Midway Subdivision

BNSF Railway Midway Subdivision

Legend to Staples Subdivision 13.9 Northtown Yard 12.4 mi East 35th Avenue 11.7 University Avenueto St. Paul Subdivision 8.9 Rollins Avenueto Wayzata Subdivision 8.4 Union Yard to Minnesota Commercial Railway 7.1 St. Anthony to Minnesota Commercial and Midway station Union Cutoffto St. Paul Subdivision 5.1 Midway Yard 2.2 Jackson Street Saint Paul Union Depot 0.0/1.4 Seventh Street/Westminsterto St. Paul Subdivision to Union Pacific Altoona Sub CP Merriam Park Subdivision

The Midway Subdivision or Midway Sub is a 12.4-mile (20.0 km) railway line in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota on the BNSF Railway's Northern Transcon which runs from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. This is former Great Northern Railway trackage, and now forms the southern set of BNSF tracks running between the two cities. The companion route running slightly to the north is the St. Paul Subdivision, former Northern Pacific Railway tracks. The Midway Subdivision hosted about 24 trains per day as of September 2015.^[1]

This line includes access to two intermodal container facilities, one operated by Triple Crown Services, and the other at BNSF's Midway Yard.^[2] The Minnesota Commercial Railway has multiple connections to this line, and Amtrak's Midway station is on Minnesota Commercial tracks just to the south of the Midway Yard.

In the west, the Midway Subdivision carries the Northstar Line commuter rail service as it exits the Wayzata Subdivision where Target Field station is located. The Wayzata Sub meets the Midway Subdivision at Minneapolis Junction, where the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive is housed. The Northstar Line does not have any stops on the Midway Subdivision, but continues north through Northtown Yard and has its first stop at Fridley at the southern/eastern end of the Staples Subdivision.

References

1. Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (September 2015). "Twin Cities Area Freight Railroad Map" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
2. Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (September 15, 2008). "Minnesota Truck-Rail and Waterway Intermodal Facilities" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 1, 2010.