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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| dahlgren (Carver Co.) |
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Dakota County Fairgrounds 4008 220th St. W, Farmington |
C | ???? | Museum | None | Wood |
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| federal dam (cass co.) |
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Little Log House Pioneer Village 220th Street, Hastings, MN |
C | 1908 | Museum | None | Wood |
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| hastings |
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Corner of East 2nd and Bailly Streets near lift bridge. | C | ???? | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
| orchard garden |
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CR 5 and West 155th Street |
P | ???? | Private | In Use | Wood | |
| randolph |
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On the north side of 292nd Street East, on the east side of the CGW tracks. Sits back from the road behind a farm implement store. | C | ???? | Residence | In Use | Stucco | |
| rosemount |
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NE corner of CR 42 and MN 3 | P | ???? | Museum | In Use | Wood | |
| vermillion |
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Next to Werner Implement on Main St. (MN 62) |
C | ???? | Residence | None | Stucco |
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| webster (rice co.) |
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Little Log House Pioneer Village 220th Street, Hastings, MN |
C | 1900 | Museum | None | Wood |
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| zumbrota (goodhue co.) |
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Little Log House Pioneer Village 220th Street, Hastings, MN |
F | ???? | Museum | None | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Castle Rock |
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This station was north of 280th Street West, on the east side of the tracks. | ||||||
| Empire |
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In 1896 there was a CGW station here at the corner of Vermillion and 2nd Streets (no idea where that location is today). Was there also a CM&St.P station here later? | ||||||
| Etter |
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| farmington |
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This station was located at 400 2nd Street (at the corner with Oak Street). It was built in 1894, put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and torn down in 1984. | ||||||
| Fort Snelling |
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According to 1896 maps, there was a station for Fort Snelling near what is now the Mendota Bridge. A RR bridge was here previously that held a line that curved out of Mendota and up toward the fort. I believe the station was on what is now called Picnic Island. | ||||||
| Hampton |
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This station was at the corner of Water and Main Streets, on the east side of the tracks. | ||||||
| Hastings |
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An earlier wooden station existed here in roughly the same location as the existing station on 2nd Street. There was a roundhouse directly to the SW of the station (shown on 1896 maps). Not sure if this was the original hastings & Dakota station (listed below) or if it was a CM&St.P vintage wooden station. | ||||||
| Hastings |
Hastings & Dakota |
This was the first station in Hastings. | ||||||
| Inver Grove |
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In 1896, this station was located off 66th Street East near Concord Blvd. (MN 56). | ||||||
| lakeville |
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Anyone know where this was? It was at the corner of Front and Main Streets in 1896, but all the street names have changed since then. | ||||||
| Lewiston |
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There may have been a joint station here as the CM&St.P and MSt.L ran parallel through town. | ||||||
| Lewiston |
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| Mendota |
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There was a station off what is now Sibley Memorial Highway at the NE edge of town (out to the NE of G Street). A later station was erected in 1913. | ||||||
| Mendota |
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| Nicols |
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This station was near where Nicols road (formerly Cedar Avenue) crosses the tracks today. It was built in 1913. | ||||||
| Oakland Station |
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This town, which no longer exists, was near where US 52/MN 55 crosses the tracks south of Inver Grove Trail. | ||||||
| Randolph |
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At one time there was a union station here. Maps from 1892 show an backward L-shaped station in the northwest corner of the CGW/MSt.L diamond. This was between Dixie Avenue and Divers Path (formerly called Dakota Avenue). | ||||||
| Rich Valley |
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This station was north of 140th Street on the east side of the tracks. | ||||||
| rosemount |
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This station was near the intersection of Main and Maple Streets. All the street names have change here, does anyone know what this location is today? | ||||||
| Vermillion |
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weichselbaum resort (lakeville) |
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This resort was off what is now 205th Street. | ||||||
| Wescott |
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The station was on the northeast side of the tracks near the main intersection. | ||||||
| 1898 DAKOTA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Dahlgren (CMStP&P) - This station was originally from Dahlgren in Carver County, but has been moved twice. It was moved Lakeville first and then to Farmington at the Dakota County Fairgrounds which is the site of "Dakota City." Federal Dam (Soo Line) - This station originated in Federal Dam (Cass County) and was built in 1908 by the Soo Line Rail Road. The Soo Line Rail Road was shut down after World War II and the building was moved to an Indian Reservation with plans for renovation. The plans fell through and the depot was sold to a private individual from Boy River (Cass County). The depot was moved again to Boy River, Minnesota with the idea of making a restaurant out of the building. Once again, the plans fell through. The building sat vacant until 1998 when it was moved to the Little Log House Pioneer Village. Vermillion (CMStP&P) - This station was moved from its original location. Webster (CMStP&P) - This station was moved from its original location to Little Oscar's Cafe on US 52 in Hampton where it was for a number of years. The former owner of the cafe, Oscar Palrud, was well-known railroad buff from Faribault who traveled all over the world via rail. Around 2008-09 it was moved to Little Log House Pioneer Village. |
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