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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 |
| cottonwood |
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About 150 yards back on an access road off 4th Street. The access road is just east of Norseth Boulevard. Depot sits just east of the blue water tower and is also visible from Barstad Road (CR-32). | C | 1888 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| green valley |
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On a farm on the north edge of Marshall. The driveway is to the east across from the intersection of MN-23 and 269th Aveune. It is in a patch of trees in a field approximately 300 yards due east of the football and baseball fields on 23. | C | 1902 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| Marshall |
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North side of West Main Street, just west of North 7th. | P | 1903 | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
| volga, SD |
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At Wheels Across The Prairie Museum Grounds, 3297 US HWY 14, Tracy, MN. | C | 1897 | Museum | None | Wood |
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| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
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| Amiret (Saratoga) |
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This station was on the east side of Front Street, just north of Main Street. It was built in 1883. | ||||||
| Balaton |
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This station was on the SE side of East 2nd Street. It was built in 1915 to replace an earlier station. | ||||||
| Burchard |
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The depot was on First Street between Main and Elm Streets (First Street no longer exists here). This station was a boxcar modified into a depot. | ||||||
| Dudley |
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The depot was on Front Street (which ran east/west along the tracks on the the west side of CR-9). Although indicated on maps, this town essentially no longer exists. | ||||||
| Florence |
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The depot was on Railroad Street south of Blaine Street. | ||||||
| Garvin |
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Built in 1887, this station was on 1st Street at the northern end of Sherman Street (now CR-14) next to the elevator. | ||||||
| Ghent |
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This depot was on the west side of Chapman Street. It was built in 1881. | ||||||
| Heckman Siding |
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This tiny village was on the east side of Marshall Lake in Section 25 of Marshall Township. In the early 1900s it featured a post office, elevator and railroad station and not much else. | ||||||
| Lynd |
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This station was on the southern corner of Railroad Street and 4th Street. | ||||||
| marshall |
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This station was on what is now West Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive at South 1st Street. It was built in 1885. | ||||||
| Minneota |
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Built in 1889, this station was on the SE side of Jefferson Street between East 1st and Industrial Way. | ||||||
| Russell |
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The station was on the SW side of 1st Street, on the south side of the tracks. | ||||||
| Taunton |
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This station was at the end of Main Street, SW of 1st Street. It was built in 1898. | ||||||
| Tracy |
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There was a passenger station on the west side of 4th Street and a freight station on the east side. The freight station was built in 1879 and probably served as the first passenger station. The passenger station (pictured) was built in 1897. To the NW there was a hotel, machine shop and roundhouse for the RR. | ||||||
| 1898 LYON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Cottonwood (C&NW) - This station's original location was on the east side of Barstad Road between Front and Main Streets. Green Valley (GN) - This station's original location in Green Valley was south of CR-8, on the east side of the tracks. Volga (C&NW) - This station's original location was Volga, South Dakota. |
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