Burlington Out Now v. Burlington Northern, Inc.

DONALDSON, Justice.

Respondent Burlington Northern, Inc.,1 in its overall coordination plan for railroad facilities, has programmed for the construction of a new classification and marshaling yard at Hauser Lake on the Rathdrum Prairie in Kootenai County. The purpose of the yard (largest west of Chicago and Minneapolis) is to more effectively expedite the handling of transcontinental traffic flowing through the Spokane Gateway. It will encompass an area six miles in length and seventy-six tracks in width, carrying an expected completion cost of forty million dollars and an expected movement…