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Title: Making the Most of MRSI


1
Making the Most of MRSI
  • 2006 Midwest Regional Shortline Railroad Annual
    Conference
  • July 17, 2006

2
Our perspective Anacostia has five short line
railroad affiliates operating in six states
  • Chicago S. Shore
  • Louisville Indiana
  • New York Atlantic
  • Northern Lines Ry
  • Pacific Harbor Line

3
Anacostia Railroads2005 Aggregate Operational
Metrics
  • Route miles 530
  • Carload equivalents 700,000
  • Average crew starts each day 50
  • Employees 320
  • Locomotives 60

4
Chicago South Shore South Bend Railroad (CSS)
5
CSS
6
Louisville Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
7
LIRC
8
New York Atlantic Railway (NYA)
9
NYA
10
Northern Lines Railway, LLC (NLR)
11
NLR
12
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL)
13
PHL
14
Anacostia 2006 Capital Projects
  • Acquisition of 16 new EPA Tier 2 locomotives
    22 million (PHL)
  • Acquisition of 100 new freight cars for coil
    steel loading 8. 5 million (CSS)
  • Acquire locomotive speed control devices 400k
    (NYA)
  • Track upgrade programs 8 million plus (various)

15
Use of public assistance programs
  • PHL tier 2 locomotives cost sharing with
    POLA,POLB, AQMD
  • NYA track upgrades one time grant from Port
    Authority of NYNJ to improve state-owned track
  • LIRC track periodic 200k grants from INDOT

16
Effective State Rail Assistance Programs?
  • Anacostia affiliates operate in 5 states
  • California no program
  • Illinois rail freight loan program funded by
    repayment-program underfunded in recent years
  • Indiana small grant program-1.2 million per
    year
  • Minnesota MRSI
  • New York Class based using state dedicated
    funds. Shortlines received 15M in fiscal 05-06

17
No Funding for Rail Assistance Programs
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Missouri
  • Nevada
  • South Carolina
  • Wyoming

Draft Report of State Rail Agencies Throughout
the United States - October 2005 Virginia Dept.
of Rail and Public Transportation
18
Neighboring State Programs
  • North Dakota
  • State Freight Rail Improvement Program
  • Low Interest Loans approximately 6M available
    to Class II and others in revolving loan account
  • South Dakota
  • Rehabilitation
  • any projects that are proposed must be paid for
    by the railroad company operating on the line.
    The state does not have funding itself to
    participate in costs of rehabilitation
  • SDDOT website
  • Industrial Track Expansion
  • State of South Dakota has participated in
    helping some elevators with track expansion
    through small loans from the Railroad Trust
    Fund.
  • SDDOT website

19
Other State Program Highlights
  • Michigan
  • Michigan Rail Loan Assistance Program (MiRLAP)
  • Non-interest bearing loans with repayment up to
    10 years.
  • Revolving fund with anticipated 1.8M available
    for 2006.
  • Freight Preservation . Economic Development
  • Grants / loans for business development or
    expansion and preservation of State owned rail
    (700 miles)
  • 3M in 2006

20
Connect Oregon
  • New program in Oregon replacing the Shortline
    Infrastructure Program (2M biennial) and
    Industrial Rail Spur Fund (8M one time) designed
    to connect industry to rail
  • First major funding initiative targeted at
    multi-modal or non-highway transportation
  • 100M available to non-highway transportation
    only - air, rail, marine or transit
  • Grant / loan program grant recipients must
    provide at least 20 matching funds, loan
    repayments treated on a case-by-case basis
  • Funded by Lottery backed bonds

21
Connect Oregon cont.
  • State divided into 5 regions geographic
    grouping of counties
  • 15 of funds must be allocated to each of the
    regions
  • 75 of funds will be distributed regionally
  • Projects eligible for highway funds are not
    eligible for Connect Oregon
  • Eligibility
  • Reduces transportation costs
  • Benefits or connects two or more modes
  • Critical link to statewide or regional system
  • How much cost can be born by applicant
  • Whether it creates permanent jobs
  • Ready for construction

22
Connect Oregon cont.
  • Project Awards for Connect Oregon will be
    announced Wednesday July 19th here is a
    preview
  • Central Oregon Pacific - new yard, Coos Bay
    Drawbridge repair, Portland Western - new yard
    and Hillsboro Subdivision 286 upgrade, Willamette
    Valley - 286 upgrade, Port of Portland - Ramsey
    Yard upgrade, City of Prineville Railroad -
    reload center, Union Pacific - Hinkle Yard
    upgrade, Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad -
    upgrade 20 miles
  • Total of 39.2M directly allocated to rail, with
    additional money for marine/rail projects
  • Partial source TEA-LU!!!

23
Range of program fund uses
  • Acquisition
  • Basic maintenance
  • Catastrophic response (eg flood)
  • Upgrade (eg 286, track class change)
  • New customer links
  • Safety, environmental, community mitigation
  • Capacity enhancement
  • Customer relocation

24
Public benefits of rail investment
  • Job creation/retention
  • Economic development
  • Passenger corridor preservation
  • Reduction of truck congestion
  • Reduction of transportation costs
  • Avoidance of other public transportation
    expenditures
  • Safety, environmental, community impact
    mitigation

25
Ranking criteria
  • Cost per job created/saved
  • Private funds match
  • Local government unit funds match
  • Loan vs. grant
  • Terms of loan
  • In MPO plan or regional growth corridor
  • Ownership of recipient

26
Key issues
  • Transparency
  • Multi-year planning
  • Tie to future land use
  • Future capacity vs. ad hoc response
  • Need vs. value

27
Observations
  • Assistance programs strongly tilt toward public
    applicants
  • Objectives of programs vary substantially (e.g.
    prop up failing rr attract new customers air
    quality/passenger benefits support 286 cars,
    etc)
  • Mid to long term capacity, congestion land use
    and industrial development issues largely
    unaddressed

28
What can we do to Make the Most of the Minnesota
Rail Service Improvement Program?
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