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Information About MINNESOTA’SMINNESOTA’S RAILROADSRAILROADS 2019-2020 Information about MINNESOTA’SMINNESOTA’S RAILROADSRAILROADS 2019-2020 PHOTO BY JEREMIAH RINDAHL MINNESOTA REGIONAL RAILROADS ASSOCIATION http://www.mnrailroads.com MINNESOTA’S RAILROADS AT A GLANCE Number of railroads 20 Total mileage 4,269 Total carloads carried 1,917,000 Total tons of freight carried (2017) 238,600,000 Employees 4,270 Total wages and fringe benefits paid $506,000,000 Average wages per employee, and fringe benefits $128,640 Railroad retirees 13,753 Payments to retirees $307,000,000 Property taxes $78,000,000 Percent of Top commodities originated in state Carloads State’s total Iron ore/taconite 516,400 48% Grain 162,200 15% Food products 89,500 8% Nonmetallic Minerals 59,300 6% Chemicals 38,100 4% All other 204,500 19% TOTAL 1,070,000 Top commodities terminated in state Iron ore/taconite 394,900 47% Coal 112,500 13% Farm products 44,400 5% Chemicals 39,900 5% All other 255,300 30% TOTAL 847,000 Sources: Association of American Railroads for the year 2017 and U.S. Surface Transportion Board, State of Minnesota: Department of Transportation, Department of Revenue. Cover photo: Otter Tail Valley Railroad operates Produced by: seven miles of former BNSF track in Minnesota Minnesota Regional Railroads Association from Moorhead/Dilworth to Fergus Falls, plus Briggs Business Communication branch lines between French and Hoot Lake and MediaXpress Barnesville to Downer. OTVR was formed in 1986 and is one of 120 freight railroads owned and 525 Park Street, Suite 130 operated by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Principal St. Paul, MN 55103-2044 commoditie include grain, coal and ethanol. Phone: (651) 556-9204 Fax: (651) 672-3777 Photo by Jeffrey Rindahl Website: www.mnrailroads.com This information directory on Minnesota’s railroads is in the form of an Adobe Acrobat® PDF document. 2 INTRODUCTION MINNESOTA’S RAILROADS — On track to the future y 2040, Minnesota’s rail volume is In 2018 and 2019, Minnesota’s railroads projected to nearly double from 239 budgeted approximately $537 million upgrading Bmillion tons in 2017, or roughly 13 track, bridges and equipment. Railroads nationally million truckloads, to 463 million tons. Because spend nearly 20 cents of every revenue dollar on railroad steel wheels on steel rail are so much capital improvements. That’s six times more than more efficient, trains can move freight with one- the average manufacturer. fourth the fuel and 75 percent less greenhouse gas emissions, compared to highway carriers. Minnesota railroaders benefit too. On average, Lower shipping costs by rail help make Minnesota employees are paid $128,640—the third highest farmers, miners, and manufacturers more wages and benefits in the U.S., after Wisconsin and competitive and able to reach customers farther New Mexico. across the nation and around the world. Railroads pay taxes One-fourth of the freight moves by rail Minnesota taxpayers benefit from railroads. Currently, railroads handle one-fourth of Unlike publicly supported highways, airports, Minnesota’s freight. locks and dams, railroads Minnesota leads the United pay for and maintain their States in outbound rail Minnesota’s Railroads provides background own tracks, bridges and shipments of taconite information about the railroad companies train contol systems. and iron ore totaling 43 that operate in the state. Included are Keeping freight on the million tons—70 percent of maps showing communities they serve, key rails, instead of roads, the U.S. total. The state’s personnel at each company, and a list of reduces highway damage. grain tonnage of 17 million major commodities they carry. tons ranked second in the Railroads also pay nation, after North Dakota. property taxes. In 2018, Shipments of food products totaling 9 million tons Minnesota’s railroads paid $78 million to the also ranked second, after Iowa. Minnesota Department of Revenue—money that helps support local schools and government. Spending for the future Accidents at all-time low Minnesota railroads are investing in the future by increasing capacity with more tracks and Railroads are the safest on record. According passing sidings, bigger freight cars that can carry to the Federal Railroad Administration, since 2008 heavier loads, and more powerful locomotives train accidents have declined 23 percent. Track- with fewer emissions. In addition, Minnesota related accidents are down 40 percent—an all time railroads have a brand new signaling system called low. Derailments involving release of a hazardous Positive Train Control—helping to assure the safe material are down 41 percent to where 99.999 movement of trains faster and more reliably. percent of haz mat carloads are moved without a train accident-release. 3 INDEX SUBJECT PAGE Amtrak 28 Minnesota Prairie Line Inc. 21 American Short Line and Regional Railroad Assn. 4 Minnesota Regional Railroads Association 4 Association of American Railroads 4 North Shore Scenic Railroad 28 BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) 8-9 Northern Lines Railway 20 CN (Canadian National) 10-11 Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 21 Canadian Pacific Railway 12-13 Otter Tail Valley Railroad 22 Carloadings 2 Positive Train Control (PTC) 6-7 Class I, II and III railroads 5 Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) 6-7 Cloquet Terminal Railroad Company Inc. 16 Progressive Rail Incorporated 25 Commodities handled (total for state) 2 Property taxes 2 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (CP) 12 Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad 26 Ellis & Eastern Company 17 Red River Valley & Western Railroad 27 Employees 2 Retirees 2 Federal Railroad Administration 4 Soo Line Railroad (CP) 12-13 Introduction 3 St. Croix Valley Railroad 28 Mileage (by carrier) 5 Twin Cities & Western Railroad 29 Minnesota Commercial Railway 18 Twin Cities railroad map 30 Minnesota, Dakota & Western Railway 19 Union Pacific Railroad 14-15 Minnesota DOT - Office of Frt., RRs & Waterways 4 Wages paid (total for state) 2 Minnesota Northern Railroad Company 17 Websites 4 WEBSITES OF MINNESOTA RAILROADS RAILROADS: Otter Tail Valley Railroad: Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.): http://www.gwrr.com/otvr http://Amtrak.com Progressive Rail: BNSF Railway: http://www.progressiverail.com http://www.bnsf.com Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad: CN: http://www.gwrr.com/rcpe http://www.cn.ca Red River Valley & Western Railroad Company: Canadian Pacific Railway: http://www.rrvw.net http://www.cpr.ca Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company: Ellis & Eastern Company http://www.tcwr.net http://www.ellisandeastern.com/ Union Pacific Railroad: Minnesota Commercial: http://www.uprr.com http://www.mnnr.net Minnesota Prairie Line: RAILROAD ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS: https://tcwr.net/about/minnesota-prairie-line-mpl/ American Short Line and Regional RRs Assn: http://www.aslrra.org Northern Lines Railway: http://www.anacostia.com/railroads/nlr Association of American Railroads: https://www.aar.org/ Northern Plains Railroad: http://www.nprail.com Federal Railroad Administration: http://www.fra.dot.gov North Shore Scenic Railroad: http://www.northshorescenicrailroad.org MN DOT, Off. of Freight, Railroads & Waterways: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aboutrail MN Regional Railroads Association: http://www.mnrailroads.com 4 MINNESOTA RAILROADS AND MILEAGE n 2019, there are 20 railroad companies operat- While some of these smaller lines have existed inde- ing in Minnesota on 4,269 route miles of track. A pendently for years, most were created in the 1980s Itotal of 3,474 miles, or 81 percent of the mileage, following passage of the Staggers Act, which helped is owned by the state’s Class I railroads. restore railroads to profitability by freeing them from overregulation. Railroads are divided into three “classes” by the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which is the All carrier-owned railroad track in Minnesota federal economic regulator of railroads. Based on must comply with safety standards set forth by the 2017 statistics, Class I railroads are those that had Federal Railroad Administration and is subject to annual operating revenue of $463.9 million or more. periodic inspections. About two-thirds of the track in the state is FRA Class 3 or 4, permitting freight Class II railroads have annual operating revenue trains to operate at speeds up to 40 and 60 mph, re- between $37.1 million and $463.9 million. In addition, spectively. All railroad equipment must also comply Minnesota has 14 Class III railroads, which have an- with federal safety standards, including regular main- nual operating revenue of less than $37.1 million. tenance. In addition, railroad operating personnel “Regional railroads” are line-haul carriers operating must be familiar with FRA rules and regulations and at least 350 miles of road and/or earning revenue ex- successfully complete training on safety and oper- ceeding $40 million, but less than a Class I. Regional ating rules. Locomotive engineers must be certified and short-line railroads generally are lighter-density by the FRA in order to operate a locomotive and go lines that have been spun off by a Class I carrier. through recertification every three years. Minnesota’s Railroads Railroad Mileage owned in Minnesota Class I BNSF Railway (BNSF) 1,490 Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR) 71 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 1,144 Northern Plains Railroad (NPR) 45 Union Pacific Railroad (UP) 418 Ellis & Eastern Company (EE) 42 CN (Canadian National Railway) 422 St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY) 36 National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) 0 North Shore Scenic Railroad (NSSR) 25 (St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Rail Class II Authority between Duluth and Two Harbors) Progressive Rail Inc. (PGR) 22 Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCPE) 43 Northern Lines Railway, LLC (NLR) 17 Cloquet Terminal Railroad Co. (CTRR) 4 Class III Minnesota, Dakota & Western Ry. Co. (MDW) 4 Red River Valley & Western Railroad (RRVW) 3 Twin Cities & Western Railroad Co. (TCWR) 146 Minnesota Commercial Railway Co. (MNNR) 128 Minnesota Northern Railroad (MNN) 120 Minnesota Prairie Line Inc. (MPLI) 94 5 In Minnesota, railroad progress is spelled PTC and PSR BY KEVIN P.
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