Minot station, built in 1912, and now houses the Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum. It is located in historic

Downtown Minot Downtown Minot is the central business district of Minot, North Dakota, located south of the Souris River in the Souris Valley. Downtown is the site of the first permanent settlement in Minot in 1886. Downtown is home to many of Minot's cultural ...

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, USA. The depot once served the

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (MStP&SSM) was a Class I railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Midwestern United States. Commonly known since its opening in 1884 as the Soo Line after the phonetic spe ...

, which is now part of the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1978 as the Soo Line Passenger Depot. Passenger train service to the Soo Line Minot station ended on December 9, 1963, when trains 13 and 14 were discontinued from the

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to Portal, North Dakota.

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service continued for some time thereafter.

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Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum (Minot Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Former Soo Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1912 Buildings and structures in Minot, North Dakota Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Museums in Minot, North Dakota Railroad museums in North Dakota 1912 establishments in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Ward County, North Dakota Former railway stations in North Dakota Transportation in Ward County, North Dakota Railway stations in the United States closed in 1963 {{NorthDakota-museum-stub