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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by beaulieu [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by beaulieu ....the agreement prohibits the movement of export grain via Aberdeen to the PNW, [/quote] That sounds kind of fishy. Doesn't federal statute prohibit restrictions to interstate commerce? DM&E currently sends it's PNW-bound grain trains via BNSF, is this now going to end? [quote]QUOTE: and only Dakota Shortline, Dakota Southern, and D&I get access to other railroads at Sioux City. [/quote] What are the "other" railroads at Sioux City? UP? KCS? CN? [quote]QUOTE: DM&E, Dakota Southern, and Dakota Shortline can access the DMV&W, and hence CP, at Aberdeen. [/quote] But not for export grain? Wasn't the stand taken by the State intended to avoid the whole "Montana problem" regarding captive grain shipping rates to the Pacific Rim? [quote]QUOTE: DM&E cannot interchange Coal?, Intermodal?, or export grain via CP-UP. [/quote] If this is true, and the feds uphold this deal, the State f****d up big time. Welcome to Montana's economic hell, South Dakota! [/quote] The other railroads at Sioux City are CN and UP. While some of the grain does move east, the best prices are to the Pacific Rim countries. The three shortlines will come out on this deal, but they don't represent much of a loss to BNSF, The DM&E gets very little. Possibly some grain for Duluth, and small amounts of inbound material, like paper etc. will move via Aberdeen gateway. Basically the BNSF will get all the export grain to the west coast, while giving up a very small amount moving to domestic flour mills, and loses participation in the aggregate movements off of the D&I. [/quote] I'm still curious as to how PNW grain exports can be limited to BNSF interchange only. I know that currently DM&E sends it's Pacific Rim grain trains via BNSF anyway, so from a practical standpoint it should be a fairly moot point, but wouldn't federal interstate commerce law supercede a restrictive caveat if DM&E or one of the other shortlines wanted to interchange PNW grain trains with CP via Aberdeen? Doesn't DM&E or DS also have a prior UP or CP interchange not dependent on this agreement, e.g. somewhere other than Aberdeen or Sioux City?
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