From there Union Pacific's rails continue southwest toward Sioux City, Iowa, as the railroad's Worthington Subdivision.
[1] The Union Pacific Montgomery Subdivision and the defunct Chaska Industrial Lead begin at a point named Merriam between Jordan and Carver.
[2][3] The line is primarily dispatched via track warrant control, but also has automatic block signaling from the junction at Merriam to Mankato.
North of Chestnut Street and farther into the Merriam Park Subdivision, trains use centralized traffic control.
The predecessor of the Omaha Road Bridge Number 15 was completed over the Mississippi to extend the line to St.