Governor Dennis Daugaard met with Surface Transportation Board members and railroad company officials recently about the shortage of rail cars in South Dakota. Railroad shipment issues for ag commodities have been causing problems for producers and elevators. The Governor says rail companies have indicated they will release plans to fix the back log of rail cars soon.
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Daugaard says everyone impacted by the rail car issue would like to see it resolved.
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He cites a few different reasons for the rail car problem–from last year’s record grain numbers to a transfer of ownership of a rail-line from Canadian Pacific to Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad.
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Officials want to solve the rail car shortage before this year’s harvest causes