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 Avon, Minnesota, interchanging with Burlington Northern. The railroad abandoned the 96 miles (154 km) of track between Avon and Fergus Falls in February 1991.[2] Below right is a chart of all of OTVR's 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 Genesee and Wyoming, Inc., having been acquired in 1996.[1]

Otter Tail Valley Railroad

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
 Sauk River
Waite Park
 to St Cloud

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Edward (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0-89024-290-9. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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