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Operations commenced July 27, 1991 over what was formerly known as the "Ortonville Line" operated by the Soo Line (now Canadian Pacific Railway) between Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Milbank, SD. Prior to TC&W and Soo Line operation of this line, it was part of the Milwaukee Road's Main line to the Pacific Northwest. This main line was originally built in the 1870's by the Hastings & Dakota Railway.
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A fully staffed Customer Service center at Glencoe is responsible for freight billing and service assistance. |
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| TC&W interchanges with all Class I railroads in the Minneapolis/St. Paul terminal area include BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. |
| Other connections include BNSF Railway at Appleton MN, Minnesota Prairie Line, Inc. (MPLI) at Norwood, MN, Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) at Milbank, SD, Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad at St. Paul, Minnesota Commercial Railway at St. Paul, and Progressive Rail (via CPRS) at Lakeville and Bloomington. |
| Trains normally operate six days per week between the Twin Cities and Renville, with two or three day per week service as far west as Milbank. Additional trains are run during periods of peak demand. |
| TC&W personnel have responsibility for day-to-day inspection and maintenance of the railroad track. |
TC&W's traffic base consists largely of coal, grains (corn, wheat, barley), soybeans, sugar, beet pulp pellets, lumber and other forest products, canned vegetables, edible beans, molasses, DDGs, fertilizers, crushed rock and agricultural machinery.
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| TC&W employs approximately 55 people, many possessing previous railroad experience. The majority of them work out of the Glencoe terminal and nearly half are trained Transportations Specialists. Our employees are committed to providing customer satisfaction and are highly qualified to operate safely and efficiently in the ever demanding railroad environment |
| TC&W has 9 Caterpillar Generation II locomotives (7 GP20C's and 2 GP15C's) and one CF7 slug unit. The car fleet consists of approximately 450 owned and leased covered hoppers, (primarily 4,750 cu. ft. capacity), and 15 Airslide cars (4,180 cu. ft. capacity). TC&W also has 60 RBL boxcars. Additional equipment is brought on line as needed for connecting carriers. |
| TC&W has access to the Mississippi River through the Minneapolis River Terminal at Camden Place, MN in north Minneapolis, and through facilities on the Minnesota River at Savage, MN. Through other carriers, TC&W also has access to all other major river facilities in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. |
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| 1. Current Volume: 2-4 trains per day
2. Proposed Volume as of 1st Quarter 2007: 4-6 trains per day
3. Traffic Base- Freight
4. Time of Operation- 24 hrs per day / 7 days per week
5. Whistle requirements governed by Federal Railroad Administration
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