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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:3/1/2002 - 8/1/2003
Album Info:Avid amateur rail fan Eric Berg photographed several of the remaining Milwaukee Road depots and an interlocking tower in Minnesota during 2002-2003. No exact days were givenfor each photo but the month and year were.
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MIlwawkee Road Depot - Albert Lea, MN
Title:  MIlwawkee Road Depot - Albert Lea, MN
Description:  Built in 1914, this depot housed waiting, office and freight areas. An express office was added around 1930. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It now houses a "bottle shop". Eric Berg took the photo sometime in March of 2002.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:21 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwuakee Road Depot - Albert Lea, MN
Title:  Milwuakee Road Depot - Albert Lea, MN
Description:  This would have been the track side of the depot built in 1914. The remenants of the trackage can be seen . Eric Berg took this photo sometime in March of 2002.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:26 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Buffalo Lake, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Buffalo Lake, MN
Description:  Not sure of the build date for this small Milwaukee Road depot but it now sits on the Twin Cities and Western mainline. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in March of 2002.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:30 PM
Location:  Buffalo Lake, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Granite Falls, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Granite Falls, MN
Description:  Built aroudn 1909, this depot has been relocated and now houses Jake's Pizza restuarant. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in March of 2002
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:34 PM
Location:  Granite Falls, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Montevideo, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Montevideo, MN
Description:  Built in 1901 for the Milwaukee Road, this depot now serves as the Milwaukee Road Heritage Center which includes several pieses of equipment and the original turntable in the MILW yard there. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in March of 2002
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:37 PM
Location:  Montevideo, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Description:  The former Milwaukee Road depot in Wells, Minnesota still wore the town end which used to identiy the location to passing rail passengers. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in march of 2002.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:49 PM
Location:  Wells, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Description:  The former Milwaukee Road depot was built in 1903 as a single-story, rectangular building with a passenger waiting area on one end and a freight room on the other. The agent's office was located between the two. MILW to SOO to IC&E (DME subsidary) to CP. It was sold to the Wells Historical Society and restored as a museum in 2010. Eric Berg took this photo sometime in march of 2002.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:53 PM
Location:  Wells, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Wells, MN
Description:  When this photo was taken sometime in march of 2002 by Eric Berg, it showed the former Milwaukee Road depot in poor shape. Not surprising as the depot had passed through several hands during the years - MILW to SOO to IC&E (DME subsidary) to CP. Finally it was sold to the Wells Historical Society and restored as a museum in 2010.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:57 PM
Location:  Wells, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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 MILW to SOO to IC&E (DME subsidary) to CP. It was sold to the Wells Historical Society and restored as a museum in 2010. Eric Berg photo
Title:  MILW to SOO to IC&E (DME subsidary) to CP. It was sold to the Wells Historical Society and restored as a museum in 2010. Eric Berg photo
Description:  The depot still had a sign with the former freight office agent's name posted. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in March of 2002. Thankfully, the depot as been saved and now howses the Wells Historical Society.
Photo Date:  3/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:18:01 PM
Location:  Wells, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Milwaukee Road Depot - Northfield, MN
Title:  Milwaukee Road Depot - Northfield, MN
Description:  Built in 1888, this depot as many MILW depots in Minnesota, passed through several railroads.First MILW to SOO, then to CP and finally sold to the city of Northfield who purchased it for $1 with the understatnding it had to be moved off CP land or be razed. The depot minus the 1944 addition seen to the right side in the photo was moved to its new location on January 6, 2016. Eric Berg photographed the depot sometime in August of 2003 while it still sat in its original location next to the former Milwaukee Road trackage.
Photo Date:  8/1/2003  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:41 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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MIlwaukee Road Depot - Northfield, MN
Title:  MIlwaukee Road Depot - Northfield, MN
Description:  Here is another view of the former Milwaukee Road depot as it sat in its original location before being moved in 2016. Eric Berg took the photo sometime in August of 2003
Photo Date:  8/1/2003  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:17:45 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Former MIlwaukee Road Interlocking Tower - Albert Lea, MN
Title:  Former MIlwaukee Road Interlocking Tower - Albert Lea, MN
Description:  Eric Berg found this former Milwaukee Road interlocking tower still working back in the month of March, 2002.
Photo Date:  8/1/2003  Upload Date: 10/29/2022 4:18:05 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  88   Comments: 0


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