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When can I expect a train? The simple answer is at any time day or night. Rail- G: Branch line extends north from a connection with roads are a 24-hour operation and we schedule trains to BNSF line near Maryland Avenue, past St. Paul Water depart and arrive at.all hours of the.day. Extra trains or C A N A D 1 N . PA C I F i .o RAILWAY Treatment Plant, through Little Canada to connection with "unit trains" (solid trainload of one commodity).are . east-west.line (H),'at 1694 and Rice.Street in.Shoreview. frequently-used to`handle increases'in business and are TWin.:City.Routes Ownedl or Used Expect 4-8 trains per day. scheduled to run without regard for the time of day. If demand for a commodity.goes up, expect additional H:-Line extends from-CPR's distribution center along trains to handle the volume. If volume drops off, expect o• Central Avenue NE through St. Anthony Village, New fewer trains. Remember, a healthy economy means more ' Brighton, Arden Hills, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, North goods on the move and more trains. Sw White Bear Lake Oaks and White Bear Lake. This line is owned by CPR, 75E but most trains using it are operated by Wisconsin How Do You Set Your Train Schedules? g Central Railway. Traffic volume is largely determined by the number of WC trains operated daily. The Railroads in North America are really one large r 694 Shoreview interconnected system. A train schedule may be based A crystal , I: Branch line extending south from Crystal through New on the time goods must be on a ship in time to depart 4 NewErighton H Hope, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park, Edina and from a port 2,000 miles away. .The schedule.may also be Plymouth Bloomington. It crosses.the.Minnesota River near based on the needs of a customer who will use parts on Little Shakopee and travels through Burnsville and Lakeville to an assembly line within hours of the time it arrives. Other Golden Valley J G Sa its terminus in Northfield. Depending on the area, there schedules may have flexibility built in because the crew _ t- °- may little activity to one or more trains each business day has to stop many times to pick up and drop off freight Toa N t Q "•' � -= .:•, ;�, ;,,.;: .:, both directions. The line is also used b the Twin Cities cars. For example, a train operating through the Twin ' y X y S and Western Railroad. This segment is under review as a Cities late at night may have to meet a Chicago Sc Lois Park Fr potential commuter rail corridor and has taken on the customer's delivery schedules the next day. As a result, corridor designation "Dan Patch Line." schedules are set for all hours of the day. D Hopkins .w Edina J: Branch line extending east from the area of Highway 11 APC+ figs Do you blow whistles? i tV�f .7 ((ffJ CPR Used Line 55 and 100 in Golden Valley, alongside Wirth Park, Richre'dC <—' Line Segment terminating on the west edge of downtown Minneapolis At.the;present.time, our railroad blows whistles in near Glenwood Avenue and 194. Expect a train each advance of any crossing unless there has been a local K �� `°` - See index)) direction-each work day orlon an as needed basis. ordinance in effect for some time. Even if an ordinance is Mendota - in place, the crew can blow a horn if they believe it is Bloomington Heights needed to warn someone of the train's presence. In ' K: Branch line extends NE from Auto Club Road, along 35EK: Shakopee Road through Bloomington, along Pleas- (FRA), which regulates railroads from a safety standpoint, January of 2000, the Federal Railroad Administration O Cottage Grove ant Avenue in Richfield and terminates near Lyndale Ave two blocks north of the crosstown Highway. Expect a began a formal process which is expected to lead to a L train each direction each workday or as needed. national rule regarding the use of train horns. The FRA Savage has already held hearings throughout the country seeking L: CPR transits over lines of Union Pacific to Rosemount input from communities, safety experts, railroads.and and on its own line to Northfield. Expect one CPR train others on how horns should be used. They are expected Rosemount each direction per day. Most traffic on the line is oper- to issue a final rule that will take effect in the future. It will ated by Union Pacific. take a year or more to implement a final policy once the rules are known, . Horns are an�effective.safety device to (continued on back page) M:.Industrial branch line running north from Rosemount, warn motorists and pedestrians of an approaching train. alongside Highway 61 through Newport and Cottage Grove to paralleling Highways 3 & 149 to its terminus at the north Locomotives are also equipped with a bell which is used DESCRIPTION OF LINE SEGMENTS Hastings. This line is jointly used with the Burlington Northern end near Highway 13. Expect a train each direction each when trains move over crossings. Santa Fe and is under consideration for Commuter Rail with the business day or as needed. A: CPR's mainline route into the Twin Cities from the West. corridor designated the "Red Rock Corridor." What kinds of noises can I expect from a train? Expect more than 16 trains on a daily basis. The line N: Industrial branch line extending from Line A near extends west across the Mississippi River near Camden, D: St. Paul industrial lines which run along the river front through Camden, south along 1st Avenue North to its termination Unlike a freeway or busy road, the track is generally a crosses over Highway 100 south of Brookdale Shopping downtown St. Paul, across Chestnut Street, up the side of the bluff near Plymouth Avenue. Expect one train each way per very quiet place most of the time. When a train does Center and passes through Crystal, New Hope and Pl 9 and along Ayd Mill Road to the Amtrak Depot in Midway. Expect business day. pass, you will hear the approach and passage of the mouth. The line crosses over Highway 55 at Hamel and up to a dozen trains per day including Amtrak. locomotives followed by the movement of freight cars and extends on through Buffalo. O: CPR owns or operates over trackage extending from wheels making contact with the rails as the train passes. E: Industrial line that branches off line D above in the vicinity of just west of 1494 in Eden Prairie; running east through If it has stopped or is starting, you may hear the sound-of B: Through the Twin Cities, from NE Minneapolis to the _ West 7th Street and extends to Ford Assembly.Plant in Highland Hopkins and St. Louis Park to South Minneapolis: The _ brakes being.applied or:air ir under pressure passing river front near Sheppard Road in St. Paul, CPR trains travel Park. Expect 5-6 trains daily. , tracks are used primarily by the Twin Cities &Western through pi through There cng-on.each.car (air.is.used-to control brakes): over mainline tracks owned by the Burlington Northern-. Railroad. CPR.does provide service as'needed to one ould be sounds.from-cars bumpting'together or- Sante Fe. F: Industrial line which extends west from vicinity of Cleveland customer located along.the line which parallels-29th as the slack is.taken tightens when the train'moves Avenue, across 194 near highway 280, past Shriner's Children's Street. This portion of the railroad line is owned by ahead. If you are close to an area where the railroad C: CPR's mainline route into the Twin Cities from the Hospital, across Mississippi River and paralleling 27th Street Hennepin County and will soon include a bike and hiking switches cars or by a siding (extra track) where trains South. Expect 20 trains a day or more and switching through south Minneapolis. Line turns south, crosses lake State trail. pass one another, locomotives may set for an extended activity in the vicinityof CPR's yard. The line extends from and parallels Hiawatha to its terminus in Minnehaha park. This line period with the engines idling. Sheppard Road soth along the Company's freight yard, is owned by CPR but leased to and operated by Minnesota Commercial Railway which determines train volumes.