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

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