Fargo Division Local Train Brief

 

Train:                          No 461 Dilworth – McHenry – Cooperstown*

                                    No 480 Cooperstown – Dilworth

 

Frequency:                   Tuesday and Friday – Dilworth to McHenry to Cooperstown.

Wednesday and Saturday – Cooperstown to Dilworth.

 

Purpose:                       Serve any and all stations west of West Fargo with occasional side trip to Valley City

 

Traffic Handled:            Lumber, petroleum products, grain, various items of LCL, cream, fertilizer, gravel, machinery.

 

Schedule:                      On duty – Dilworth 6:30 AM                Cooperstown 6:15 AM

 

Connection:                  None (main line trains on arrival Dilworth)

 

Terminal Handling:        Ordinarily set out west cars at Berea – east cars to Dilworth.

 

On Line

Performance:                Local switching – service supplemented at times on main line by Valley City Switch Run.

 

* Train 462 will operate as train 462 from McHenry to Cooperstown but will not be reported as a separate train.

 

 

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