Kent McMillan, post: 398178, member: 3 wrote: No, but there is a narrow-gauge line that runs from Fort Stockton to Presidio that the State of Texas bought and which seemed a gigantic boondogle at the time considering how much it would cost to upgrade the line for commercial freight service.
Correction: That line runs from San Angelo to Presidio and the track is reportedly standard gauge, not narrow gauge. The operating speeds reported are in the range of 10mph to 25mph, so the condition of the track is not tremendously good. The railroad is operated under a 40-year lease by a Mexican company, Texas Pacifico Transportation. It presently stops at the Rio Grande after the railroad bridge to Mexico burned about eight years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Pacifico_Transportation
Back to the Dakota pipeline. while its been argued the pipeline does not enter the Sioux Reservation, technically true, it does enter the unceded Sioux territory per an 1851 treaty. I thought USA was done making agreements w. Native Americans then breaking them when convenient. 