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Operations
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The TC&W operates 229 miles of track from St. Paul, Minnesota to Milbank, South Dakota. Trains normally operate six days per week (Mon-Sat) on the entire line except the Montevideo to Milbank section (Milbank Turn) which normally operates four days a week. Trains can operate seven days a week when demand is at its peek.
With the exception of the unit and intermodal trains, each train is operated as Turn. Meaning it goes out to a certain location, turns around and heads back to where it originated from while performing work along the way. Every Turn hands cars off to the next train until all the cars have arrived at their destination. The big flaw with this type of operation is that when one train falls down, they all fall down.
The Camden Turn no longer runs. The transload facility at Camden on the Mississippi River has been shut down since 2004. Some of the traffic has been diverted onto the Savage Turn for the Minnesota River.
Note: Savage Turns are said to running very seldomly this year.
Click on the train name for more information on that train.
| Train |
Territory |
Scheduled |
On Duty/Location |
Description |
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St. Paul Turn |
Hopkins-St. Paul-Hopkins |
Mon-Sat
1 |
0700 - Hopkins |
Transfer to the MNNR (BN, CN), UP and CP |
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Intermodal |
Shoreham-Montevideo |
As Needed |
1200 - Shoreham 3 |
Empty intermodal to Montevideo |
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Unit Ethanol |
Cologne-Cedar Lake Jct. |
As Needed |
0700 - Winthrop 4 |
Train handed off to the BNSF at Cedar Lake Jct. |
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Unit DDG |
Hopkins-S. St. Paul |
As Needed |
0500 - Hopkins5 |
Train to the UP in South St. Paul |
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Unit Coal |
Cedar Lake Jct.-Hopkins |
As Needed |
None 6 |
Train received from the BNSF at Cedar Lake Jct. |
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Savage Turn |
Hopkins-Savage-Hopkins |
As Needed 2 |
0530 - Hopkins |
Loads to Minnesota River terminals, empties return |
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Glencoe Turn |
Hopkins-Glencoe-Hopkins |
Mon-Sat |
1900 - Hopkins 7 |
Work between Hopkins and Glencoe |
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Utility Job |
Glencoe-Bird Island |
Mon-Sat |
0700 - Glencoe |
Switching in Glencoe, train west to Bird Island |
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Ruebel Turn |
Bird Island-Ruebel-Glencoe |
Mon-Sat |
1430 - Glencoe 8 |
Work from Bird Island to Ruebel to Glencoe |
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Intermodal |
Montevideo-Shoreham |
As Needed |
1600 - Montevideo 9 |
Loaded intermodal to CP Shoreham Yard |
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Milbank Turn |
Montevideo-Renville-Milbank |
Mon-Tue, Thur-Fri |
0700 - Montevideo 10 |
Work between Renville and Milbank, SD |
Notes:
1. Isn't uncommon to work Sunday, especially during peak demand.
6. No extra crew is called for coal. Either St. Paul or Glencoe crew is used.
2. Operations are restricted to the warm months of the year.
7. On Saturdays crew is called when St. Paul Turn arrives in Hopkins
3. On duty time varies between 1200 and 1600.
8. Crew is called based on the progress of the Utility Job. Usually about 1430.
4. MPL crew brings last section of train to Cologne and to Cedar Lake Jct.
9. On duty time varies from 1600-2000.
5. Crew is cabbed to East Minneapolis to retrieve the UP power
10. Call times can vary as well as days of operation. Lay over in Milbank, SD.
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