Minot station (Soo Line)

Minot
Former Soo Line passenger rail station
Minot station in 2021
General information
Location	11 North Main Street, Minot, North Dakota 58703
History
Closed	December 9, 1963
Rebuilt	1912
Services
Preceding station Soo Line Following station Foxholm toward Portal Main Line Sawyer toward Chicago
Soo Line Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	11 North Main Street, Minot, North Dakota
Coordinates	48°14′13″N 101°17′34″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912
Architect	Kenyon, William M.
NRHP reference No.	78001996[1]
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1978

Minot station, built in 1912,^[2] now houses the Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum. It is located in historic Downtown Minot, North Dakota, USA. The depot once served the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, which is now part of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Soo Line Passenger Depot.^[1]

Passenger train service to the Soo Line Minot station ended on December 9, 1963, when trains 13 and 14 were discontinued from the Twin Cities to Portal, North Dakota. Mixed train service continued for some time thereafter.^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Dawn Maddox (May 3, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination". and accompanying photos
3. "Last N.D. Soo Passenger Train To Leave Dec. 9". Bismarck Tribune. December 3, 1963. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Soo Line Passenger Depot (Minot, North Dakota) at Wikimedia Commons
• Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum (Minot Convention & Visitors Bureau) Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine