Otter Tail Valley Railroad

Otter Tail Valley Railroad
Reporting mark	OTVR
Locale	Minnesota
Dates of operation	1986–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Length	64 miles (103 km)

The Otter Tail Valley Railroad (reporting mark OTVR) is a Class III railroad operating 64 miles (103 km)^[1] of track between Moorhead, Minnesota and Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake.

The railroad began operations in 1986^[1] on former Burlington Northern, ex Great Northern Railway track between Moorhead and Collegeville, Minnesota, interchanging with Burlington Northern. The railroad abandoned the approximately 80 miles (130 km) of track between Collegeville and Fergus Falls in 1992.

Below is a chart of all OTVR line past and present.

In 2008, the railroad handled approximately 10,000 carloads, principally outbound grain and inbound coal.^[1]

Otter Tail Valley Railroad is owned by RailAmerica, having been acquired in 1996.^[1]

[Legend to Hillsbro Subdivision Red River spur to Georgetown Fargo Sub to Minneapolis South to Breckenridge Sabin Baker To Downer Barnesville Rothsay UNDER I-94 Fergus Falls Dalton Ashby Evansville Brandon Garfield Alexandria Soo Line Osakis West Union Sauk Centre Melrose Freeport Soo Line Albany Avon Collegeville St. Joseph Now Northern Lines to St. Cloud Royalton Sauk River Waite Park to St Cloud edit] References ^ a b c d "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine (Kalmbach Publishing). June 2010.  http://www.minnesotarailroads.com/MNRRs2005A.pdf http://www.railamerica.com/railmaps/OTVR.htm Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Nancy Oldfield Trust Mister Kelly's Look at other dictionaries: Otter Tail County, Minnesota — Location in the state of Minnesota …   Wikipedia Ottawa Valley Railway — Reporting mark OVR Locale Ontario, Quebec, Canada Dates of operation 1996–Present Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 …   Wikipedia Massena Terminal Railroad — Reporting mark MSTR Locale Massena, New York Dates of operation –present Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge …   Wikipedia North Carolina and Virginia Railroad — An NCVA EMD GP38 locomotive, painted in the colors of the Arizona and California Railroad Reporting mark NCVA Locale Boykins, VA to Cofield, NC …   Wikipedia Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad — Reporting mark CA Locale Chesapeake, Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina Dates of operation 1990– Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1 …   Wikipedia Connecticut Southern Railroad — Reporting mark CSO Locale Connecticut, United States Dates of operation 1996–present Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) …   Wikipedia OTVR — Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company (Regional » Railroads) …   Abbreviations dictionary List of Minnesota railroads — Contents 1 Common freight carriers 2 Private freight carriers 3 Passenger carriers …   Wikipedia RailAmerica — Inc. ist ein US amerikanisches börsennotiertes Unternehmen das 42 vor allem Shortline Eisenbahngesellschaften in den Vereinigten Staaten und in Kanada mit einer Gesamtstreckenlänge von rund 12.500 km besitzt. Firmensitz ist Boca Raton (Florida).… …   Deutsch Wikipedia List of United States railroads — See also: List of Canadian railways There are approximately 150,000 miles (240,000 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. The following is a partial list of United States railroads which currently operate there.… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”