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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal $700 million? That'd pay for a nice rail link between the DM&E and MRL. Add a little more and MRL can be extended west to a logical West Coast port, [/quote] And how much is a little more to get from Spokane to tidewater? At any rate, if DM&E is having plenty of trouble in getting $2.5 billion loaned to them to get to the Powder River Basin, what makes you think that connecting with MRL would be any cheaper or easier, let alone build a West Coast extension from Spokane? [/quote] DM&E isn't having trouble getting the money approved, they're having trouble getting the NIMBY's off their back so they can get started ASAP. There is no reason to believe that MRL couldn't get a similar loan to build into Montana's PRB (and in the process connect to DM&E). And luckily, there's no high falutin clinic between Rapid City and Billings to stall that idea. Spokane to tidewater, say Tacoma, for the most part woud involve relaying the PCE and connecting to Tacoma's city owned rail line. The State of Washington is already involved in rail ownership and maintenance responsibility, and the State does own most of the PCE corridor.
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