The Belt Railway Company of Chicago

6900 South Central Avenue

Bedford Park, IL 60638

General Infomation

Administration Information

Executive Department • Transportation Department • Mechanical Department • Engineering Department • Administrative Department • Management Information Systems

General Information

M. S. O'Donnell
Supt. Mechanical
(708) 496-4040
Issues: Maintenance of Rolling Stock / Requisitions for Material to Repair Cars / Reports of Cars Re-Light Weighted on Foreign Roads
modonnell@beltrailway.com

R. C. Wojcik
Dir. Agency & Customer Service
(708) 496-4006
Issues: Car Distribution, Including Supply and Use of Cars / Embargoes and Reroutes / Car Records, Including Car Movements and Locations / Clearances
rwojcik@beltrailway.com

J. J. Giacopelli
Dir. Revenue Acct.
(708) 496-4028
Issues: Mileage or Car Reports / Inter-Line Freight Accounts / Mileage and Car Hire-Remit To or Drawn On
joeg@beltrailway.com

R. W. Gelder
Director of Process Improvement
(708) 496-4041
Issues: Freight Claim Accounts, Including Inquiries on Status of Claims / Industrial Development
rgelder@beltrailway.com

Administration Information

Executive Department

Patrick J. O'Brien
President
(708) 496-4001
pobrien@beltrailway.com

Timothy E. Coffey
General Counsel, Secretary & Director of Human Resources
(708) 496-4112
tcoffey@beltrailway.com

Pamela S. Hagen
Assistant Treasurer & Assistant Secretary
(708) 496-4002
phagen@beltrailway.com

Transportation Department

Michael Paras
General Manager - Transportation
(708) 496-4056
mparas@beltrailway.com

Victor Bell
Assistant Superintendent - Terminal Operations
(708) 496-2305
vbell@beltrailway.com

Richard E. Picken
Assistant Superintendent - Main Line & Industry Operations
(708) 496-4058
rpicken@beltrailway.com

Michael R. Shore
Superintendent Transportation / Director of Service Design
(708) 496-4121
mshore@beltrailway.com

Jim Ford
Superintendent - CTCO
jford@beltrailway.com

Rod C. Wojcik
Director - Agency & Customer Service
(708) 496-4006
rwojcik@beltrailway.com

Mechanical Department

Michael S. O'Donnell
Superintendent - Mechanical Department
(708) 496-4040
modonn@beltrailway.com

Wayne W. Kizior
Assistant Superintendent - Mechanical Department
(708) 496-4097
wkizior@beltrailway.com

Engineering Department

Ronald R. Strong
Chief Engineer
(708) 496-4033
randys@beltrailway.com

Randall D. Smith
Assistant Chief Engineer
(708) 496-4032
randys@beltrailway.com

Charles S. Ridgeway
Supervisor of Signal / Manager Engineering Safety
(708) 496-4048
ridgeway@beltrailway.com

Mark A. Ferguson
Signal Supervisor
(708) 496-4139
ferguson@beltrailway.com

Administrative Department

Royal W. Gelder
Director of Process Improvement
(708) 496-4041
rgelder@beltrailway.com

Mike Romano
Director of Police & Risk Management
(708) 496-4076
mromano@beltrailway.com

Jacqueline F. O'Neill
Director - General Accounting
(708) 496-4025
joneill@beltrailway.com

Joseph J. Giacopelli
Director - Revenue Accounting
(708) 496-4028
joeg@beltrailway.com

Frederick S. Eberhardt
Manager - Budgets & Purchasing
(708) 496-4106
fredebb@beltrailway.com

Tim M. Hort
Assistant Director - Labor Relations & Human Resources
(708) 496-4110
thort@beltrailway.com

Dennis A. Warford
Controller
(708) 496-4020
dwarford@beltrailway.com

Diane M. Paczkowski
Administrative Assistant
(708) 496-4003
dianep@beltrailway.com

Management Information Systems

James J. Zalumsky
Director - Information Systems
(708) 496-4070
mis@beltrailway.com

Ted Streit
Network Administrator
(708) 496-4079
tstreit@beltrailway.com

Jan K. Tyrrell
Senior Programmer / Analyst
(708) 496-4069
tyrrell@beltrailway.com

Anita Baden
Programmer / Analyst
(708) 496-4075
abaden@beltrailway.com