Hinckley Subdivision

The Hinckley Subdivision is a railway line that connects the Twin Cities to the Twin Ports in Minnesota and Wisconsin. This line was originally built by the Great Northern railroad. It branches north off the Staples Subdivision At Coon Creek junction in Coon Rapids, MN, and ends at Boylston junction where the tracks run to Duluth/Superior (The Twin Ports) via the Lakes subdivision.

Hinckley Subdivision
A BNSF EMD SD70ACe leads an empty taconite train through Nickerson, Minnesota.
Overview
OwnerBNSF Railway
Service
TypeFreight rail
Operator(s)BNSF Railway
Technical
Line length136.9 mi (220.3 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed50 mph (80 km/h)
Route map

Boylston
Lakes Subdivision
24.5
Foxboro, Wisconsin
Wisconsin/Minnesota border
Holyoke, Minnesota
36.6
Nickerson
St. Lawrence River Divide
Duquette
Kerrick
48.9
Bruno
57.2
Askov
Kettle River
63.1
Sandstone
72.3
Hinckley
to St. Croix Valley RR, old NP line
80.1
Brook Park
80.5
Mora Junction
Henriette
91.3
Grasston
Snake River
96.7
Braham
107.4
Cambridge
113.0
Isanti
119.0
Bethel
125.2
Cedar
131.0
Andover
136.9
Coon Creek
Staples Subdivision
Staples Subdivision

BNSF is the operator of the Hinckley sub. Union Pacific & CPKC also run frequent traffic via trackage rights. The CN had trackage rights in the past until it bought out Wisconsin Central Railway, which now allows them to run traffic up to the twin ports via their own route, the Superior subdivision.

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