Twin Cities and Western Railroad
- Twin Cities and Western Railroad
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Twin Cities and Western Railroad
old_gauge=
marks=TCWR
locale=Minnesota
start_year=1991
end_year=
hq_city=Glencoe, Minnesota
system_
map_size=240px
map_caption=Twin Cities and Western Railroad trackage. Solid lines are track owned by TCWR; dotted lines are TCWR trackage rights.
Twin Cities and Western Railroad reporting mark|TCWR is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Minnesota which started operations on July 27 1991. Trackage includes the former Soo Line Railroad "Ortonville Line" which extends from Hopkins, Minnesota (a Western suburb of the Twin Cities) to Appleton, Minnesota. The TCWR also has trackage rights over the BNSF Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The line was originally built as the first part of the Pacific extension of the Milwaukee Road.
TC&W has 9 Caterpillar Generation II locomotives (4 GP20Cs, 3 GP30Cs and 2 GP15Cs), one CF7 slug unit, 2 Paducah rebuilt GP10s and 1 SW1200. Trains typically run six days per week between the Twin Cities and Renville with two or three day per week service west of Renville to Milbank, SD.
Company officers
Presidents of the TC&W have included:
* William F. Drusch, 2001-2007.[cite press release| publisher=Twin Cities & Western Railroad| date=2007-04-12| title=Twin Cities & Western Railroad Promotes Wegner to President| accessdate=2007-04-12| ] ]
* Mark J. Wegner, 2007-05-01-present.The Red River Valley and Western Railroad is affiliated with the Twin Cities and Western Railroad and Minnesota Prairie Line. Andrew Thompson is currently the chief executive officer of all three railroads.
References
External links
* [http://www.tcwr.net/ Twin Cities & Western Railroad] company site
* [http://www1.webng.com/tcwr/ Unofficial Twin Cities & Western Homepage]
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