Competition in the Railroad Industry -Congressional Mandate to Surface Transportation Board

WCGroup has renewed its call for completion of STB’s investigation of the state of competition in the Railroad Industry, specifically for non-captive, truck-competitive freight. WCGroup has requested a “Congressional Mandate” to STB to complete its pending investigation be added to the upcoming Highway Bill. The request is consistent with WCGroup Testimony in STB Dockets EP […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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); […]

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. 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. More.

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 […]