Uptown 1994
A westbound TC&W train is about to cross Humboldt Ave. on the old Milwaukee Road double track across south Minneapolis. The old mainline didn't see much action by this time and the westbound TC&W freight was about the most reliable move to be found. In a few years the TC&W would be rerouted up to Cedar Lake Jct. and across the river on BNSF to reach St. Paul and this trackage would be removed and the corridor transformed into the Midtown Greenway bicycle path. This stretch from Uptown to Hiawatha Ave, is also under consideration as a future light rail route.
December 12, 1994.
Uptown 1994
A westbound TC&W train is about to cross Humboldt Ave. on the old Milwaukee Road double track across south Minneapolis. The old mainline didn't see much action by this time and the westbound TC&W freight was about the most reliable move to be found. In a few years the TC&W would be rerouted up to Cedar Lake Jct. and across the river on BNSF to reach St. Paul and this trackage would be removed and the corridor transformed into the Midtown Greenway bicycle path. This stretch from Uptown to Hiawatha Ave, is also under consideration as a future light rail route.
December 12, 1994.