(Source: Associated Press, November 30, 2015)
HELENA, Mont. — Plans to build a $400 million railroad to haul coal from a proposed mine on the Montana-Wyoming border were put on indefinite hold Wednesday because of delays in obtaining a mining permit and a weakening coal market, officials said. The Tongue River Railroad Co. requested that the Surface Transportation Board suspend the permitting process for the 42-mile line that would run from the proposed Otter Creek Mine in Powder River Basin to Colstrip. From there, coal trains would connect with existing railways to U.S. markets and West Coast ports for export, according to the company’s preferred route.
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