PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota State Railroad Board is updated this week on a number of rail projects in the state. Jack Dokken, the Department of Transportation’s Program Manger for Air, Rail and Transit says the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern has been working on track in the Midland area of Haakon County…
The rebuild of the Pierre to Rapid City subdivision is still in the environmental review stage. Rail Board member Jerry Cope questioned Dokken about the welding of track sections versus the use of continuously welded rail…
The R-C-P and E will be responsible for costs outside of any grant or state funding. Jerry Vest with the R-C-P and E says even with C-W-R some cuts and welds will be need on what officials call, the Big Project…
Vest assured Cope that the quality of the welded rail segments on the Midland project would be equal to the quality of the rail to be installed on the rebuild of the P-R-C sub.
