Sen. Thune is still optimistic about the DM&E railroad expansion:
The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's proposed coal train project has run into a bit of trouble, including rejection of a $2.3 billion Federal Railroad Administration loan request, opposition from some landowners and cities along the route and a legal problem with eminent domain.
But South Dakota Senator John Thune, a longtime supporter of the $6 billion project, says he thinks it will be built.
"And the reason I think it will is because the economics of it are so compelling," Thune told The Associated Press in an interview
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