Despite a drop in oil train shipments out of the region, grain elevators are finding costs to ship grain by rail are rising.
Todd Yeaton manages a grain loading facility in Kimball, and says while it is not as tight as a few years ago, it is still a scramble to put a grain train together…..

Yeaton says export demand is driving the costs for rail shipments…..

Yeaton says the railroads are also having some internal issues….

Both the BNSF and Union Pacific railroads have laid off workers, and parked cars and power units due to a drop in business.