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St. Cloud, MN Fridley Northstar Station EXHIBIT 2

Minneapolis, MN (TFS) Stations & Routes St. Paul, MN (UD)

Red Wing, MN

Tomah, WI Winona, MN

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Iowa Columbus, WI

Milwaukee (MIS) (Airport)

Chicago to Union Depot in St. Paul = 411 miles Union Depot in St. Paul to Midway Station = 7 miles Glenview, IL Midway Station to Jct = 4 miles Minneapolis Jct to Station (TFS) = 1.6 miles , 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 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 (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 at (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