1. Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company Your Gateway to the World
Association of Car Accounting and Car Service Officers Minneapolis, MN May 10, 2017

2. America’s Short Line and Regional Railroads
Approximately 550 in North America
Operate 50,000 miles of track or nearly 40 percent of the national railroad network
Source: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

3. America’s Short Line and Regional Railroads
In five states short lines operate 100 percent of the state’s total rail network
In 15 states short lines operate more than 50 percent of the railroad network
Source: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

4. America’s Short Line and Regional Railroads
Handle in origination or destination one out of every four rail cars moving on the national system
Source: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

5. National Railroad Map

6. Railroads -> 22 Miles -> 4,444
Minnesota Rail Stats
Railroads -> 22 Miles -> 4,444

8. Twin Cities & Western Railroad
Operations commenced July 27, 1991 over what was formerly known as the “Ortonville Line” operated by the Soo Line (now Canadian Pacific Railway) between Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Milbank, SD.
Prior to TC&W and Soo Line operation of this line, it was part of the Milwaukee Road’s Main line to the Pacific Northwest. This main line was originally built in the 1870’s by the Hastings & Dakota Railway.

9. Twin Cities & Western Railroad
Operates over 229 miles of track from the Twin Cities to Milbank, SD
With subsidiaries (Minnesota Prairie Line and Sisseton Milbank Railroad Company) operate 360 miles of track

10. Minnesota Prairie Line
A subsidiary of TC&W, operations commenced in 2002
Rail line is owned by 5 counties it operates in
Operates over 94 miles of track from Norwood Young America to Hanley Falls, MN

11. Sisseton Milbank Railroad Company
Purchased by TC&W in July 2012
SMRR operates as a subsidiary of TC&W
Operates over 37 miles of track from Milbank to Sisseton, SD

12. Our customers can connect to the North American Rail Network through Four Class 1 Railroads:

13. TC&W, MPL & SMRR Shuttles Commodities handled include:
grains, fertilizers, ethanol, DDG’s, sugar, beet pulp pellets, lumber, canned and frozen vegetables, butter, salt, coal, crushed rock, chemicals and tallows
Additional services include:
car storage, transloading and railcar repair

14. TC&W, MPL & SMRR Operates a fleet of approximately 650 railcars
Fleet consists of primarily covered hoppers and boxcars

15. Twin Cities & Western Railroad
TCW has approximately 85 employees. Our accounting department has 6 employees – Lori Koelln is our Director Car Accounting & Utilization- Katie Masog is our Director of Accounting

16. Twin Cities & Western Railroad
Our Headquarters are located in Glencoe, MN

17. Operation Lifesaver
We have been involved in Operation Lifesaver since 1993
International organization that educates citizens about rail safety
Works in conjunction with federal, state and local governments agencies, highway safety organizations, and railroads

18. Twin Cities & Western Railroad
In a 2013 study, a survey of 20 of our largest customers showed: -almost $1.5 billion of our customers products were shipped via TC&W annually -they have an estimated 2,660 employees with combined annual wages of over $111 million as well as $9.5 million in health care benefits

19. TC&W, MPL and SMRR customers have shipped products to or from
40 US States 6 Canadian Provinces 4 States in Mexico Oversea export markets

20. Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company
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