Canadian Pacific Railroad and the Kansas City Southern have announced plans to merge in a twenty-nine-billion-dollar deal, creating a rail network from Canada to Mexico.
Todd Yeaton, manager of Gavilon Grain in Kimball, and former Chairman of the South Dakota State Railroad Board, says while not impacting the state directly, the merger will create a big rail network…
Yeaton says South Dakota is between two rail marketing zones…
Yeaton says the R-C & P rail line from Huron through Brookings into Minnesota does make some connections with the new rail system…
Yeaton says the merger may lead to better grain shipping prices out of the state.
