Office of the Commissioner of Railroads

State of Wisconsin

 

610 N. Whitney Way room 110

P.O. Box 8968

Madison WI 53708-8968

phone: 608-266-7607

fax: 608-261-8220

 

Notice of Recusal, 9040-RX-1249

Office Calendar for May 12, 2008

Office Calendar for May 19, 2008

Frequently Asked Questions about dealing with the OCR
This includes: petition procedures; links to statutes, administrative codes; helpful links;and registered agents for service of process

Federal Railroad Administration
This site has information on the new train horn rule, as well as the FRA database of crossings and accident history.

For a 2006 map of railroads operating in Wisconsin, click here (this is a large pdf file)

For links to railroads in Wisconsin, click here

click here for recent decisions

Hearing records:

Click here to go to the main State of Wisconsin portal:

 The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads is the state agency with primary responsibility for making determinations of the adequacy of warning devices at railroad crossings, along with other railroad related regulations. These duties include: 

Installation of new highway/rail crossings; 
Alteration of existing crossings;
Closing or consolidating existing crossings;
Repair of rough crossings; 
Determining adequate railroad fences; and
Exemptions from railroad track clearance laws.

Rodney Kreunen, Commissioner , 608-266-3182 , rodney.kreunen@psc.state.wi.us

Douglas S. Wood, Legal Counsel , 608-266-9536 , doug.wood@psc.state.wi.us

For general rail safety and procedural questions:

Tom Running , 608-266-7607 , tom.running@psc.state.wi.us

Tom Clauder , 608-266-2874 , tom.clauder@psc.state.wi.us    

For general questions on office operations:: 608-261-8221:

Deb Lehner , debra.lehner@psc.state.wi.us