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The Wayzata Subdivision or Wayzata Sub is a railway line that runs about 93 miles (150 km) from Willmar to Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [2] Currently operated by BNSF Railway, this was part of the Great Northern Railway's transcontinental line from Minneapolis to Seattle, Washington.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has performed studies on operating commuter rail over the Dan Patch Line. This service would be known as the Dan Patch Corridor . Although the Minnesota Legislature imposed a ban on state money going to further studies of the proposed service in 2002, [ 8 ] in 2023, this ban was lifted.
Saint Paul Union Depot is a historic railroad station and intermodal transit hub in the Lowertown neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It serves light rail, intercity rail, intercity bus, and local bus services. It is the eastern terminus for the METRO Green Line light rail line, with the stop located outside the station's headhouse.
Minnesota has had many more railroads and rail lines in the past, and reached a peak of over 9,100 miles (14,600 km) of rails around 1920. In 2007, there was almost exactly half as much track, 4,545 miles (7,314 km). Most of the reduction occurred in the 1970s and 1980s. [10]
The 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land inside the concrete race track oval was first used as an airfield in 1920. It was known as "Speedway Field" and also "Snelling Field" before being dedicated Wold-Chamberlain Field after two World War I pilots, Ernest Groves Wold and Cyrus Foss Chamberlain on July 10, 1923.
The original light rail platform runs perpendicular over the commuter rail tracks, parallel to the 5th Street North bridge. Platform 2 was built northwest of the Platform 1, approximately 100 feet (30 m) apart. Near the commuter platform is a third track on the northwest side, allowing freight traffic to bypass the platform tracks.
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Dawson, Minnesota, U.S. Carrie Anne Tollefson (born January 18, 1977, in Dawson, Minnesota ) [ 1 ] is an American former middle-distance runner who was on the US 2004 Summer Olympic team. Running career