PENNINGTON COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
ANITA		703 North Main Street, Thief River Falls	C	1904	Garage	None	Wood
Goodridge	MN Northwestern	A.C. Tvedt Park on east side of South Urdahl Avenue between Vaughn Main Street East and Payne Avenue (GPS: 48.143708, -95.805302)	P	1914	Civic	None	Wood
ST. HILAIRE		117 5th Street	C	1882	Residence	None	Wood
THIEF RIVER FALLS		MN 59	P	1914	Civic	In Use	Brick
Thief River Falls		Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village on S.R. 32 in Thief River Falls.	C	1923	Museum	None	Brick/ Stucco
VIKING		Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village on S.R. 32 in Thief River Falls.	C	1906	Museum	None	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
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thief river falls		The first GN depot here burned down around 1885.
thief river falls		This was the second GN depot here built in 1885. It was located on the west side of Main Avenue. It was used as a freight station after a new station was built across the tracks. The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists a 23'x108' station at this location.
Thief River Falls		This was the original Soo Line depot. After the new brick station was built in 1912, it continued to serve as the freight station after being moved along the tracks to the north (North 6th Street). It was demolished in 1988.
Wylie		The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists a 12'x20' station at this location.
1898 PENNINGTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
PENNINGTON COUNTY WAS PART OF POLK COUNTY IN 1899
Notes About Existing Stations... Anita (Soo Line) - This depot was originally in Anita (Marshall County). That town no longer exists. The building was moved to Theif River Falls in 1956 and used as a yard office. Anita was about 9 miles north of Thief River Falls along US-59. Goodridge (MN Northwestern) - Even though this site doesn't list interurban depots, I have decided to include this one since the station is similar to a regular RR station and it was once a Soo Line subsidiary. This was the only station this line ever had. From Wikipedia: "The Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway was an interurban gasoline-electric railway which operated passenger and freight service between Thief River Falls and Goodridge, operating from 1914 to 1940.The railway also served Silverton Township and Mavie (although there were no depots there). There were several other stops along the way. The original plan was to extend the line all the way to International Falls, however due to poor finances, the line never extended beyond Goodridge. The line was acquired by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") in 1915, and then leased back to the original management. The railway continued to operate with its only piece of motive power – a General Electric gas-electric interurban car numbered 101 until it ceased operation on March 15, 1940. Thief River Falls (GN) - This is the third GN depot that was built in TRF. The first burned and this one replaced the second. It was originally located on the east side of Main Avenue. Viking (Soo Line) - This depot was originally on the east side of Main Street, on the north side of the tracks in Viking.