Announcements
If you have any announcements you wish to post, please feel free to contact Tina Lueth at
(320) 864-7209 or e-mail tlueth@tcwr.net.
“ON THE RIGHT TRACK” - Project Green Fleet’s First Railroad Retrofit
The Minnesota Environmental Initiative (MEI) and the Twin Cities & Western Railroad have partnered to improve Minnesota’a air quality through MEI’s diesel emission reduction program, Project Green Fleet.
Join us Wednesday, June 9th, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the Depot Coffee House in Hopkins to learn more about the benefits of reducing diesel emissions, hear from our project partners, and view one of TCW’s cleaner and greener locomotives that will be at the Depot! Refreshments and snacks are provided and all are welcome!
For more information contact: Eric David at 612-334-3388 x 108 or edavid@mn-ei.org
Railway Age’s 2008 Short Line Railroad of the Year!
The Twin Cities & Western Railroad was recently announced the 2008 Short Line
Railroad of the Year by Railway Age, a national railroad publication. TCW will be presentated with
a specially designed plaque at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s
annual meeting in San Antonio, TX in May.
Watch for TCW’s featured story in Railway Age’s April 2008 issue.
Click here to view Railway Age’s announcement.
Cars Hauled on MPL in 2007 totaled 5,842!
February 6, 2008
The January 24, 2008 article, 5,842 cars were shipped on local rail line last year, from
The Gaylord Hub reports…”‘We’re heading in the right direction.’ Those are the comments from
Bob Suko of the Minnesota Prairie Line. 5,842 cars were shipped on the Minnesota Prairie Line
in 2007, an increase from about 3,200 in 2006.”
To view the entire article, CLICK HERE
Train Schedule for Christmas & New Years
December 18, 2007
TCWR and MPLI plan to run a full schedule of trains on Sunday, December 23 and the goal would be not to run trains on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. If necessary, we could run a limited number of trains during the day on Christmas Eve, but will not be running any late pm or evening trains on Christmas Eve and plan no train service on Christmas Day. December 26 we will be back to normal train service on both Railroads.
Sunday, December 30 we will be running a full schedule of trains. Monday, January 31, we will run some daytime trains, but do not plan to run any evening trains. Tuesday, January 1, we plan no train service. Wednesday, January 2 we will back to normal train service on both Railroads.
Car Orders
November 26, 2007
Car orders are filling up fast and everyone is curious on what they can order. Listed below you can see which months are still open. Even if the month is full, you can still order cars and TCW will give you a permit number. However, it will list on the order that it will only fill if we are able to fill if cars are available. If these orders are not filled, they will not flow into the next month but will be dropped. If we know the demand is out there, we will work diligently to try to procure cars from other Railroads and will do our best to keep our own cars moving for faster turn around times.
Railroad December /07 January/08 February/08 March/08 April – December, 2008
TCWR Full Full Full Full Plenty of room as of 11/26/2007
MPLI Full Full Full Full Plenty of room as of 11/26/2007
Guarantee your car orders by bidding on the Guarantee Car Supply!
Bidding occurs the first day of every month from 8:00-12:00 noon.
500 Injury Free Workdays!
TCW recently passed 500 days of injury free operation.
This has been a significant accomplishment by each and every one of us!
MOVERS & SHAKERS
September 28, 2007
Minneapolis-St.Paul Business Journal announces BOB HENRY, TCW’s Vice President of Marketing & Sales, one of ten movers and shakers who have made-and are making–Carver County’s economic development.
The August 17, 2007 article in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Business Journal reports that Bob’s love affiar with railroads “has bloomed into a busy carrer of pushing the opportunities offered by the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Co., the Glencoe, Minn.-based company that is the only railroad left operating in Carver County.” Bob said, “I see my role as a facilitator, helping communities and businesses understand the economics of rail and benefit from that.”
To read more, CLICK HERE
AT THE TOP
The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Co., Glencoe, promoted Mark Wegner from executive vice president and chief operating officer to president. He will also serve as president of Minnesota Prairie Line Inc., a TC&W affiliate.
Andrew Thompson has been promoted to chief executive officer of the Red River Valley & Western Railroad, Twin Cities & Western Railroad and Minnesota Prairie Lines Inc., effective May 1. He will remain president and chief operating officer of Red River Valley & Western.
Mileage-based Fuel Surcharge Tariff
NOTICE: Effective April 26, 2007, TCW and MPLI are implementing a new mileage-based fuel surcharge tariff, TCWR/MPLI 9020.
On January 26, 2007, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) concluded its inquiry into railroad fuel surcharge practices and issued a final ruling.
As a result of this STB decision, TCWR and MPLI will be introducing a new fuel surcharge tariff on April 26, 2007. The TCWR 9020 and MPLI 9020 fuel surcharge tariff is a rail mileage based surcharge. The surcharge will be applicable on all tariffs that reference TCWR 9020 or MPLI 9020.
The new surcharge is calculated monthly, and is based on the average price of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. No. 2 Diesel Retail Sales by all Sellers (cents per gallon) On-Highway Diesel (OHD). By applying the surcharge monthly, the TCWR 9020 and MPLI 9020 allow a more timely response to changes in the price of OHD.
To ensure consistency and fairness, rail mileage is calculated using third party software PC*Miler Rail Version 13 (ALK Technologies) on each linehaul movement. Where the rail miles are not available through PC*Miler, TCWR will calculate and publish the mileage independently.
A twenty-day advance notice is provided, as the surcharge is based on the second calendar month prior to the month in which the surcharge is applied. For example, the surcharge in April will be calculated on the average OHD price for the month of February.
Confidential contracts will remain subject to the current TCWR/MPLI fuel surcharge tariff series TCWR 9010 and MPLI 9010.
For information regarding the application of the fuel surcharge, please contact Robert Henry at 320-864-7234 or Craig Glaeser at 320-864-7206.