New Railport Being Considered At Beach, ND (Southwestern North Dakota)

Beach, ND, railport is being considered, debated in this little town in far southwestern North Dakota. Data point (from The Dickinson Press):

• $65 million facility
• multiple use: sand, pipe, oil
• designed to bring trucks in / out on west side of Beach
• near the Carlyle, MT, exit -- 1.3 miles to the west of the proposed facility property line
• would be built in phases; first phase, commodities, by fall 2015
• 23 trains pass through the town daily (now); increased traffic by one train daily