Minnesota · MnDOT Office of Freight & Commercial Vehicle Operations
Minnesota Rail Service Improvement
Compiled from public research and not yet independently re-verified against a primary source. Figures below should be confirmed before you rely on them for an application.
Overview
Umbrella program covering Freight Rail Economic Development grants, Rail Purchase Assistance, Rail Rehabilitation low/no-interest loans, Capital Improvement Loans, a Rail User & Rail Carrier Loan Guarantee (up to 90%), and a State Rail Bank for line acquisition/preservation. Reimbursements revolve back into the account. No fixed cycle stated.
Uses
- Track Rehabilitation
- Line Acquisition
- Industrial Spur
- Equipment Acquisition
Funding
2026 awardsclosedno fixed deadline
2024 awardsclosedno fixed deadline
2023 awardsclosedno fixed deadline
2022 awardsclosedno fixed deadline
2021 awardsclosedno fixed deadline
Eligibility
- Shipper
Restricted to applicants in Minnesota.
Terms
- Mechanism: Competitive Grant
- SAM.gov registration: required
Track Record
- Funded, on record
- 32 awards
- Total awarded, on record
- $22,967,563
- Win rate, on record
- 38% (32 of 84 decisions)
- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)$1,873,592 · FY2022
- Minnesota Northern Railroad Company$1,565,451 · FY2024
- Duluth Seaway Port Authority$1,155,701 · FY2022
- Meadowland Farmers Co-op$1,106,942 · FY2024
- Denco II LLC$1,000,000 · FY2026
Recipients
- Unclassified · 32
- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)$1,873,592 · 1 award
- Duluth Seaway Port Authority$1,803,182 · 2 awards
- Minnesota Northern Railroad Company$1,565,451 · 1 award
- American Crystal Sugar Company$1,230,000 · 2 awards
- Meadowland Farmers Co-op$1,106,942 · 1 award
- Denco II LLC$1,000,000 · 1 award
- JMJ Properties$1,000,000 · 1 award
- Central Farm Service$1,000,000 · 1 award
- Heartland Corn Products$1,000,000 · 1 award
- Lake Agassiz Bean, LLC$900,000 · 1 award
- Cloquet Terminal Railroad Co, Inc.$840,000 · 1 award
- Carleton Capital$838,865 · 1 award
- Farmers Grain Terminal - Thief River Falls$820,000 · 1 award
- Minnesota Commercial Railway$809,184 · 2 awards
- Minnesota Northern Railroad$750,000 · 1 award
- Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company$690,000 · 1 award
- F.W. Cobs Company, Inc.$641,153 · 1 award
- City of Little Falls$613,600 · 1 award
- Progressive Rail Inc.$609,357 · 1 award
- City of Newfolden$600,000 · 1 award
- KT Transload LLC$536,181 · 1 award
- Central Region Cooperative$500,000 · 1 award
- Sanimax USA, LLC$400,000 · 1 award
- Northern Lines Railroad$381,443 · 1 award
- Red River Grain Company$339,118 · 1 award
- Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad Authority$322,145 · 1 award
- Minnesota Commercial RR$301,350 · 1 award
- Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company$250,000 · 1 award
- DeRock Capital Group, LLC$246,000 · 1 award
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