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The depot you describe is indeed the Soo Line's Duluth Station. It was opened about 1910 when the (original) Wisconsin Central entered Duluth. This station has been described as the grandest on the Soo Line. It was located about one block south and one block west from the Duluth Union Station (which has been preserved). The Soo Line Station played host to the Laker (The Chicago - Duluth overnight train), as well as locals to Minneapolis / St. Paul and Plummer / Thief River Falls. I believe it also handled the DSS & A's train from Sault Ste. Marie, but that service ended in the 1930's. The Soo Line Station and trackage was demolished in the 1970's to make way for an interstate highway interchange. The Soo Line station was stub ended on the north and had six tracks with a single track throat that plunged through a short tunnel. The operator's shanty that controlled the station's switches was called Duluth Tunnel. There are only a few photos of the station around. I saw two in the book "Steam Trains of the Soo" by Leslie Suprey. Your best bet for information or plans may be the Archives of the Soo Line Technical and Historical Society. They have a website and list a number of plans from original Soo Line corporate drawings. I don't know if they have these plans, but I'm sure the Society's members could be of help. Good luck!
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