Brown County, South Dakota
City |
Railroad |
Current Location |
Type |
Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Bldg. Mat. |
Current Railroad |
Notes |
Field Checked |
Aberdeen |
Burlington Northern |
in yard |
M |
rr |
|
in use |
metal |
BNSF |
prefab yard office |
6/06 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific |
Main Street South/ Railroad Avenue SW |
P |
museum/model rr club |
|
in use |
brick |
BNSF |
2 story, division offices, restored, on National Register |
9/12 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacifi |
SW 1st Avenue/South 4th Sreet. |
Rh |
rr |
|
in use |
brick |
BNSF |
|
8/09 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago and North Western |
203 South Dakota Street |
P |
credit union |
|
gone |
brick |
none |
|
12/11 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago and North Western |
420 South Dakota Street |
Eh |
storage |
|
gone |
brick |
none |
3 stalls |
6/06 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago and North
Western |
at Storybook Lanin
Wylie Park, northeast side of town |
C |
museum |
1881 |
park railroad |
wood |
park railroad |
depot originally built at Rudolph,then moved to Columbia, then moved to a private lot, and finally moved to Aberdeen |
5/09 |
Aberdeen |
Chicago and North
Western |
relocated 0.5 milewest
of U.S. 12/U.S. 281 on U.S. 12, south side |
C |
storage for
business |
|
none |
wood |
none |
depot from Athol, get permission to visit or photograph. |
5/07 |
Aberdeen |
Great Northern |
One South Court Street/ East Railroad Avenue |
C |
law offices |
1906 |
gone |
brick |
none |
|
12/11 |
Aberdeen |
Minneapolis and St. Louis |
1108 South Main St./11th
Avenue SE |
C |
business/storage |
opened 1907 |
gone |
brick |
none |
2 story, on National Register, freight section of depot removed, |
4/14 |
Aberdeen |
Minneapolis and St.
Louis |
relocated to
Centennial Village in Fairgrounds, north side of town |
C |
museum |
|
none |
wood |
none |
depot from Nahon, restored, only accessible when fairgrounds in use, however fairgrounds is open and depot is next to chain link fence |
8/11 |
Barnard |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacifi |
part relocated to Columbia |
C |
garage |
|
none |
wood |
none |
|
5/09 |
Bath |
Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacifi |
relocated to 212
Second Street |
C |
residence |
1908 |
none |
wood |
none |
depot from Garden City (Clark Co.), modified, sided |
12/11 |
Columbia |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacifi |
relocated to NE corner of
Lavin/Lake Boulevard |
C |
garage |
|
none |
wood |
none |
part of depot from Barnard, has Columbia sign on it |
5/09 |
Columbia |
Chicago and North Western |
moved to Aberdeen's Storybook Land |
C |
museum |
1881 |
park rr |
wood |
park rr |
originally built at Rudolph |
|
Frederick |
CMStP&P |
at NW corner of
U.S. 281/State Route 5 |
C |
vacant |
|
gone |
wood |
none |
remodeled, two story, in poor shape, Endangered! |
5/09 |
Hecla |
Chicago and North Western |
moved |
C |
|
|
none |
wood |
none |
|
|
Nahon |
Minneapolis and St. Louis |
moved to Aberdeen |
C |
museum |
|
none |
wood |
none |
|
5/07 |
Richmond (ghost
town) |
Minneapolis and St.
Louis |
moved to Leola
(McPherson County) |
C |
museum |
|
none |
brick/stucco |
none |
|
7/08 |
Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
Last Updated 7/28/23