A combination of federal and state grants will allow the Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad to continue upgrades on its rail across the state. The grants, along with some money from the railroad, total just over twelve million dollars, and will be used for a new siding near Phillip, and track upgrades near Huron. South Dakota State Rail Board Chairman Todd Yeaton of Kimball says it is another big step for that short line railroad…
Yeaton says the upgrades will have an impact both east and west of the river…
Yeaton says the track upgrades are needed as traffic increases from Huron east through Brookings…
Other rail upgrades are underway on lines from Chamberlain west, and from Napa Junction in Yankton County west into Bon Homme County.