3-Way Meet at Midway! TC&W, BNSF and CPKC - EMD GP38-2 Trio!

3-Way Meet at Midway: TC&W, BNSF and CPKC

A 3-way meet on the BNSF Midway Sub at Midway in St. Paul with the Twin Cities and Western St. Paul Turn, a high priority BNSF Z train headed to Chicago and CPKC train 242 (Edmonton, AB to the Pig's Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN). First we see the TC&W St. Paul Turn with their trio of EMD GP38-2's climbing the hill and stopping to make way for the Z-PTLCHC (Portland, OR to Chicago, IL). After passing the TC&W proceeds west switching mains, allowing CPKC 242 to head east to the Pig's Eye Yard.

The 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", originally built as the first part of the Pacific extension of the Milwaukee Road. This main line extends from Hopkins, Minnesota (a Western suburb of the Twin Cities),to Appleton, Minnesota. The line was originally built between Hopkins and Cologne, Minnesota, in 1876 by Hastings and Dakota Railroad. In 1913, the Milwaukee Road rerouted it, reducing the curves. The line was eventually extended to the Pacific.

As of 1991, the TCWR also has trackage rights over the BNSF Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 2012, the TCWR purchased the Sisseton Milbank Railroad and it now operates as a subsidiary of the Twin Cities and Western Railway.

The company is also affiliated with the Red River Valley and Western Railroad in North Dakota, and the Minnesota Prairie Line, which has a junction with the Twin Cities and Western in Norwood Young America, Minnesota.

Locomotive Power:

BNSF 3929 - GE ET44C4
BNSF 6803 - GE ES44C4
BNSF 8229 - GE ES44C4
TCWR 2010 - EMD GP38-2 Built As: NW 4104 (GP38AC)
TCWR 2014 - EMD GP38-2 Built As: NW 4115 (GP38AC)
TCWR 2019 - Rebuilt EMD GP38-2 Built As: DRGW 3059 (GP40)
KCS 4593 - GE AC44CW Built As: KCS 2018 (AC44CW)
KCS 4663 - GE ES44AC

00:00 Open
00:10 TC&W
00:26 BNSF Z-Train
01:33 TC&W St. Paul Turn
03:40 CPKC 242

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