Watonwan County, Minnesota
|
City |
Railroad |
Current Location |
Type |
Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Bldg. Mat. |
Current Railroad |
Notes |
Field Checked |
|
Amboy |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha |
relocated to St. James |
C |
museum |
1894 |
none |
wood |
none |
|
6/10 |
|
Butterfield |
Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific |
relocated to Voss
Park, off Highway 105 |
C |
museum/display |
1896 |
none |
wood |
none |
depot from Granada |
6/10 |
|
Granada |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific |
relocated to Butterfield |
C |
museum/display |
1896 |
none |
wood |
none |
|
6/10 |
|
St. James |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha (Chicago and North Western) |
on site at 312 Armstrong Boulevard
North |
C |
rr |
1920 |
in use |
brick/stucco |
UP |
43.983135,-94.62849 |
10/13 |
|
St. James |
Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha |
relocated to
Memorial Park half a mile west of town on Sunset Drive next to Tiell Creek
Campground |
C |
museum |
1894 |
none |
wood |
none |
depot from Amboy, Depot Museum |
6/10 |
|
St. James |
Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific |
relocated to
Memorial Park on Sunet Drive next to Tiell Creek Campground |
Y |
museum |
|
none |
wood |
none |
yard tower from South Minneapolis yard, next to Amboy depot |
4/10 |
|
St. James |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha (St. Paul and Sioux Ccity Railroad) |
34002 730th Avenue |
C |
garage |
1870 |
none |
wood |
none |
This was the original station at St. James and was also used by the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad, which was a sister company, which built the line from St. James to Sioux City in 1871 & 1872, and existed as a separate company until 1879. When the new (second) depot/eating house was built in 1881-82, this original depot was converted into the freight house, and also used as a telegraph office until the first superintendent's/dispatcher's/ telegraph office was built in 1883. The first depot was moved to the south a few feet, was shored-up on the west end after surviving a fire in 1891, and had an addition added on the west end in the 1920's. It was subsequently was sold in 1961, cut-in-half and moved to the northeast side of town, reassembled, and converted into a garage. |
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Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and
Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
Last Updated 3/17/24