Compared to the likes of the Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Western Pacific Railroad can be considered the "runt of the litter" for Class I U.S. railroading in the Far West.

A century ago, every village, town and city in Minnesota of any consequence had a railroad depot and at least one passenger train a day that called on it. That era, the trains, even the tracks in ...

Southern Pacific Freight Depot (1931) Former Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (1926): Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

It was once a bustling hub of transportation for the area, but now remnants of the railroad line between Carver and Chaska are slowly disappearing. Chaska’s former depot no longer sells ...