Rail issues this fall?

[Rareearth]

> Minnesota Asking For Fed Help With Rail Delays: Governor Mark Dayton has asked the US Surface and Transportation Board to pressure railroads for more clarity and accountability on grain shipment backlogs. Dayton says the railroads have failed to adequately explain why they can not make more railcars available to move agricultural products and that farmers need to know the railroads’ plans to with it. He pointed out that BNSF’s last weekly report accounted for 2,671 grain cars among a fleet of 25,313, and asks “What is the status of the other 90% of cars not addressed in the report.” Going into this year’s expected record harvest, it’s estimated 100 million bushels of last season’s grain is still in state grain elevators, with another 100 million bushels stored on farm awaiting shipment.