Article: CP purchase of DM&E wins STB approval.(industry outlook)(Canadian Pacific Ltd.)(Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corp.)(Surface Transportation Board)(Brief article)

A new rail line to the Powder River Basin coalfields came a step closer Sept. 30 with the Surface Transportation Board's announcement that it has conditionally approved the Canadian Pacific's application to acquire the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corp. Environmental issues remain to be resolved. STB's decision came 13 months after CP announced that it proposed to buy DM&E for nearly $1.5 billion in cash in a deal that could approach $2.5 billion. The board said its decision "addressed the potential environmental impacts of future coal train movements over the lines operated by CP and/or ...

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