St. Cloud, MN Fridley Northstar Station EXHIBIT 2
Minneapolis, MN (TFS) Stations & Routes St. Paul, MN (UD)
Red Wing, MN
Tomah, WI Winona, MN
Wisconsin Dells, WI Minnesota La Crosse, WI Portage, WI
Iowa Columbus, WI
Milwaukee (MIS) Milwaukee Wisconsin (Airport)
Chicago to Union Depot in St. Paul = 411 miles Illinois Union Depot in St. Paul to Midway Station = 7 miles Glenview, IL Midway Station to Minneapolis Jct = 4 miles Minneapolis Jct to Target Field Station (TFS) = 1.6 miles Chicago, IL Minneapolis Jct to Fridley = 6 miles Fridley to St. Cloud = 58 miles Sheet 1 Union Depot in St. Paul Hastings to St. Paul (East Metro Area)
SPUD TRACK
Newport
CPR: Canadian Pacific Railroad BNSF: BNSF Railway PAIRED CPR BNSF: Shared Tracks Dispatched by BNSF St. Croix Jct SPUD TRACK: Track Jointly Owned by CPR/BNSF/UP MNNR: Minnesota Commercial Railroad Hastings Sheet 2 Union Depot in St. Paul – Track Layout & Ownership Union Depot in St. Paul – Track Layout & Ownership
Sheet 3 FRIDLEY Overview of Twin Cities Area
Union Depot to Midway = 7 miles Midway to Minn Jct = 4 miles Minn Jct to TFS = 1.6 miles Minn Jct to Fridley = 6 miles Fridley to Coon Creek Jct = 5 miles Coon Creek Jct to Anoka = 4 miles
MINNEAPOLIS JCT.
TFS
ST. ANTHONY WESTMINISTER
MIDWAY STATION
UNION DEPOT HOFFMAN in ST. PAUL INTERLOCKING MERRIAM PARK
Sheet 4 St. Anthony Jct
Midway Station Closed to Passenger Service May 7, 2014 Amtrak Midway Station
Merriam Park Jct to St. Anthony Jct = 2 miles
Merriam Park Jct
Sheet 5
Fridley Northstar Route Alternative 1 To To St. Cloud Station Chicago – St. Cloud
Via Target Field Station (TFS)
Chicago to St Paul Union Depot = 411 miles St Paul Union Depot to Midway = 7 miles Midway to Minneapolis Jct = 4 miles Minneapolis Jct to TFS = 1.6 miles (times 2) = 3.2 miles Minneapolis Jct to St. Cloud = 64 miles Minneapolis Chicago to St. Cloud = 489 miles Target Field Jct. indicates station stop Station (TFS) indicates no station stop
Midway Station (MSP) St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD)
Sheet 6 Minneapolis Jct. to TFS
Minneapolis Jct
Target Field Station
Sheet 7 Minneapolis Jct. to TFS North Bridge at Nicollet Island (facing North)
Sheet 8 Minneapolis Jct. to TFS South Bridge at Nicollet Island (facing South)
Sheet 9 Minneapolis Target Field Station (TFS)
Sheet 10 Construct New TFS Station Track
TFS Station
Target Field
New Station Track
Sheet 11 Coon Creek Junction Existing Double Track to St. Cloud
Construct 3rd Main Track
Fridley Interstate
BNSF Northtown Yard BNSF Triple Track Coon Creek Jct to Interstate
Minneapolis Sheet 12 St. Cloud, MN
Existing St. Cloud Amtrak Station
Sheet 13 St. Cloud Station
to BNSF Yard Amtrak Station
Potential Layover Track at BNSF Yard (TBD)
Sheet 14 Fridley Northstar Route Alternative 2 Station Chicago - St. Cloud Via Union Depot and Fridley
Chicago to St Paul Union Depot = 411 miles St Paul Union Depot to Midway Station = 7 miles Midway to Minneapolis Jct = 4 miles Minneapolis Jct to Fridley = 6 miles Fridley to St. Cloud = 58 miles Minneapolis Chicago to St. Cloud = 486 miles Jct. indicates station stop Minneapolis indicates no station stop Target Field Station (TFS)
Midway Station (Closed) Union Depot in St. Paul
Sheet 15 Fridley Northstar Station
Existing Fridley Northstar Station
Construct 3rd Main Track Interstate to Coon Creek Junction
Sheet 16 West End of Northstar Operations Fridley to Big Lake
Anoka
Fridley to Coon Cr Jct = 5 miles Coon Cr Jct to Anoka = 6 miles Anoka to Big Lake = 20 miles Coon Cr Jct Big Lake to St. Cloud = 27 miles Fridley to St. Cloud = 58 miles Construct 3rd indicates station stop Main Track indicates no station stop
Fridley Sheet 17 Big Lake to St. Cloud St. Cloud
Construct 2nd Main Track
Minneapolis Jct to Fridley = 6 miles Fridley to Big Lake = 31 miles Big Lake to St. Cloud = 27 miles Minneapolis Jct to St. Cloud = 64 miles indicates station stop indicates no station stop
Sheet 18 Alternative 3 Chicago - Minneapolis Via Union Depot in St. Paul
Chicago to St Paul Union Depot = 411 miles St Paul Union Depot to Midway = 7 miles Midway to Minn Jct = 4 miles Minn Jct to TFS = 1.6 miles Chicago to TFS = 424 miles Minneapolis indicates station stop Minneapolis Jct. indicates no station stop Target Field Station (TFS)
Midway Station (Closed) Union Depot in St. Paul
Sheet 19 Fridley Northstar Alternative 4 Station Service Terminates at Union Depot in St. Paul
Minneapolis Jct. Minneapolis Chicago to St. Paul Union Depot = 411 miles Target Field indicates station stop Station (TFS) indicates no station stop
Midway Station (Closed) Union Depot in St. Paul
Sheet 20