Nostalgia & History > Milwaukee Road Minneapolis Depot Pictures

These photographs and captions are from the Minnesota Historical Society's Online Collection. My comments in square brackets.

1. Milwaukee Road Railroad Depot, Minneapolis. [The train shed is visible behind the clock-towered headhouse.]
Dates Content: Approximately 1948
ID Number: MH5.9 MP8 p101

2. Milwaukee Road Railroad Depot, Third and Washington South, Minneapolis. [the train shed]
Dates Creation: 06/1974
ID Number: 01044-1

3. The Milwaukee Road's Hiawatha leaves the Milwaukee Road Depot in Minneapolis.
Dates Creation: 04/10/1950
ID Number: 104917



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4. Trains of the Milwaukee Road (left and right) and Soo Line (center) at the Milwaukee Road Depot in Minneapolis.
Dates Creation: 04/10/1950
ID Number: 104916

5. Stylish couple arriving at the Milwaukee Road depot. Rock Island train in background.
Dates Creation: 05/14/1954
ID Number: 104902

6. [The headhouse and train shed still stand as seen in this BING Bird's eye photo.]


Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/14 21:01 by MartyBernard.

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Thanks very much, Marty, for finding these images and posting them.

The head house has been renovated as a hotel and the trainshed covers an area used as a skating rink and for social events. To the hotel's credit, there is a small, but nice, display of Milwaukee Road memorabilia and models as well as Milwaukee Road posters.

Attached are photos of the head house and trainshed interior taken a year ago.

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Thank you so much for everything you contribute, Marty. These are fine photos. It's worth noting the amount of development in the immediate area. You would have no way of knowing the extent of the yards and track in the area by looking at it today.

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> 5. Stylish couple arriving at the Milwaukee Road
> depot. Rock Island train in background.
> Dates Creation: 05/14/1954
> ID Number: 104902
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> Enjoy,
> Marty Bernard


Stylish couple in a state of complete bliss, due to
their good choice of the Rock Island Lines as their mode of travel.

It's truly amazing the Milwaukee Road Depot survived. It sat abandoned, deteriorating, and threatened with destruction for decades but somehow managed to be eventually rescued. Today it anchors a busy corner in downtown Minneapolis. While part of the train shed is an indoor ice rink/conference center, about half of it covers an outdoor parking lot. Living nearby, I enjoy wandering through the public areas of the hotel to view the artifacts on display, and especially enjoy the large-format Milwaukee Road advertising posters adorning the walls. It's worth visiting when you travel near the Twin Cities.

Thanks for sharing the historic photos.

Steve Mitchell
http://www.yardgoatimages.com

wonderful... Pic 4 WOW.....What we lost.......let's put it back.....