The Associated Press reports the Surface Transportation Board is hosting a series of public meetings in Lame Deer for its environmental review of the proposed Tongue River Railroad.
The $490 million line from Miles City to south of Ashland could haul up to 20 million tons per annum.
That is equal to about half of Montana’s coal production.
AP reports the long-stalled railroad was bought last year by BNSF Railway, Arch Coal and billionaire Forrest Mars Jr.
The project has faced decades of delay due to court challenges and financial hurdles.
