Associated Press: A mining company plans to construct a $10 million railroad loading terminal near Tomah to ship fracking sand to new markets.
Texas-based Smart Sand Inc.'s plans call for nearly 7 miles of looped track that could accommodate four trains longer than 1.5 miles, the La Crosse Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/29ol2G4 ).
The facility would handle sand from the company's 1,118-acre mine in nearby Oakdale. The mine sits along Canadian Pacific tracks, which provide a connection to North Dakota oil wells....