Rep. Huelskamp tours Landoll, discusses policy priorities

Written by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
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Rep. Huelskamp was given a tour of Landoll Corporation by Don Landoll, CEO.
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Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS-1) joined representatives from Landoll Corporation and the Railway Engineering-Maintenance and Suppliers Association (REMSA) on Oct. 13 for a tour of Landoll's Marysville facility and to discuss policy priorities for the Kansas business.

 

Landoll was founded in 1963 and manufactures rail, farm and OEM equipment and also employees 850 people throughout the region.

Don Landoll, chief executive officer of Landoll Corporation, led the tour to the Union Pacific terminal in Marysville, through Landoll’s manufacturing facility and to Landoll Lanes for lunch and a presentation.

“Landoll is a committed corporate citizen, sharing its success with the local community. Currently, the company is working to help a local parish with a renovation and construction project and also recently completed the local reading garden at the public library in Marysville,” a release from REMSA describing the event stated.

“It was a pleasure to learn the important work that Landoll Corporation is doing in the Marysville community and how [its] products represent Kansas in a global marketplace. Landoll is a true American success story, filling a vital role in manufacturing equipment to support our Kansas railways, ” said Rep. Huelskamp. “During my visit, I heard how Washington’s regulations are hurting business, particularly relating to Positive Train Control (PTC), and I highlighted my small business record of supporting the shortline railroad tax credit. For local family businesses like Landoll to thrive and compete around the world, we need less regulations and more certainty from Washington.”

The group discussed the private nature of America’s freight railroad network, the looming December 2015 PTC implementation deadline and possible extensions, as well as the importance of supporting shortline railroads, which help connect Kansas’ agricultural, food and bioenergy suppliers to the mainline.

“At GoRail, we are pleased to be a part of showcasing the great work being done at Landoll to Congressman Huelskamp” said Ryan Nonnemaker, state director, GoRail. “As Congress considers surface transportation legislation and works to avoid a rail shutdown by extending the deadline for implementation of positive train control, it is critically important that members of the House and Senate know how investments by freight railroads impact companies and communities across the nation.”

In Kansas, 13 freight railroads operate and maintain more than 4,800 miles of track and support more than 5,000 jobs. Farm and food products accounted for approximately 58 percent of all rail traffic originated in Kansas, followed by chemicals and intermodal.

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