Otter Tail Valley Railroad

Fergus Falls station
Overview
Parent company	Genesee and Wyoming
Headquarters	Fergus Falls,Minnesota
Reporting mark	OTVR
Locale	Minnesota
Dates of operation	1986–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge
Length	74 miles (119 km)
Other
Website	www.gwrr.com/otvr/
Route map Legend toHillsboro Subdivision Red River spur toGeorgetown Fargo Sub to Minneapolis South toBreckenridge Sabin Baker ToDowner Barnesville Rothsay UNDER I-94 Fergus Falls Dalton Ashby Evansville Brandon Garfield Alexandria Soo Line Osakis West Union Sauk Centre Melrose Freeport Soo Line Albany Avon Collegeville St. Joseph Now Northern Lines to St. Cloud Sauk River Waite Park to St Cloud

TheOtter Tail Valley Railroad (reporting markOTVR) is aClass III railroad operating 74 miles (119 km)^[1] of track betweenMoorhead, Minnesota, andFergus Falls, Minnesota, and short branch lines from Fergus Falls to French and from Fergus Falls to Hoot Lake.

The railroad began operations in 1986^[2] on formerBurlington Northern, exGreat Northern Railway track between Moorhead andAvon, Minnesota, interchanging with Burlington Northern. The railroad abandoned the 96 miles (154 km) of track between Avon and Fergus Falls in February 1991.^[3]

In 2008, the railroad handled approximately 10,000 carloads, principally outbound grain and inbound coal.^[2]

Otter Tail Valley Railroad is owned byGenesee & Wyoming, having been acquired in 2012. As of 2023, OTVR can hold up to 286,000 pounds of supplies.^[4]

• "Information About Minnesota's Railroads"(PDF).Minnesota's Railroads. 2006. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 28, 2007.
• "Otter Tail Valley Railroad (OTVR)".Genesee & Wyoming.

• Minnesota railroads
• RailAmerica
• Spin-offs of the Burlington Northern Railroad
• Fergus Falls, Minnesota
• Genesee & Wyoming