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Official: transfer stations ‘unsafe’

(The following article by Peter J. Sampson was posted on the Bergen Record website on December 14.) NEWARK, N.J. — A state official testified Tuesday that the enclosed waste-transfer stations the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. is building in...

DM&E paid Thune about $220,000 for lobbying work

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 11.) RAPID CITY, S.D. — Senate records show that John Thune received in the neighborhood of $220,000 in lobbying fees from the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad before he was elected to...

DM&E project may bring big changes in S.D.

(The following article by Leta Nolan Childers was posted on the Capital Journal website on November 9.) PIERRE, S.D. — Traffic at the “S” curve on Sioux Avenue will never look the same once the street is changed to accommodate increased traffic by Dakota,...

Rail project seeks $2.5 billion in funding

(Reuters circulated the following article on November 7.) NEW YORK — The biggest U.S. railroad project in a century could get under way next year and ease transport constraints from the primary U.S. coal-mining region, a railroad executive said on Monday....

CEO: DM&E rail project could start next year

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Dennis Gale on November 8.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — If the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s application for a $2.5 billion federal loan for a three-year coal train project is approved and...

In DM&E, backers see jobs, prosperity

(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on November 6.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rail boss Kevin Schieffer and Sen. John Thune toured South Dakota on Saturday announcing a plan to seek a $2.5 billion federal loan to reconstruct...