Monday, February 2, 2026

Scotland, SD: Lost/Milwaukee Depot and POET Research Center

Depot: (Satellite)
POET: (Satellite)

Jim Burrill posted
Scotland, South Dakota depot:
Terry Heiser: Which railroad line?

Dennis DeBruler commented on Terry's comment
Milwaukee. I think that the depot was north of Main Street and that they are digging out the house track. 1957 Scotland Quad @ 24,000

Nov 17, 1954 @ 17,000; AR1VHM000070081

I think the grain elevator in the photo has been replaced by one that was just south of Main St. and another one that was over a block north of Main St.
Digitally Zoomed

POET
"POET Research Center, located in Scotland, SD, was the first commercial scale bioethanol facility in South Dakota."

POET Web (POET), Nov 2018

I wonder if it now a research facility because it is too small to be a production facility. I presume it can't be expanded into a production facility because it doesn't have rail service.
Street View, Jul 2025

I read it is on the BNSF. Once again, being next to a Class I railroad is equivalent to being next to an abandoned railroad. It must be on the route between Tripp and Yankton.
BNSF

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