Hogan and Hartson lawyer George Mayo Jr. admits that several people have expressed interest at building on the Cowboy Line. One, it is shorter. Minn. A Cowboy Line coal route could use rail links that send traffic directly to Chicago. It's a huge advantage, Schieffer says. It's the Holy Grail.
Railroads go to Chicago.
The Cowboy Line, across much of its length, has been converted to a bike trail. The CNW railroad looked at hauling coal out of the Powder River Basin across the Cowboy Line in the late 1970s, said Jerry Conlan, the former senior vice president for the Chicago Northwestern. Like the Chicago Northwestern in 1979, Schieffer is running up against serious financial concerns of his own today. If I pass that cup now, nobody would put any money into it until we see some real progress. That would be a completed environmental statement.