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| Reporting mark | PGR |
| Locale | Minnesota |
| Dates of operation | 1996– |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) |
| Headquarters | Lakeville, Minnesota |
Progressive Rail Inc. (reporting mark PGR), headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota (a southern suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul), is a short line railroad operating several branches including the Airlake Terminal Railway. Not all segments physically connect. The branches are listed as follows:
Progressive Rail also acquired the Wisconsin Northern Division in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and operates as a separately-named division. They also own the Central Midland Railway in Missouri.
The railroad originally started in 1996 serving the Airlake Industrial Park. In 2001, they leased the ex-Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway "High Line" in Bloomington and Richfield and started rebuilding the track. The company's philosophy has been to provide service that a large railway chooses not to provide. They have also focused on economic development, including finding new customers, and working on regaining former rail customers along their lines. This strategy has paid off in an increase in traffic, from 600 carloads in their first year of operation to more than 5000 carloads in 2003.
Major commodities include: resins, chemicals, fuels, lumber, gypsum board, cement, fly-ash, metals, paper, machinery, food and kindred products, scrap materials, and consumer products.
Progressive Rail also operates a wholly owned subsidiary, Progressive Rail Specialized Logistics, that provides rail logistics services for machinery and over-dimensional freight shippers.
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