Carrier profile · USDOT 527121 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad

DBA CANADIAN PACIFIC OR CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OR DM&E OR DM&E RAILROAD OR CPKC

138 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 4 statesDAVENPORT, IA86/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 138-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 138
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

16%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1	0
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	0	2
2015	3	0	2	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 18, 2024	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 3, 2022	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2021	IA	1	0	Yes
Sep 17, 2020	OH	0	1	No
Mar 5, 2018	IL	0	0	Yes
Jun 26, 2017	IA	0	0	Yes
May 10, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 28, 2015	IA	0	1	No
Oct 19, 2015	IA	0	1	Yes
Jan 10, 2015	IA	0	0	Yes
Jan 7, 2013	MO	0	0	Yes
Jan 25, 2012	MN	0	0	Yes
Dec 7, 2005	MO	0	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2004	SD	0	1	Yes
Feb 25, 2000	SD	0	1	Yes
Feb 4, 1997	SD	0	0	Yes