Minot station (Soo Line) explained

Minot

Type:

Former Soo Line passenger rail station

Style:

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Address:

11 North Main Street, Minot, North Dakota 58703

Closed:

December 9, 1963

Rebuilt:

1912

Nrhp:

Soo Line Passenger Depot
Embed:	yes
Location:	11 North Main Street, Minot, North Dakota
Coordinates:	48.2369°N -101.2928°W
Built:	1912
Architect:	Kenyon, William M.
Added:	January 20, 1978
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	78001996

Minot station, built in 1912,^[1] 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.

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.^[2]

External links

- Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum (Minot Convention & Visitors Bureau)

Notes and References

Web site: Dawn Maddox. May 3, 1977. [{{NRHP url|id=78001996}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination]. and
News: Last N.D. Soo Passenger Train To Leave Dec. 9. Bismarck Tribune. December 3, 1963. October 13, 2022.