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Slowdown In Rail Transportation

Slowdown In Rail Transportation

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Railroad transportation issues are affecting all types of commodity shipments in South Dakota.

Todd Yeaton of Kimball is Chair of the South Dakota Railroad Commission, and says the slowdown has been building for months…

 

Yeaton, who also manages the Liberty Gavilon grain loading facility in Kimball, is seeing the problem first hand…

 

South Dakota’s Congressional delegation is getting involved now in making contact with railroad companies. Yeaton says he isn’t sure how much help that will be…

 

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a hearing in Washington on those rail issues this Thursday.

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