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CN/WCGroup Collaboration - Busy Start to 2014.
Posted 05/15/2014

Zoom. From our Janaury 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.

2014, Jan. 17	CN Advisory Board at Oakbrook, IL:
	Reviewed and approved "Actionable Shipper Data" ("ASD") Worksheet and Confidentiality Agreement form, outreach process to be developed; Concluded that building business cases to restore service Ladysmith-Prentice and Rhinelander-Goodman are reasonable and agreed objectives; Resolved for consideration of public funding assitance from any source, use TIGER grant methodology and benefit-cost standards.
2014, Jan. 27	At Madison, Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, follow-up regarding agriculture and food industry intermodal interests.
2014, Feb. 1	Begin circulation of Confidentiality Agreement and "Actionable Shipper Data" Worksheeet, experimentally, seeking additional comments.
2014, Feb. 24-25	At Appleton and Green Bay, Shipper visits regarding Intermodal and Log Committee participation; extend invitations; develop "routing protocols" concept for "virtual single line" service for logs.
2014, Feb. 28	At Rhinelander, Northwoods Rail Transit Commission ("NRTC"), present ASD Worksheet and Confidentiality Agreement, objectives of out-of-service segments, "How the Railroad Can Help Fix Willow Road" and concept for flexible funding road and bridge maintenance dividend. (e.g., model, WI S.B. 31).
2014, March 7-10	CN expresses interest in TIGER VI funding for log cars; WCGroup responds with a concept for a public-owned "Great Lakes Forest Log Car Fleet - Our Vision"; communications with NRTC.
2014, March 21	At Rhinelander, joint CN and WCGroup presentation, NRTC adopts resoluton to seek TIGER VI grant for log car fleet.
2014, April 7	At Madison, WI Economic Development Corp., meeting regarding follow-up on log and intermodal projects, potential participaton.
2014, April 14	WCGroup "Great Lakes Forests Log Car Fleet - Our Vision": add a minimum of 300 to 450 new log cars (2015-2017), beginning with 150 car TIGER VI grant; supply chain visibility portal; and integrate fleet to provide virtual single line service to the Great Lakes Forests Region.
2014, April 25	At Rhinelander NRTC meeting: Presentation of NRTC TIGER VI Grant Application for $14 million , with $4 million CN commitment, for 150 log cars at $18 million; discussion of considerations for future of Argonne-Crandon line and WCGroup efforrts on Rhinelander-Goodman segment.
2014, May 9	At Madison, Wisconsin Counties Association meeting regarding extending WCGroup participation.