Montevideo station

Montevideo
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
The Montevideo Milwaukee Road Depot from the southwest
General information
Location	301 State Road, Montevideo, Minnesota 56265
History
Closed	1969
Rebuilt	1901
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Watson towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Wegdahl towards Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	S. First St. at Park Ave., Montevideo, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°56′30″N 95°43′20″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architect	Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul RR; J. U. Nettenstrom
NRHP reference No.	88002079[1]
Added to NRHP	October 27, 1988

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Depot is a former Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (the Milwaukee Road) depot in Montevideo, Minnesota, United States. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The station was built in 1901 and is the only remaining building in Montevideo that was built by the railroad. The Milwaukee Road ceased passenger service to Montevideo in 1969.^[1]

The depot is now the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center, a railroad museum that focuses on interpreting the history of the Milwaukee Road as it influenced Montevideo in the late 19th century through the 1980s. The Milwaukee Road Heritage Center also displays donated railroad equipment, such as a 200-ton crane, passenger and baggage cars, freight cars, a Plymouth Locomotive Works 44-ton switching locomotive, and a 600 horsepower (450 kW) diesel switcher built by Electro-Motive Division in 1939. The group has also restored a turntable that provides access to a 26-stall roundhouse.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Milwaukee Road Heritage Center". Archived from the original on 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

External links

• Milwaukee Road Heritage Center
• MRHC photos

See also

• List of United States railroads
  • List of Minnesota railroads
• List of heritage railroads in the United States
• List of railway museums