Don’t Get Railroaded!

Rail construction projects proposed by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) Railroad and its new owner, Canadian Pacific Railway,  have raised a variety of local concerns in Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming. People along the DM&E main line and its proposed coal expansion route have banded together to defend their rights.

The rail projects pose:

• A threat to our safety
• A threat to our quality of life
• A threat to our property rights
• A threat to our environment

Track the Truth is a clearinghouse for news and information about DM&E, Canadian Pacific and the communities impacted by the proposed rail projects.

The railroads have a two-stage plan to ramp up train traffic:

1. Transform the existing main line – from Wall, S.D., to Minnesota City, near Winona, Minn. – into a high-speed freight corridor.

• Train speeds up to 60 mph.
• Maximized train traffic to pay off the investment.
• Unlimited volumes of poisonous, flammable, explosive and other hazardous materials.

2. Expand to serve coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. 

• Up to 43 additional unit trains hauling coal to power plants.
• Coal dust from open-hopper coal cars.
• More diesel fumes, train noise, vibration, traffic delays and risk of train accidents, including a hazardous-material catastrophe. 

Wonder what a Coal Train Sounds Like?

Imagine this 1.5-mile-long train barreling through your community up to 50 times a day.