March 9, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Peter Harriman was posted on the Sioux Falls Argus Leader website on March 9.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — When the Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad applied for a $2.3 billion federal loan, Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., opposed it as...
March 7, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 6.) GILLETTE, Wyo. — A landowner said in a District Court hearing that he and other landowners put off dealing with a railroad’s land acquisition efforts until the company could prove that a rail...
March 5, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 5.) MINNEAPOLIS — Washington turned down the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad’s request for a loan for the biggest U.S. rail expansion in decades. Will Wall Street be kinder? DM&E...
February 28, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Elizabeth Williamson was posted on the Washington Post website on February 28.) WASHINGTON — The federal government killed a $2.3 billion railway loan after opponents attacked Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), because he was the railway’s...
February 28, 2007 | FRA, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Josh Funk on February 27.) OMAHA, Neb. — Hundreds of millions of tons of coal are hauled from northeast Wyoming each year as fast as the nation’s two largest railroads can carry it away. But Union Pacific...
February 22, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 21.) WASHINGTON — The Rochester Coalition and the Mayo Clinic have filed a lawsuit seeking the financial records of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. DM&E wants a two-point-three...
February 21, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Frederic J. Frommer on February 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Rochester Coalition and the Mayo Clinic filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking the financial records of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, which...
February 15, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica and Fortress Investment Group issued the following news release on February 14.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. and Fortress Investment Group LLC today announced the completion of the merger in which RailAmerica has been acquired by certain...
February 2, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Frederic J. Frommer on February 1.) WASHINGTON — Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday that it will be tough to block the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s planned coal train project in the Senate, but...
February 2, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on February 1.) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern’s top executive said on Thursday it is seeking private funding for a project to haul Powder River Basin coal now that a ruling on a...
