Hennepin County, Minnesota

 

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Bloomington

Northstar

28th Street

P

rr

 

in use

   

Field checked 7/08

Excelsior

M&StL

  on site

C

  museum

 

museum

wood

Minnesota Trolley Museum

modified, Field checked 7/08

Hopkins

CMStP&P

on site 

C

rr

1928

in use

 wood

TCW

Field checked 7/09

Hopkins

M&StL

on site 

C

business

 

gone

  brick

none

modified, Field checked 2/10

Linden Hills replica 42nd St. on shore of Lake Harriet P tourist   in use wood Como & Lake Harriet Streetcar Line  
Maple Plain Great Northern moved to farm at 16350 Carver County 20, about 2 miles west of Watertown C farme use   none wood none in poor shaped, Endangered!. Field checked 9/05

Minneapolis

CMStP&P

Washington Ave./3rd Ave.

P

business

1898/99

gone

brick/stone

none

depot is hotel, train shed is indoor ice skating rink, Field checked 7/09

Minneapolis

CMStP&P

3rd Ave. S/S. 2nd St.

F

muni.

1879, 1902 ?

 

brick

 

two story head house remains

Minneapolis CMStP&O between N. First St. North and the Mississippi River F condominiums   gone brick none two story, outside restored, Field checked 7/09

Minneapolis

Great Northern

downtown

B

pedestrian use

 

gone

stone

none

multi-span stone arch, Field checked 11/08

Minneapolis Northstar Commuter Rail   P rr 2008 in use   Northstar Commuter Rail Field checked 7/08

Minneapolis

Soo

over Mississippi River

B

rr

 

in use

steel

CPR

deck truss

Minneapolis

Soo

501 Marquette

O

  rr/offices

 

none

stone

none

general office building, 19 story, Field checked 11/09

Minneapolis

Soo

Shoreham Yard, 2800 Central Ave. NE

Rh/Sh

rr/ to be museum

 

in use

brick/wood

 

miscellaneous structures, to be Heritage Preservation Park, 26 stall roundhouse

Minneapolis

Soo

Shoreham Yard

Wt

     

wood

 

twin tanks

Minneapolis

Soo

Shoreham Yard

Rh

 

 

 

brick

 

2/3 of building exists, to be part of Heritage Preservation Park

Minneapolis Jct. CMStP&P   Eh rr   in use metal   single stall, Field checked 2004

Minnehaha (Park)

CMStP&P

Minnehaha Ave

C

museum

1875

abandoned

wood

none

Minnesota Transportation Museum Minnesota Historical Society, Field checked 7/09

Mound

Great Northern

relocated to 5801 Bartlett Blvd.

C

community center

 

none

wood

none

sided, modified, Field checked 7/08

Minnetonka

CMStP&P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nesbitt Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern on site `C rr   in use steel CP Field checked 9/07

St. Louis Park

CMStP&P

relocated to park near tracks

C

  museum

 

none

wood

none

restored, Field checked 3/09

Wayzata

Great Northern

north shore of Lake Minnetonka, 402 E. Lake St.

C

museum

1906

in use

stucco/wood

BNSF 

Chamber of Commerce, Wayzata Historical Society, Field checked 11/08

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

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