The South Dakota Railroad Board will meet next week in the hopes of finding an agreement on reopening a long closed rail line. Rail Board Chairman Todd Yeaton of Highmore says they are closer to getting all the parties interested in the Napa to Platte line on the same page…
Yeaton says they have a tentative agreement, but have to hammer out the details…
The board had ordered the Napa-Platte Regional Rail Authority, Wagner Native Ethanol and the Dakota Southern Railroad to get together and work something out.Yeaton says he has seen real progress in the last couple of months…
The rail line runs from western Yankton County to Platte, and has not had regular service since the 1980’s.