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| Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| claremont |
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5841 Lonsdale Boulevard East (MN-19), Northfield (just west of St. Olaf College). | C | 1880 | Display | In Use | Wood |
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| faribault |
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2nd Street NW and 9th Avenue NW | C | ???? | Business | In Use | Brick | |
| faribault |
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3rd Street NE, just west of the river and to the east of MN-60. | C | 1902 | Business | In Use | Brick | |
| northfield |
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South side of 3rd Street West, just west of MN-19/MN-3. | C | ???? | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
| Northfield |
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North side of 3rd Street West, just west of MN-19/MN-3. | F | ???? | ???? | In Use | Wood |
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| webster |
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Little Log House Pioneer Village 220th Street, Hastings, MN (Dakota County) |
C | 1900 | Museum | None | Wood |
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| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
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| dundas |
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This station was on the NE corner of Railway and Hester Streets. | ||||||
| Dundas |
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This depot was on the south side of West Street | ||||||
| faribault |
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The first station was on 12th Street NW between 3rd and 4th Avenues NW. Later a new station was built closer to downtown. | ||||||
| Hildebrand |
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| Kasper Siding |
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This station was southeast of Faribault on the east side of Section 16 in Walcott Township. | ||||||
| Lake City |
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There is no station shown here on the 1902 map, however there may have been one previously. | ||||||
| Lonsdale |
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According to the book "Then & Now: A History of Rice County, Faribault, and Communities" (1976), this station was moved to the "Prior Lake Mall." Does anyone have more information on that? | ||||||
| Morristown |
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This station was on the west side of 4th Street, on the south side of the tracks. | ||||||
| Nerstrand |
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This station was on the south side of Main Street. The first station here was built in 1885 (not sure if that is the one pictured). | ||||||
| Northfield |
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This station was between 2nd and 3rd Streets NW near where Dahomey Avenue is now. It was to the NE of the CM&St.P freight station. | ||||||
| Walcott |
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This station was south of Faribault in the SW corner of Section 18 in Walcott Township. | ||||||
| Warsaw |
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The station was east of Main Street down in the area near Falcon Way. In the old days this was the extremem SE corner of town. | ||||||
| 1898 RICE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Claremont (C&NW) - This station was moved to its current location from Claremont in Dodge County. It is part of an impressive private display that features a 2' gauge railroad called the Northfield & Cannon Valley. There is also a small replica station on the site along with several other railroad-related items. Northfield (CM&St.P - Freight) - This building is shown as the freight station on 1902 maps. 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 in Dakota County. |
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