Wisconsin

Watco to take over CN’s noncore operations in Ontario, Upper Midwest

A photograph of a CN train hauling large metal pipes.

Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) and short line operator Watco have agreed to allow Watco to take over the freight operations at one of CN’s passageways between the U.S.-Canadian border. 

CN will sell to Watco its noncore lines and assets that are on the Soo division, which consists of approximately 250 miles of track and runs from Sault Ste. Marie to Oba, Ontario. The sale also consists of approximately 650 miles of branch lines of the Wisconsin Central in Wisconsin and Michigan. The Wisconsin...

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Motive unclear in fatal shootings of 2 warehouse workers

Fatal shooting at warehouse

Investigators are still trying to determine why a longtime warehouse employee fatally shot two co-workers at a Roundy’s Wisconsin distribution center late Tuesday before turning the gun on himself following a police chase. 

In a news conference on Thursday, Oconomowoc Police Chief James Pfister said his officers were dispatched around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday to the Roundy’s distribution center. 

Officers located two victims — Kevin Kloth, 51, of Germantown, Wisconsin, and Kevin Schneider, 39, of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/motive-unclear-in-fatal-shootings-of-2-warehouse-workers

CN eyes opportunities in Upper Midwest with new inland terminal

A photograph of a CN train crossing a field.

Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) seeks to expand its reach into the Upper Midwest through a new inland distribution terminal in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

The facility will have an automotive compound for finished vehicles, as well as an intermodal terminal for shippers and receivers of greater Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The railway expects the facility to open on March 1.

CN says the terminal will serve as a new access point into the railway’s tri-coastal network. CN hopes the terminal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cn-eyes-opportunities-in-upper-midwest-with-new-inland-terminal

Senator reintroduces legislation to support American shipbuilders

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., reintroduced legislation that supports Wisconsin’s manufacturing and shipbuilding industries. The Made in America Shipbuilding Act (S. 4687) strengthens Buy American requirements for the federal government’s purchase of ships by expanding current law to cover all federal agencies, all classes of ships and substantially more shipboard components, including items made in Wisconsin.

“For decades in Wisconsin, we’ve worked to make things: paper, engines, tools and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/senator-reintroduces-legislation-to-support-american-shipbuilders/

US DOT grants benefit handful of freight rail projects

A photograph of two railcars in a rail yard.

New highway grade crossings affecting BNSF and funding for improvements at the ports of Tulsa, Tampa and Houston are among the projects that have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program.

DOT is awarding $906 million to 20 projects in 20 states involving major highways, bridges, ports and railroads. A full list of the projects that DOT is supporting is available here.

Rail- or...

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