Montevideo station
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| name = Montevideo
| type = Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
| style = Milwaukee Road
| image = Montevideo Milwaukee Road Depot.jpg
| image_caption = The Montevideo Milwaukee Road Depot from the southwest
| address =301 State Road, Montevideo, Minnesota 56265
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| closed = 1969
| rebuilt = 1901
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| name = Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot
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| location = S. First St. at Park Ave., Montevideo, Minnesota
| coordinates = {{coord|44|56|30|N|95|43|20|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Minnesota#USA
| built = 1901
| architect = Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul RR; J. U. Nettenstrom
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| added = October 27, 1988
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 88002079{{NRISref|2009a}}
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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.
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 {{convert|600|hp}} diesel switcher built by Electro-Motive Division in 1939. The group has also restored a turntable that provides access to a 26-stall roundhouse.{{cite web|url=http://www.montevideomrhc.org/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203195601/http://montevideomrhc.org/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-03|title=Milwaukee Road Heritage Center|accessdate=2009-09-07}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.montevideomrhc.org Milwaukee Road Heritage Center]
- [http://www.montevideomrhc.org/photo.php MRHC photos]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
See also
- List of United States railroads
- List of Minnesota railroads
- List of heritage railroads in the United States
- List of railway museums
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Category:Museums in Chippewa County, Minnesota
Category:Railroad museums in Minnesota
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Category:Former railway stations in Minnesota
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chippewa County, Minnesota
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901
Category:Transportation in Chippewa County, Minnesota
Category:Montevideo, Minnesota
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1969