Escanaba Meeting 3/16/2017, Consensus Outline
A diverse group of Great Lakes Forests Region freight rail stakeholders met at Weyerhauser’s Escanaba, MI office on 3/16/2017. The meeting was hosted by Michigan Forest Products Council and included stakeholder members of Wisconsin Paper Council and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. The product of these discussions and follow-up comments from Escanaba 3/16/2017 Invitees/Attendees is a […]
Northwoods Branch Lines, Short Lines, Preservation Options
At the invitation of the Northwoods Rail Transit Commission meeting, September 25, 2015, WCGroup presented “Branch Lines, Short Lines, Preservation Options.” WCGroup emphasized commitment to working collaboratively with CN to assure lines in the Great Lakes Forests Region operate as an integrated “system.” WCGroup reiterated that it believes a railroad “system” is the better path […]
Competition in the Railroad Industry -Congressional Mandate to Surface Transportation Board
For our Region, rail competitiveness for non-captive, truck-competitive freight – not only competitiveness of our serving railroads but also their Class I connections – is critical. Among the Class I, CN appears to be one of the more experienced and committed to competing for the variety of commodities, including merchandise freight, involved in the retail […]
Upcoming CN/WCGroup Intermodal and Log Committee Meetings
The Intermodal Committee will meet on 6/4/2014 in Appletion at the D.J. Bordini Center, Fox Valley Technical College. The Committee meeting will be held following “WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com: Future of Transportaton II,” featuring U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, vice chair of the House Highways Subcommittee. Rep. Ribble is expected to joing the Intermodal Committee with welcoming remarks regarding […]
2nd Bi-Annual Great Lakes Forestry Policy Conference June 24, 2013
The Conference, hosted by U.S. Congressmen Dan Benishek (MI-1), Sean Duffy (WI-7) and Reid Ribble (WI-8), at Potawatomi Carter Casino Hotel, Wabeno, WI, drew some 285 registered participants. The panel on “Timber Transportation Issues” moderated by Congressman Ribble, featured: Tom Tisa, Canadian National’s Director, Network Strategies; DJ Aderman, President, Futurewood Corp. (affiliated with Johnson Timber); […]
Northwoods Rail Transit Commission — WisDOT Economic Study, Meeting Upcoming 7/26/2013
We expect to submit a request for approval of NRTC’s “Restated Articles of Organization and Interstate Cooperation Agreement” to Governor Walker and Attorney General Van Hollen in advance of NRTC’s meeting 7/26/2013. WMC TransCom’s assisted, pro bono, in developing the legal documents to extend NRTC that organizational work related to adding Michigan counties to the […]
CN Advisory Board, Intermodal Committee Activity
On July 8, 2013, the CN Advisory Board met at Lake Geneva (with several members participating via call-in service provided by WMC). CN provided updates on development of its customer service capabilities, advancement of work on the Whitehall subdivision and relationships of these and other developments to agendas of the CN/WCGroup working committees. For more […]
CN/WCGroup Collaboration – Busy Start to 2014
Zoom. From our January CN Advisory Board meeting it has been fast forward through filing of an $18 million TIGER VI grant application for a Great Lakes Forest Log Car Fleet at the end of April. For more information see News Archive post May 15, 2014.
CN and WCGroup Will Participate in Forestry Conference, 6/24/2013
U.S. Congressman Dan Benishek (MI-1), Sean Duffy (WI-7), and Reid Ribble (WI-8) will host the event at Potawatomi Carter Casino Hotel in Wabeno, Wisconsin, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference goal is to highlight current policies that impact forestry and discuss opportunities that will allow better utilization forest resources across the three congressional […]
Upcoming for CN Advisory Board, Log and Intermodal Working Committees
The CN Advisory Board will meet at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 8, 2013, at the Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI, immediately ahead of the 2013 Summer Meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers. The CN/WCGroup Log and Intermodal Working Committees are expected to hold initial meetings this month.