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South Dakota looks to offload government-owned Napa railroad

State transportation authority aims to activate former Milwaukee Road line with potential sale

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Jonathan Ellis
Oct 12, 2025
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NAPA JUNCTION – There’s a clear demarcation between two privately and publicly owned rail lines in southeast South Dakota.

But it’s not just the overgrown tracks that differentiate the state-owned rail from the nearby BNSF Railway track also running northwest of Yankton.

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