Even though demand for rail cars is down, and traffic from the oil patch in western North Dakota has slumped, elevators are reporting that grain car costs are rising. Some are seeing as much as a forty cent per bushel surcharge.
South Dakota Senator John Thune says they are hearing the same reports…..

Thune, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, says the trend doesn’t seem to be following supply and demand…..

Thune says he will ask the Surface Transportation Board to monitor the situation.