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| Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted Someone wanted to see a photo of the C&NW depot at Redfield, South Dakota. Here is one. It is a Charles Stecher photo taken in March 1914. The C&NW Dakota Central line to Pierre was absolutely essential to the populating central South Dakota. The C&NW Historical Society holds the "Town Lot" books which list the names of first buyers of lots in C&NW platted towns by the Pioneer and Western Town Lot Companies. Paul Zuber: If I may state this depot isn’t on the main central line……it is about 40 miles north of Huron ( that city is on the central line to Pierre ) 😆 Kevin Konechne: Paul Zuber in the early days this actually was the main line in and out. I can't remember exactly why but they didn't use the huron rails as the main line for awhile. Paul Zuber: Kevin Konechne this stretch of C&NW was called the Marshell Main according to their magazine. The top priority was push to the Black Hills was my reasoning (open to correction) lol Lincoln Sander IV: They have an old Conrail caboose of New Haven pedigree there. |
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| Baron Behning commented on the above post Here it is in 1973. |
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| Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted Out on the wide prairies. We are looking at a photo of the C&NW depot in Redfield, South Dakota. That is one big depot for "out there." Redfield is located a few stops due west of Watertown, South Dakota. |
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| Tom Edwards commented on the above post Redfield was a big railroad town back in the day. the C&NW had two lines that crossed there and the Milwaukee had a branch that ran through the town as well. The depot was still standing when Google Street View came through the area last year. (2024) |
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| Stephen Hazen commented on the above post The door handles on the Redfield Depot. |
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| Daniel Paul Knigge commented on the above post, cropped |
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| Michael Smith commented on the above post A host at the Redfield depot museum told the story of all the building materials being pre-cut and shipped to Redfield to be assembled. Someone forgot about the saying "measure twice and cut once". |
Unlike some depot museums, the interior has also been preserved.
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| Cindy Beard, May 2022 |
The museum is not about just railroad stuff.
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| Cindy Beard, May 2022 |
In addition to the table set, there is a silverware set.
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| Cindy Beard, May 2022 |
It is still a railroad town by todays standards because I kept finding cuts of cars in the town.
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| Satellite |
Does UP own this C&NW route? If so, this would be another example of a conveyor belt across a Class I railroad. The fall protector by the silos implies that this elevator gets rail service.
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| Street View, Oct 2008 |
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| 1953/55 Redfield North and 1966/67 Redfield South Quads @ 24,000 |
Judging from some photos, the blue caboose in front of the left bin belongs to the museum.
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| Street View, Oct 2024 |
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