HOUSTON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
RENO SW side of Oak Street between Main Street and IA-26 in New Albin, IA.
(GPS: 43.497099,-91.288657)
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STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Brownsville This station was at the river end of Rice Street (no longer exists).
Caledonia This station was on the west side of North Ramsey Street. There is a storage facility at this site as of 2009.
Freeburg  
Hokah This depot was in the area of where MN 16 crosses the Root River on the NE side of town and intersects with CR 7. The station was on the east bank of Thompson's Creek, on the south side of the tracks.
Houston The depot was on the south side of the tracks between Grant and Sherman Streets.
La Crescent The depot was located near the corner of Sycamore and North 1st Streets wedged between the north/south line and the wye to Wisconsin.
LA Crescent  
NewHouse  
Spring Grove The station was on the west side of Maple Drive where the tracks used to cross there.
1898 HOUSTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Reno (CM&St.P) - According to a retired section worker from Reno this station was moved from Reno to New Albin for MOW use. Before that it was from some other town on the Milwaukee Road either from IA or MN. Now used by IC&E for MOW use.