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Timetable & Special Instructions

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.

TC&W Glencoe Subdivision
Milepost
Location
From
Glencoe (mi)
Station
Name
Operating
Authority
Yard
Limits
Siding
Length (ft)
Rule 4.3
431.8 40.1 Hopkins BRT Y
Between Tower E-14 and Mp 428.0 trains are operating on CP trackage rights, governed by CP Timetable and Bulletins.
435.0 36.9 Tower E-14 TWC      
438.6 33.3 Chanhassen      
442.1 29.8 Jonathan      
452.2 18.6 Cologne   4400ft. T
457.0 14.9 Bongards      
460.0 11.9 Norwood     J
466.4 5.5 Plato      
471.9 0.0 Glencoe Y 5000ft. YBK
482.2 10.3 Brownton      
488.8 16.9 Stewart   3300ft.  
495.3 23.4 Buffalo Lake      
500.1 26.2 Hector      
509.1 37.2 Bird Island   10150ft.  
513.8 41.9 Olivia      
519.3 47.4 Danube      
523.0 51.1 Ruebel Y 7657ft.  
525.0 53.1 Renville Y    
531.8 59.9 Sacred Heart   6650ft.  
537.4 65.5 Minnesota Falls      
541.1 69.2 Granite Falls   18,600ft.  
543.0 71.1 (BNSF Crossing)     A
549.1 77.2 Wegdahl      
554.4 82.5 Montevideo Y 7000ft. BKY
560.8 88.9 Watson      
570.0 98.1 Milan      
578.2 106.3 Appleton Y 6834ft. MJTY
Between Appleton and Milbank trains are operating on BNSF trackage rights, governed by BNSF Timetable and Bulletins.


Yard Limits in Effect Using Rule 6.13:
East MP..............Location..............West MP
467.0...................Glencoe........................435.8
521.8...................Ruebel-Renville.............525.5
552.0...................Montevideo..................556.0
575.5...................Applteon......................578.9
Timetable Characters:
A--Automatic interlocking
B--General Orders
J--Junction with another railroad
K--Standard Clock
M--Manual Interlocking
T--Turning facility Wye of Turntable
Y--Yard
Maximum Speed Permitted:
Maximum speed permitted............................................30 MPH
Track other than main track not otherwise specified.......10 MPH
Between MP 542.9 and 543.1 (BNSF Crossing)..........20 MPH
Trains handling air side dump cars.................................25 MPH
Trains handling flangers will not exceed..........................25 MPH
Weather Restrictions
When ambient temperature exceeds 95 degrees F, speed must be reduced to a maximum of 25 MPH.
When ambient temperature falls below 10 degrees F, speed must be reduced to a maximum of 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.
  • Added one news item to the New Page.
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