The Otter Tail Valley Railroad is a Class III

Class III

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 railroad operating 64 miles (103 km) of track between Moorhead, Minnesota

Moorhead, Minnesota

Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the largest city in northwest Minnesota. The population was 38,065 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Clay County....

 and Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Fergus Falls is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,138 at the 2010 census.-Today:...

, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake.

The railroad began operations in 1986 on former Burlington Northern, ex Great Northern Railway track between Moorhead and Collegeville, Minnesota, interchanging with Burlington Northern. The railroad abandoned the approximately 80 miles (128.7 km) of track between Collegeville and Fergus Falls in 1992.

Below is a chart of all OTVR line past and present.

In 2008, the railroad handled approximately 10,000 carloads, principally outbound grain and inbound coal.

Otter Tail Valley Railroad is owned by RailAmerica

RailAmerica

RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada....

, having been acquired in 1996.


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