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Article: DM&E Announces $1.2 Billion Plan to Expand Into Powder River Basin And Rebuild Existing Track
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- PR Newswire
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- June 9, 1997
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Project Provides Significant Benefits to Communities
BROOKINGS, S.D. and CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) today announced plans to build approximately 250 miles of new railroad as an extension from the DM&E's existing line into the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and rebuild approximately 650 miles of its existing track to modern standards. The rebuilding and expansion of the line into the Powder River Basin, one of the richest deposits of low-sulfur coal in the world, promises to transform the DM&E into a Class-I railroad, making it an important link in the U.S. energy transportation ...