The Midwest Association of Rail Shippers is headquartered in the Chicago area. General membership comes from the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Its objective is to provide an open forum for resolving transportation and car supply problems, coupled with programs designed to educate and inform the membership in areas of railroad operating practices, new innovations in transportation and legislative matters. Meetings are held twice a year, in January and July. Dues are $25 per year.

Contact: Bill Schauer, Executive Director, Midwest Association of Rail Shippers, P.O. Box 357, Wayne, IL 60184-0357, Phone:
630-513-6700 Fax: 866-746-0071, Email: wrschauer@sbcglobal.net.

Membership Form

SUMMER MEETING, ADVANCE NOTICE

Please set aside the dates of July 14 and 15 to attend the 231st meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, WI. The agenda, registration and golf fees will be set in mid-March and will be posted online and distributed at that time.

As before, we will have a golf outing and reception on our first day, July 14, with our business meeting scheduled for a full day on July 15. Dress code is business casual. Networking tables will be available for distribution of your company’s information.

The hotel has allocated a block of rooms from July 13th through July 16th at a preferred rate of $140, single or double, for the Luxury Lodges. There are special rates which are less than or greater than these rates for different room sizes. There is a three day cancellation clause in our contract. Cutoff date for the preferred rate is June 12th at noon. Our group rates are also available for three days prior and three days after our meeting, on a space available basis.

For those of you that were unable to attend our meeting in January, we had an excellent program and speakers resulting in attendance records and very positive feedback from those in attendance. We would still appreciate any ideas you have for topics and speakers for the upcoming meeting.

Anyone that has not paid their membership dues for 2008 can use either the membership dues invoice or the membership application. In addition, please share the application with any prospective members. We are confident that membership in our association is one of the best values available with both high quality educational programs and the opportunity to network with a broad spectrum of participants in our industry. In addition, in 2007, MARS initiated a scholarship program for the children and/or grand children of association members.

We also are looking for sponsors for our programs and events.

Midwest Scholarship Application Form

January 2008 Meeting

Left: Incoming MARS President Frank Meidl and Right: Outgoing MARS President Gordon Gustafson