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From: Kraft, Warren P.
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:54 PM
To: Patek, David; Kinney, Jackson; Dannhoff, Allyn J.
Cc: Matulle, Darlene P.
Subject: North Industrial Park-- Railroad Spur
Via in-house mail, I am sending to each of you for your files a set of agreements between the Soo Line Railroad and the
City concerning the railroad spur in the North Industrial Park.
The City secured UDAG to build the extension of track off of the main line to serve Banner Packaging and Wisconsin
Industrial Shipping Supplies, Inc., now known as Pacur. The first agreement in 1979 requires the railroad to own and
maintain the lead track between the main line and a 14-foot clearance point (position B on the map attached to the above-
referenced materials) The City owns and maintains the 1,500 +/-foot long spur between 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(between positions D and E). A May 28, 1980 agreement allows
Pacur to own and maintain the extension from the crossing into its facility(between positions F and G).
Today, the main spur runs along the southern property line of Northern Wisconsin Warehousing, 3600 Moser. There are
now two more extensions off the main spur which serve Banner Packaging, 3550 Moser, but so far I have not found any
agreements with Banner to permit these additional switches; perhaps the clerk's office can locate these as well. There is
stili the extension 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 afternoon. [CN is the successor to Wisconsin Central,
LTD., which purchased the Soo Line from bankruptcy] He indicates that Brenda of Banner Packaging said the company
maintains the spur from about 100 feet after the switch to the point where the last switch and extension leads into its
building. [However, a city contractor replaced ties last fall from the position B switch through the curve.] Pacur maintains �
the 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 them to Dave, as director of Public Works.
The track remains in good condition for the Class 1 service provided to the industries. He will recommend that the City
consider adding ties to keep the 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 contractor re-set some of the ties. Normal gauge is 56.5 feet and
some of them through the curve are as wide as 57.5, which is reaching the outer limits of federal "leeway." 58 feet is out
of service, he added.] In the 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. Let Darlene know if you think you need copies of the agreements for any of them.
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