The is a
Short Line Railroad in the
United States .
locomotives of the Minnesota Commercial Railway lined up outside their roundhouse in St. Paul.]]
This railroad operates out of the
St. Paul area with service to
Minneapolis ,
Bayport ,
Hugo ,
Fridley and
New Brighton . It is considered a terminal and switching line. It is based out of a
Roundhouse on Cleveland Ave. in St. Paul just blocks south of the
Amtrak station and its main yard is just to the north of the station.
Its lines consist of one to Fridley, with an interchange with
Canadian National Railway and a small yard in New Brighton. The railroad also runs to Hugo and Bayport on
Trackage Rights . It interchanges with
BNSF Railway at Northtown yard. It also serves east Minneapolis' grain elevators by the
University Of Minnesota as well as the grain elevators on Hwy 55 adjacent to the
Hiawatha Light Rail Line .
The Minnesota Commercial connects with all major railroads in the Twin Cities including:
Canadian National Railway ,
BNSF Railway ,
Canadian Pacific Railway ,
Union Pacific Railway ,
Iowa, Chicago And Eastern Railroad , and
Twin Cities And Western Railroad
The MNNR's roster consists of mainly
Alco and
GE locomotives. With over two dozen locomotives, including one from
Hamersley Iron in
Australia , the roster is diverse and meets the switching and road freight needs. Most units wear a red paint scheme much like that of the
GBW .
The line was formerly known as the
Minnesota Transfer Railroad .
