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Article: DM&E selects Powder River Basin route. (Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern freight rail lines to expand in coal-producing area)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Railway Age
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern, in an attempt to join Burlington Northern and Santa Fe and Union Pacific as a third carrier into Wyoming's coal-rich Powder River Basin, has selected a route around the Black Hills to extend its line from South Dakota to the coal fields, approximately 40 miles south of Gillette. This route, which DM&E says will give it access to more and better quality coal in the southern Powder River Basin, was one of three possible choices when it announced a $1.2 billion expansion plan in June (RA, July 1997, p. 65).
According to DM&E President and CEO Kevin V. Schieffer, the southern corridor "will provide greater flexibility in dealing with ...