Well house restoration project begins in Ralston

Ralston once was a whistle stop on the mainline of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road.

Today, not only is the railroad and its tracks gone, pulled up when the Pacific Extension of the railroad was abandoned in 1980, but most of the reminders of the railroads in Ralston’s presence have disappeared.

The depot, section house, water tank and auxiliary buildings are all history. The one remaining building is the well house.

The well, which once serviced the water tank used to keep the steam engines supplied, is still operational.

The building...