Progressive Rail, Inc.

Progressive Rail Inc. (reporting mark PGR) is a shortline railroad and owner of several other shortlines. PGR is directly operating several separate branches in Minnesota including the Airlake Terminal Railway. Progressive Rail also acquired the Wisconsin Northern Division in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and operates as a separately-named division. They also own the Chicago Junction Railroad, Clackamas Valley Railway, the Iowa Traction Railway and Iowa Southern Railway in Iowa, the Piedmont & Northern Railroad, the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad in Illinois, the St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad, and the Wisconsin Northern Railroad.

Progressive Rail, Inc.
Overview
HeadquartersLakeville, Minnesota
Reporting markPGR
LocaleMinnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Dates of operation1996–
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
WebsiteProgressive Rail, Inc.
Progressive Rail Specialized Logistics
"Cannon Valley Railroad" redirects here. For the abandoned Cannon Valley railroad line, see Cannon Valley Trail § History. For the closed heritage railroad, see Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad.

Progressive Rail is also known as the Cannon Valley Railroad (reporting mark CVRC).[1]

The PGR branches are listed as follows:

Progressive Rail train in Northfield, Minnesota

History

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota (a southern suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul), Progressive Rail, Inc. was established in 1996 to initially serve the Airlake Industrial Park. In 2001, they leased the former Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway "High Line" in Bloomington and Richfield and started restoring trackage.[3] The company's philosophy has been to provide service that a large railway chooses not to provide. They have also focused on economic development, including finding new customers, and working on regaining former rail customers along their lines. This strategy has paid off in an increase in traffic, from 600 carloads in their first year of operation to more than 5000 carloads in 2003.[4]

Major commodities include resins, chemicals, fuels, lumber, gypsum board, cement, fly-ash, metals, paper, machinery, food and kindred products, scrap material, and consumer products.

Progressive Rail, Inc. also operates wholly owned subsidiary Progressive Rail Specialized Logistics, which provides rail logistics services for machinery and over-dimensional freight shippers.[5]

Locomotive roster
Locomotive model Road number
EMD SW1500 34
36
37
38
67
74
2347
EMD SD39 40
EMD SD40-2 41
43
EMD SD38-2 42
EMD GP15-1 1500
1501
EMD GP40-2 6211

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References
  1. "UP: Cannon Valley Rail Co. CVRC #186".
  2. "Jesse James Line" (PDF). progressiverail.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. Black, Sam (August 26, 2001). "Progressive Rail buys Southwest Line". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  4. Weyer, Jake (March 23, 2003). "Short-rail line tracks growth". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  5. "Progressive Rail Specialized Logistics official site". Archived from the original on 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2006-06-18.
  6. "Progressive Rail".
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