HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-Email (North Industrial Park-Railroad Spur) Dannhoff, Allyn J.
From: Kraft, Warren P.
Sent: Tuestlay, March 19, 2002 1:54 PM
To: Patek, David; Kinney, Jackson; Dannhoff,Allyn J.
Cc: Matulle, Dadene P.
Subject: North Induslrial Park-- Railroad Spur
Via in-house mail, I am sending to each of you for your files a set of agreements behveen the Soo Line Railroad and the
City conceming the railroad spur in the North Industrial Park.
The City secured UDAG to build ihe extension of track off of the main line to serve Banner Packaging and W isconsin
IndusVial Shipping Supplies, Inc., now known as Pacur. The first agreement in 1979 requires Ihe railroad to own and
maintain the lead track between the main line and a 14foot clearance point (position B on the map attached to the above-
referenced materials) The City owns and maintains the 1,500 +L foot long spur belween the clearance point and the end
of the spur,west of the Moser Street crossing (between positions B and C on the map). A May 5, 1980 agreement permits
Banner to own and maintain the extension into its facility(behveen positions D and E). A May 28, 1980 agreemen�allows
Pacur to own and maintain the extension from the crossing into its faci�ity(between positions F and G).
Today, ihe main spur runs along the southem property line of Northern Wisconsin Warehousing, 3600 Moser. There are
now hvo more extensions off ihe main spur which serve Banner Packaging, 3550 Moser, but so far I have not found any
agreements with Banner to permit Ihese additional switches; perhaps the clerk's office can locate these as well. There is
slill the eztension of the main spur, west of the Moser Street crossing, to serve Pacur, 3555 Moser.
Tom Rogers, from Canadian National Railroad, met with me this aftemoon. (CN is the successor to W isconsin Central,
� LTD., which purchased the Soo Line from bankruptcy] He indicates that 8renda of Banner Packaging said the company
maintains the spur from about 100 feet after the switch to the point where the las[switch and extension leads into its
building. [However, a city conVactor replaced ties last fall fmm the position B swi[ch through the curve.] Pacur maintains
[he extension from the crossing into its facility. He looks to the City to maintain the Moser Street crossing and the track
about 200 feet east of the crossing.
As the CN inspector he will report his findings in writing to the City and will send ihem to Dave, as director of Public Works.
The track remains in good condi[ion for the Class 1 service provided to the industries. He will recommend that ihe City
consider adding ties to keep �he gauge in place in the straight-away section leading to the Moser crossing. [As a side
note, Dave, he suggested that we consider having the contrector re-set some of�he ties. Normal gauge is 56.5 feet and
some of them Ihrough ihe curve are as wide as 57.5, which is reaching the outer limits of federal "leeway." 58 fee� is out
of service, he added.] In Ihe final analysis, Dave will be the contact person between the City and the railroad for this
spur/extension.
TNX,
wpk
Note to Allyn: You might want to put a copy of this note and map into each affected property file in your office for reference
by our successors. Le� Darlene know if you ihink you need copies of lhe agreements for any of them.
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