State Senator Rob Kupec sponsored two railroad safety bills in the Minnesota Legislature this session. One provision would limit train length to less than 8,500 feet. “When I’ve checked, there are no ag facilities within the state of Minnesota that can load trains of that length,” said Kupec. “Most grain trains are 110 or 120 cars, well short of this (total) so it really would not have any impact on that. Also, with longer trains, we don’t have the sidings and it sometimes congests traffic.” Monday, May 20, is the last day of the Minnesota legislative session.
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