D&I Railroad

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D&I Railroad
standard gauge
Length138 miles (222 km)[1]
Other
Websitehttps://www.lgeverist.com/dirailroad/

The D&I Railroad (DAIR) (also nicknamed the Dakota and Iowa Railroad)

Dell Rapids.[4]

The D&I has a

Milwaukee Road’s bankruptcy and subsequent abandonment of unprofitable lines.[5][6][7][8][9]

Name

The D&I is sometimes also referred to as the Dakota and Iowa Railroad or the Dale and Irene Railroad. However, the official name is only the D&I Railroad, with the Dakota and Iowa or Dale and Irene being only nicknames.[2]

Trackage

The D&I operates from Dell Rapids, SD to Sioux City, IA via company-owned trackage and via trackage rights with BNSF Railway.[10]

The D&I operates company-owned trackage from Dell Rapids to Sioux Falls, where it connects with the BNSF Madison Subdivision. Heading south via trackage rights on BNSF’s Madison Subdivision and Canton Subdivision, It connects to trackage from Canton, South Dakota to Elk Point, South Dakota that is owned by the State of South Dakota and operated by D&I. Along this trackage is a siding servicing a POET biorefinery near Hudson, SD that produces ethanol, DDG, and corn oil.[3] Otherwise, D&I uses this trackage primarily to haul products down to Sioux City, Iowa via a connection with BNSF's Aberdeen Subdivision in Elk Point. Most of these products are loaded onto barges alongside the Missouri River (typically at or near Big Soo Terminal).[5][7][6] At Sioux City, The D&I is able to connect to the BNSF Railway, the Canadian National Railway, and the Union Pacific Railroad due to a trackage agreement for BNSF's Aberdeen Subdivision.[1]

The D&I also operates a former Chicago and Northwestern branch line from Hawarden, Iowa to Beresford, South Dakota, which is also owned by the State of South Dakota.[5]

Roster

As of August 2021:[4]

  • Gondola cars (170)
  • Control Flow Ballast cars (60+)
  • Pneumatic Open-Top Hopper cars (390+)
  • Locomotives (18)

References

  1. ^ a b "Dakota and Iowa Railroad DAIR #211". www.up.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "and then there's the more obscure flare". Trainorders.com Discussion. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ^ a b "Hudson, SD - POET". poet.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ^ a b "L. G. Everist, Inc - Our Companies". www.lgeverist.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ .
  6. ^ a b I-29 Improvements in Sioux City, Woodbury County: Environmental Impact Statement. 2009. pp. 3–.
  7. ^ a b Addressing Surface Transportation Needs in Rural America: Field Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, August 10, 2009. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1 January 2010.
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  9. ^ Transportation Practitioners Journal. Association of Transportation Practitioners. 1990.
  10. ^ "L. G. Everist, Inc - D&I Railroad". www.lgeverist.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

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