of Broadway Street at GPS: 46.723494, -92.462350. This station is shown on the 1897 Sanborn map.
Cloquet
AND
The second Union Station handled both passengers and freight. It was built sometime between 1897 and 1901. It was also on Arch Street north of the previous Union Station on the NP tracks at approximately GPS: 46.723691, -92.464640. After the third Union Station was built in 1909 to service only passengers, this building was then used as the NP freight house until it burned in the fire of 1918. Another freight station was built at this same location to replace it after the fire of 1918.
Cloquet
AND
 The third Union Station was built in 1909 and mesured 24'x160' and was between the GN and NP tracks and also on the east side of Arch Street at Avenue A. This station burned in the fire of 1918.
Cloquet
AND
The fourth Union Station, which was likely just a temporary structure given its size, was built at the north end of Vine Street (at GPS: 46.723635, -92.463504) after the fire of 1918. This station is shown on the 1919 Sanborn map.
Cloquet
AND
The fifth and final Union Station was brick with a brick platform and sat along Avenue A betwee Arch and Vine Streets. It is shown on the 1922 and 1928 Sanborn maps.
Corona According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 8'x34' converted carbody shelter station was built here in 1912.
Cromwell A earlier station here burned down in March 1915.
Harney  
Harney This was the original Harney station.
Holyoke This early two-story station was built in 1888 and measured 24'x32'. A boxcar body was placed here as a freight station in 1895. Although the fate of the old depot is not known, it was likely gone by 1905 when a 12'x35' portable/temporary depot was placed here. That probably served until the new station (listed below) was completed in 1913.
Holyoke According to the 1915 GN Valuation Reports, a new station was built here in 1913 and measured 30'x48'. This station was abandoned by the GN in April, 1960.
Huson This station appears to have been between the Scanlon station and the Cloquet station. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x24' depot was built here in 1899, but it was then remodeled into a section house in 1908.
Iverson According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 16'x18' station was built here in 1907.
Kettle River Original station burned in the fire of 1918.
Mahtowa According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, this station was built in 1907 and measured 20'x22'. There was also a 16'x19' freight house here.
Moose Lake This station burned in the fire of 1918. It was built in 1897 and measured 18'x63'.
Moose lake This was a temporary station erected after the fire of 1918.
Moose lake This was the new station.
Namadji  
North End According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was an 11.5'x34.5' station here. It was abandoned by the GN in 1926.
Otter Creek According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, there was only a stock pen and station sign at this location that year.
Pleasant Valley  
Sawyer  
Scanlon
AND
According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a 24'x48' depot was built here in 1902. This joint station closed in 1941. It was owned by the GN with the NP only owning the platform along its tracks.
St. Louis River Station The NP Valuation Records of 1917 list a station platform and sign at "St. Croix River," near Cloquet, but this is likely a misprint as it is the St. Louis River than flows through the city, not the St. Croix.
Thompson According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, there was only a passenger shelter shed measuring 12'x16' here. The shed was built in 1897.
Wingate
(Alford)
According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, there was only a cinder platform and station sign here at that time. The GN changed this station name from "Wingate" to "Alford" in 1951.
Wrenshall According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 16'x78' combination station was built here in 1902.
Wrenshall This appears to be a later generation replacement station of some sort made out of an old boxcar.
Wrenshall  
Wright According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 16'x60' combination station was built here in 1907.
Zebulon According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 16'x68' combination station was built here in 1899.
1898 CARLTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Cromwell (NP) - Station has been moved from its original location. According to the NP Valuation Records of 1917, a 30'x48' station was built here in 1915.