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]

Montevideo
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
The Montevideo Milwaukee Road Depot from the southwest
General information
Location301 State Road, Montevideo, Minnesota 56265
History
Closed1969
Rebuilt1901
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Watson
towards Seattle or Tacoma
Main Line Wegdahl
towards Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
Montevideo station is located in Minnesota
Montevideo station
Montevideo station is located in the United States
Montevideo station
LocationS. First St. at Park Ave., Montevideo, Minnesota
Coordinates44°56′30″N 95°43′20″W / 44.94167°N 95.72222°W / 44.94167; -95.72222
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
ArchitectChicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul RR; J. U. Nettenstrom
NRHP reference No.88002079[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 1988

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

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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