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NOTE: All timetables are listed east to west, meaning that the top is the eastern most station and the bottom station is the western most station.

CP Bass Lake Spur

Milepost
Location
From Tower
E-14 (mi)
Station
Name
Operating
Authority
Yard
Limits
Siding
Length (ft)
Rule 4.3
428.0 7.0 Bass Lake Yard
Beginning of Cedar Lake Line
BRT     J
429.4 5.6 St. Louis Park      
431.8 3.2 Hopkins      
435.0 0.0 Tower E-14
Beginning of TCWR ownership.
    J


Speed-Maximum:
MP 428.0-Tower E-14...................................25 MPH
Rule 6.28 Applies

Timetable Characters:
J--Junction with another railroad

Radio Channels in Use:
AAR No. 44 (160.770)--CP River Dispatcher--MP 428 to Tower E-14.

Type of Operation:
Block Register Territory is in use between MP 428 and Tower E-14. All trains and MOW movements must register in and out of the Bass Lake Spur with the CP River Dispatcher.

Junction Not Listed:
MN&S Connection switch at MP 429.4 (Skunk Hallow)


CP MN&S Spur

Milepost
Location
From St.
Louis Park (mi)
Station
Name
Operating
Authority
Yard
Limits
Siding
Length (ft)
Rule 4.3
7.2 9.1 MN&S Jct.
Junction with Paynesville Sub.
BRT     J
7.6 8.7 Crystal Spur      
8.6 7.7 New Hope Spur      
12.6 3.7 Western Ave.
Connection to Old Terminal Line
    JY
13.1 3.2 Soonor
Connection to Laurel Ave. Spur
    J
14.7 1.6 Park Manor      
16.3 0.0 *St. Louis Park     J
18.2 1.9 Warden      
21.1 4.8 Atwood        
24.9 8.6 Nesbitt        
25.7 9.4 Auto Club       YJ
27.4 11.1 Port Cargill       Y
28.1 11.8 Savage        
Notes: (1)Stations Port Cargill and Savage are apart of the Savage Spur and are included for clarity.
             (2)The TC&W no longer goes west of St. Louis Park but it is displayed for reference.
             (3)This timetable is listed west (top) to east (bottom).


Timetable Characters:
J--Junction with another railroad
Y--Yard

Speed--Maximum
MN&S Jct. to Savage.....................................10 MPH
Rule 6.28 Applies.

Radio Channels in Use:
AAR No. 94 (161.520)--MN&S Jct. to Auto Club
AAR No. 90 (161.460)--TCWR Road--Auto Club to Port Cargill
AAR No. 44 (160.770)--CP River Dispatcher--Savage

Type of Operation:
Block Register Territory is in use between MN&S Jct. and MP 24.0
Trackage between Auto Club and Port Cargill is owned by TCW.

Railroad Grade Crossings:
BNSF Crossing-MP 3.25 (Minneapolis Terminal trackage)......Stop signs
UP (MIR) crossing-MP 12.1 on MN&S Spur.........................Stop signs

Drawbridges
MP 27.04 over Minnesota River......................Stop signs

St. Louis Park-- Station St. Louis Park includes Milwaukee Jct. and the Skunk Hallow switchback trackage used to connect to Bass Lake Spur.


CP Merriam Park Subdivision

Milepost
Location
From St.
Paul Yard (mi)
Station
Name
Operating
Authority
Yard
Limits
Siding
Length (ft)
Rule 4.3
407.4 0.0 St. Paul Yard CTC     BKT
408.9 1.5 Hoffman Ave.     JX
410.5 3.1 Robert St.     J
411.2 3.8 Chesnut St.
West End of 2 MT)
    JX
412.0 4.6 Fordson Jct.      
415.5 8.1 Carroll Ave.   2640ft.  
416.0 8.6 Merriam Park.     JT


Timetable Characters:
B--General Orders
J--Junction with another railroad
K--Standard Clock
T--Turning facility Wye of Turntable
X--Crossover

Radio Channels in Use:
AAR No. 44 (160.770)--CP River Dispatcher--Merriam Park to Hoffman Ave.
AAR No. 76 (161.250)--BNSF East Hump Dispatcher--Hoffman Ave. and eastward.

Type of Operation:
CTC is in use between St. Paul Yard and Merriam Park. Trackage between Hoffman Ave. and St. Paul Yard is controlled by the BNSF East Hump Dispatcher.

Speed--Maximum
St. Paul Yard to MP 408.3...............................50 MPH
MP 408.3-MP 410.5 (Robert St.)....................25 MPH
MP 410.5 (Robert St.) over UP crossing..........10 MPH
MP 410.5-MP 416.1 (Merriam Park)...............25 MPH

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News
  • A new customer comes
        online in Glencoe.
  • DPUs being used on BNSF
        ethanol and coal trains
  • The RaiRunner has finally
        begun operations.
  • The BNSF Power will now be
        used on ethanol trains.
  • The ILSX 1389 arrives
        on the TC&W.
  • BNSF power used to deliver     coal to Hopkins.
  • RailMate, a RoadRailer type      technology tested between      Sacred Heart and Hopkins.
  • HLCX GP38-2 moved from      Chaska and new pipe traffic      for a natural gas line.
  • Update about the intermodel      runs into Shoreham.
  • UP Power is used for the      first time on a DDG train.      Photos posted.
  • New Power for the TC&W in      the form of a GP39-2 leased      from ILS (No. 1389).
  • UP Power is to be used on      future DDG trains.
  • RailRunner operations            began last month.
  • Two Supply Trains have run     out of Shoreham for the     Northstar RailRunner project.
  • Unit ethanol and DDG      trains start running 1/23/07.
  • The TC&W has started
         leasing a SW1200 for
         switching at Winthrop
  • North Star Rail Intermodal      LLC breaks ground for a
         new intermodel facility

  • Updates

    Last Update: 12/18/07

  • Added railfanning guides for Glencoe, Hopkins/St. Louis Park and the Twin Cities.

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