Minot station (Soo Line)

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Minot
Former Soo Line passenger rail station
Former Soo Line Passenger Depot in Minot, North Dakota (2021).jpg
Minot station in 2021
General information
Location11 North Main Street, Minot, North Dakota 58703
History
ClosedDecember 9, 1963
Rebuilt1912
Services
Preceding station Soo Line Following station
Foxholm
toward Portal
Main Line Sawyer
toward Chicago
Soo Line Passenger Depot
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Location11 North Main Street,
Minot, North Dakota
Coordinates 48°14′13″N101°17′34″W / 48.23694°N 101.29278°W / 48.23694; -101.29278
Arealess than one acre
Built1912
ArchitectKenyon, William M.
NRHP reference No. 78001996 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.