General Office Contact Information:
Iowa Department of Transportation
Office of Rail Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: 515-239-1140
Fax: 515-233-7983
www.iowarail.com
Rail Office Staff Directory
Email:
tamara.nicholson@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1052
- Manages activities of the Rail Office
- Liaison to Federal Railroad Administration
- Member American Association of State Highway & Transportation
Official's (AASHTO) Standing Committee on Rail Transportation
(SCORT)
Steve Banks - Rail Agreements Manager
Email:
steve.banks@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1088
- Brokers the necessary agreements with railroads when a
primary highway construction project involves the rail
transportation system
Lindon Bowen - Track Inspector
Email:
lindon.bowen@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1058
- Inspects railroad track and infrastructure in the southern
portion of Iowa for compliance with the Federal Track Safety
Standards.
- Investigates railroad accidents under Federal Railroad Administration
guidance.
James Gibson - Crossing Safety
Manager
Email:
james.gibson@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1549
- Manages the Federal-Aid Rail/Highway Crossing Safety program
which funds improvements to install new crossing signal devices,
upgrade existing signals, and to provide low-cost improvements,
such as increased sight distance, widened crossings, increased
signal lens size, or crossing closures.
Lisa Husmann - Crossing Safety Assistant
Email:
lisa.husmann@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 233-7885
- Assists in administration of the Federal-Aid Rail /Highway
Crossing Safety Program.
- Updates the Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inventory and serves
as liaison to the Office of Transportation Data who maintains
the Inventory.
Mary Jo Key - Grade Crossing Surface
Repair Manager
Email:
mary.jo.key@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1108
- Manages the Grade Crossing Surface Repair program that provides
financial assistance to railroads, cities and counties to rebuild
pavement surfaces at grade crossings on secondary and city road
systems.
- Manages the Primary Grade Crossing Surface Repair program
to rebuild the pavement surface at highway-rail grade crossings
on the state primary road system.
Zoeann Kramer - Administrative Assistant
Email:
zoeann.kramer@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1491
- Manages payments for the Office of Rail Transportation
Assists the Grade Crossing Surface Repair manager with the Grade
Crossing Surface Repair program
Diane McCauley - Marketing & Policy
Administrator
Email:
diane.mccauley@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1670
- Manages marketing and communication efforts for the Office
of Rail, including this web site.
- Liaison to the Iowa Rail Advisory Committee
- Monitors legislative and policy issues that impact rail
transportation
Jeffrey Secora- Track Inspector
Email:
jeffrey.secora@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1688
- Inspects railroad track and infrastructure in the northern
portion of Iowa for compliance with the Federal Track Safety
Standards.
- Investigates railroad accidents under Federal Railroad Administration
guidance.
Travis Tinken -
Grade Crossing Project Manager
Email:
travis.tinken@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1876
- Schedules, coordinates and supervises construction
of highway-rail crossing pavement surfaces on the state primary
road system.
- Inspects highway-rail surface repair projects
- Inspects crossing safety improvement projects
Tanya Kruse - Secretary
Email:
tanya.kruse@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1140
- Secretary to the Director of the Office of Rail
- Provides administrative support to other Rail Office personnel
- Fields calls to the general Office of Rail telephone number
Rose Wazny - Rail Development Manager
Email:
roselyn.wazny@dot.iowa.gov
Phone (515) 239-1066
- Staff coordinator for the Iowa Rail Finance Authority (IRFA)
- Manages Rail Revolving Loan and Grant Program which
provides assistance to businesses or railroads building or
improving rail facilities
Other Department of Transportation Staff involved in Rail Transportation
Issues:
Tammy Nicholson - Accting Freight and
Passenger Policy Coordinator, Planning, Programming and Modal Division
Email:
tamara.nicholson@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1653
- Manages passenger rail and river transportation issues
- Manages freight policy issues
- Monitors rail mergers and acquisitions, and proposed rail
abandonments.
- Manages rail regulatory issues
Stan Peterson, Planner, Office of Systems Planning
Email:
Stan.Peterson@DOT.iowa.gov
Phone (515)
239-1386
- Assists with passenger
rail issues
Craig O'Riley - Planner, Office
of Systems Planning
Email:
craig.oriley@dot.iowa.gov
Phone: (515) 239-1520
- Coordinates modal planning efforts
- Responsible for the development of the state transportation
plan, including the rail state plan.
- Manages development of rail maps
- Recipient of railroad annual reports
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