System-Wide
Monthly Update #6
11, June 2008
The 2008 program has been supplemented by the addition of $12 million in capital made available through a loan from the CP Railroad. This loan will enable the Company to add three more rail projects plus a bridge project on the Onida sub to strengthen all the bridges to 286k loading. Flooding in early May on the Marquette and River subs and currently on the Mason City, Marquette, River, Kansas City, PRC and Black Hills subs have tested the vigilance of the crews on both properties, however the engineering crews have performed admirably returning the tracks to service as quickly as humanly possible.
The rail projects that will be added with the supplemental capital are all on the DM&E and are as follows
¨ Seven and ½ miles of new
136# CWR on the Huron sub between MP 318 and MP 326 through the town of
¨ Seven and ½ miles of new
136# CWR between MP 336 and MP 349 though the town of
¨ Seven and ½ miles of new
136# CWR on the
To
date we have installed
¨ Over 8 track miles of rail
have already been installed on the two properties as of this date
¨ Over 85,000 ties have
already been installed by the two Company tie crews and the Colo crew as of
this date!
¨ Other projects for 2008
capital projects will be detailed further on the following pages.