Thursday, July 24, 2025

Rochester, MN: 1899 Restaurant/C&NW/CGW Depot

(Satellite)

Marty Bernard posted
Chicago Great Western Depot, Rochester, MN, no information
Collection of Walt Dunlap
Jim Shepard: Train is facing south camera facing north.

The building is now a restaurant, and the railroad is now owned by CPKC.

Street View, Jul 2023

Si Yao Wang posted
1. Rochester, MN - CGW depot, 8/13/2023 

All R, Jun 2023,cropped

1939 Rochester Quad @ 62,500

The smokestack in the left background of Si's photo is for a big plant. But I could not find a label or a sign. Is (was?) it a paper plant?
3D Satellite

I was looking for grain elevators and found that this CPKC route ends south of 20th Street at Seneca Foods. So this CGW remnant is now an industrial spur.
Satellite

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