The Winona Subdivision or Winona Sub is a railway line operated by Union Pacific Railroad. The Union Pacific owns of rail in downtown Winona, Minnesota.Winona Intermodal Final Study State of Minnesota Department of Transportation, June 2002 The UP reaches Winona using the River Subdivision and Tomah Subdivision of the Canadian Pacific Railway.Glishinski, Steve, Soo River Line. Pacific Rail News. March 1992 Issue 340 The railroad services the Winona Terminal area on the Mississippi River.Murray, David - Port of Winona Sees Strong Barge Year, Improves Port Waterways Journal, April 23, 2018
This was the original starting point of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad. It became the starting point for the Chicago and North Western Railway Minnesota Division, and then their Dakota Division.Chicago and North Western Railway Track diagram, 1959 The C&NW sold off most of the Dakota division to the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. It kept the downtown Winona trackage to switch the barge terminal and businesses. The track from Tunnel City, Wisconsin to the Winona Rail Bridge eventually was abandoned when the tunnel collapsed in March 1973. The Chicago and North Western rerouted to the older Milwaukee tunnel. The CNW route, to Onalaska and Winona, is now abandoned west of the 1910 tunnel. The Winona Rail bridge was no longer used by 1977 and the swing span was removed in 1980.Farrey, Karriann - Winona: Sites then and now Winona Daily News, September 29, 2018 The Union Pacific Railroad, which purchased the C&NW, has trackage rights from Tunnel City through La Crosse on the Canadian Pacific track.Trains Hotspots: LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN . Trains Magazine, September 2014Railfan & Railroad. United States: Carstens Publications, 2001. These rights date from the C&NW tunnel collapse in 1973.
The office is located at 50 Harvester Avenue in Winona.
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