WABASHA COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
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STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Bright Station Although the place name of Bright no longer exists, this location is on TWP Road 123 about 1/4 miles west of CR 71. The location was named after the property owners there.
Dumfries  
Elgin This station was on the north side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 44.130645, -92.252776). It was built in 1878.
Funk This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Hammond  and Zumbro Falls.
Glasgow This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Midland Junction and McCraken.
Hammond The depot was on the east side of the Zumbro River just north of Main Street (near the intersection of Main and CR 68).
Jarretts There was not a station listed herer on the 1896 map, but there may have been one earlier or later depending on the size of the town during those times. This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Millville and Hammond.
Keegan Station This location no longer exists. It was just below the northern border of Oakwood Township on what is today called County Road 11. The depot was on, or near, CR 11 approximately 7/10ths of a mile south of CR 69. According to the 1896 map, Keegan also boasted a post office and grain elevator. This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Tracey and Millville.
Kellogg This combination station was on the east side of Smith Street between Belvidere and Winona Streets.
lake city This station was on the SW side of North 8th Street between West Chestnut Street and Lyon Avenue. It burned down on August 6, 1921 when sparks from a passing locomotive ignited the structure.
Lake City An old passenger coach was used as a temporary station here for two years until the new depot was built.
Lake City This station opened on December 7, 1923. It was on the same site as the previous station which had burned down a couple years earlier. (Winona Republican-Herald, 12-7-1923).
Mazeppa This station was on the south side of Walnut Street on the east side of the tracks.
McCraken This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Glasgow  and Thielman.
Midland Junction This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway. It was near Wabasha.
millville  
Minneiska This station was along the river north of Second Street between Louisa Street and Centre Street. None of these streets exist here anymore having been replaced by US 61. This station was moved at some point as there is a photo showing the station on wheels being transported along the tracks. On October 28, 1904 a fast mail/passenger train struck a freight train on the siding here and tore the front end off the depot. The agent, who was in the depot at the time, escaped without injury, but two hobos riding the train were presumed killed (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10-28-1904). a 1911 newspaper item (Winona Daily News, 4-22-1911) said the railroad's intention was to "erect a new and modern depot on their new location here this summer." An item from the summer indicated that sidewalks were being installed at the depot, but it did not indicate whether this was a newly-consturcted depot (Winona Daily News, 7-22-1911). I did not find any follow up confirming the construction of a new station, so perhaps the old station was moved at that time.
Plainview This station was located on the north side of 1st Avenue SW between 5th and 6th Streets SW. This is where the tracks ended. The Plainview RR became part of the C&NW in 1881.
Plainview This was most likely built to replace the station above in the same location. It was erected in 1914.
Reads Landing
(Reeds)		  
Thielman
(Thielmanton)		 This station was on Zumbro Street (formerly Railroad St.) between Crawford and Snider Avenues.
Tracey This was an early station on the Minnesota Midland Railway listed on the 1878 timetable between Thielman and Keegan.
Wabasha In 1896 the station was at the end of a spur on the river at the corner of Lawrence Boulevard and what is now MN 60. This location is under the bridge today just before the river. The freight house in the photo survived after the original two-story station was replaced by the depot listed below.
Wabasha  This station was built later on the same site of the station listed above. It was torn down in 1980.
Wabasha  
Weaver This depot was along the tracks directly across from where MN 74 intersects with US 61 now. Old Main Street was where US 61 is now and the station was on the east side of Main at the intersection with Plainview Street (now MN 74)
Weaver This appears to be a later-generation depot. The original was a standard-sized combination station.
Zumbro Falls The depot was near the intersection of Main and Railroad Streets (according to the 1896 map). It was built in 1878. It was built by the Minnesota Midland Railroad which ran from Wabasha to Zumbrota and operated from 1876-1883.
1898 WABASHA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP