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 Post subject: EJ&E & Little Calumet River Basin Commission
PostPosted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:33 am 
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It will make you think and you wonder why so many do not want the current owners to sell.
do you know where the interchange with EJ&E is on the Calumet river?

Do you know how much was spent there to protect it with steel walls?

Do you know that EJ&E stands for Easy Jobs for Everyone?

After the commission spent your money in Black Oak spending millions to protect this operation you got the crumbs off the table.

How many people on the commission have family members working at the EJ&E and now they are going to become the Canadian National .

Every little town on the right of way along the EJ&E Railroad has someone employed there and I know them and it is common knowledge among employees.

Well guess what the rally to keep the company owned by the EJ&E comes from within the social clique that controls your tiny little minds.

They can't milk the cash cow anymore if the sell goes thru.

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 Post subject: Re: EJ&E Norfolk Southern & Little Calumet River Basin Commissi
PostPosted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:49 am 
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Go take a look a what they built with new Bridges and steel walls to protect the railroads and gave you sand bags :shock: !

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 Post subject: Re: EJ&E Norfolk Southern & Little Calumet River Basin Commissi
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April 24, 2008



Visclosky Announces Deal Between CSX and Norfolk Southern
Agreement Over Rail Lines Critical Step Toward Expanding Gary/Chicago International Airport


Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky today announced that CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) reached an agreement to share a rail line in the vicinity of Gary/Chicago International Airport (GCA), a critical step toward expanding the airport to revitalize Northwest Indiana’s economy. The accord was reached after Visclosky’s office met with CSX on March 13, and NS on March 27, to push the railroads toward reaching a deal. Visclosky’s office has been in constant contact with both railroads since.

“This deal between CSX and Norfolk Southern represents a significant step toward expanding Gary/Chicago International Airport so that we can create new jobs and revitalize our local economy,” said Visclosky. “In recent conversations with the railroads it became evident that they both recognize the economic development potential of the airport and want to be there as we improve our transportation infrastructure to build a new economy for Northwest Indiana. Today’s agreement demonstrates tremendous foresight on the part of the two railroads when it comes to Gary/Chicago International Airport and will be remembered by the new workers the airport will one day employ.”

The issue at stake for GCA was establishing a sufficient perimeter to allow for the eventual extension of the existing crosswind runway, a necessary improvement for increasing flight capacity and turning the airport into a regional economic engine. At present, the dormant CSX Fort Wayne Line lies within the perimeter required for runway extension, while NS’s Gary Branch, which runs parallel further to the North, is outside of the perimeter. In the agreement announced today, CSX will take ownership of NS’s Gary Branch while guaranteeing NS maintains its capacity on the line. This compromise makes it possible to remove CSX’s Fort Wayne Line and extend GCA’s crosswind runway.

“In Northwest Indiana we need to create new jobs and we need new ventures like the GCA expansion to generate those jobs,” said Visclosky. “I commend CSX and NS for acknowledging the local economic benefits of the Gary/Chicago Airport expansion and for coming to the bargaining table so that we can make it a reality. I also thank Chris Curry and the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority for their hard work to improve the airport and create jobs for the people of Northwest Indiana.”

A third rail line, owned and operated by the Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern Railway (EJ&E), runs just west of the main runway and blocks its planned extension. GCA presented EJ&E with plans to relocate its tracks in order to allow for extension of the main runway and negotiations between the airport and the railway are ongoing.

“I hope EJ&E will follow CSX and NS’s lead and help make the airport expansion, and the jobs and economic activity that will come with it, a reality,” said Visclosky.

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 Post subject: Re: EJ&E Norfolk Southern & Little Calumet River Basin Commissi
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There is more here than you can understand !

The money being spent here is a ruse you people are stupid!

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 Post subject: Re: EJ&E Norfolk Southern & Little Calumet River Basin Commissi
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From Burr street to Colfax there was millions spent for two new bridges a retention pond and pumping station steel retaining walls all along the railroad track and the river.

quid pro quo no moe

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 Post subject: Re: EJ&E & Little Calumet River Basin Commission
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Members of the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission include: Chairman William Biller, Vice Chairman Robert Marszalek, Robert Huffman and John Mroczkowski, who are all gubernatorial appointees. Treasurer Kent Gurley was appointed by Lake County; Secretary Mark Gordish was appointed by Hammond; David Burrus by Porter County; Arlene Colvin by Gary; and Steve Davis by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

http://www.post-trib.com/news/1181429,f ... al.article

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