The document is the 2009 annual report of the Railway Supply Institute (RSI). It provides an overview of RSI leadership and committees. Key points include:
- Marshall Beck serves as Chairman of the RSI governing board for 2009.
- RSI committees work on issues like freight car standards, tank car safety, and state taxation affecting the rail supply industry.
- The report summarizes several RSI conferences and events in 2009, and outlines RSI's advocacy work in Washington, D.C. on behalf of members.
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Contents
2009 Report
Table of Contents
Message to the Membership . . . . . . . 2
RSI Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
RSI Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tank Car Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RSI About Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RSI Conferences & Events . . . . . . . . 13
Railroad Day on Capitol Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RSI Meets with Amtrak CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RSI Meets with DOT Secretary LaHood . . . . 14
Selling to America’s Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Global Railway Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Railway Interchange 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Our Work in Washington . . . . . . . . . 16
RSI Membership: Our strength . . . . 22
Membership Directory . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Advertising Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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4. Message
2 to the Membership
RSI Message to the Membership
Dear RSI members and included in a meeting with mittees, and our Washing-
friends, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood ton lobbying efforts. Armed
Our membership struggled where we delivered our RSI with this information, we
through an extremely diffi- message on the needs of unveiled our new logo and
cult economy during 2009, the railway supply industry. new website at the Septem-
while at the same time RSI’s Global Railway Tech ber annual meeting.
investing in new technolo- 2009, with more than 1,200 The new logo’s triangle
gies which show great railroaders and suppliers represents the three major
promise in the future. Leg- attending the Coordinated segments of our industry:
islative rail issues including Mechanical Association C&S, MOW, and mechani-
Responsible Regulation, technical sessions and the cal. The tag line Support;
High Speed Rail, Positive RSI trade show, was the Connection; Advocacy
Train Control, and others most successful “off year” reminds us of our mission:
have become hot topics in ever, and the busiest, most support our members and
America at all levels of gov- productive trade show floor our customers; connection
ernment. The Railway Sup- I can remember. Now let’s to our customers and to
ply Institute plays an impor- look ahead to Railway each other; advocacy on
tant role at the federal and Interchange 2011, when the behalf of our industry. The
state level supporting our RSSI and REMSA trade asso- new webpage will be the
members as these topics are ciations will join with RSI in focal point of our commu-
debated and funded – Minneapolis Sept. 18-21, nications; I urge you to visit
whether it is moving goods 2011. This show will be the www.railway supply.org.
or moving people. largest U.S. freight railway This 2009 annual report
I am privileged to be supply trade show in our recounts some of the activi-
Chairman of the RSI Gov- history, with indoor exhibits ties RSI undertook on your
erning Board this year and at the Minneapolis Conven- behalf last year, as well as a
gratified to see the organi- tion Center and outdoor membership directory list-
RSI Chairman
zation continue to mature, exhibits at CP’s Humboldt ing all RSI members. With-
Marshall G. Beck
grow, and better serve its Yard. At the same time, out your support, RSI would
– New York Air
membership. AREMA and CMA will hold not be as effective as it is. I
Brake
An important aspect of technical conferences in the thank you for that support
RSI’s charter is to represent convention center. and trust.
our industry in Washington, An important part of the My thanks to Tom Simp-
D.C. We have a staff with RSI charter is maintaining son, Nicole Brewin, Robyn
more than 30 years experi- and servicing our project Leach, and Amanda Patrick
ence in Washington and committees. Whether it’s for their energetic work
contacts inside the Beltway the ARCI, the Tank Car and commitment at RSI. A
to prove it. We are also Committee, or the new special thanks to my fellow
fortunate to have former Washington Affairs Com- members of the RSI Govern-
Congressman Bob Clement mittee, all RSI members ing Board. Their input and
(D-Tenn.) on our team. Bob have access to technical support this past year is
served for eight years on committees that represent very much appreciated.
the House Transportation our mutual interests.
and Infrastructure Commit- Early in 2009, the RSI Sincerely,
tee and has close ties to the Board hired a marketing
House leadership. Those firm to survey the member-
connections enabled us to ship and develop a new
meet with senior members website and logo. We con-
of Congress and senior firmed that RSI members
members of the Administra- place high value on access
tion. I was fortunate to be to customers, project com- Marshall G. Beck
5.
6. 4
RSI Leadership
RSI Leadership
The RSI Board of Directors develops and implements association policy, and
represents the diverse membership of the railway supply industry. Board mem-
bers make up small and large companies involved in the manufacture of prod-
ucts and services in the freight car, locomotive, maintenance-of-way, communi-
cations and signaling, and transit industries. RSI Board Members are elected
each fall by RSI membership at the RSI Annual Meeting. The Board, in turn,
elects RSI’s officers, including the chairman, vice chairman, and secretary/trea-
surer. The office term for RSI Board members is three years. The term for offi-
cers of the Board is one year and special directors have a one year term.
OFFICERS RSI STAFF
Chairman Chris Ragot Thomas D. Simpson
Marshall G. Beck, Sr. FreightCar America, Inc. Executive Director
New York Air Brake simpson@railwaysupply.org
Company Fred R. Sasser
Chicago Freight Car Nicole B. Brewin
Vice Chairman Leasing Company Assistant Vice President
Robert J. Pokorski brewin@railwaysupply.org
Miner Enterprises, Inc. HONORARY
DIRECTOR Robyn M. Leach
Secretary / Treasurer
W. Matthew Tonn Office Manager
Gregory P. Vogelman
Standard Car Truck, leach@railwaysupply.org
GE Rail Services
Zeftek Div.
Amanda Trainor Patrick
DIRECTORS Executive Assistant
Robert L. Albritton SPECIAL TRADE trainor@railwaysupply.org
Railroad Controls ASSOCIATION
Limited DIRECTORS
Terrence G. Heidkamp REMSA
GATX Corporation Ronald C. Olds
Plasser American Corp.
James R. Higginbottom
The Okonite Company RSSI Representative
Thomas J. Ulrich
Robert S. Hulick Arthur N. Ulrich
Trinity Rail Company
William R. Kiefer NON-VOTING
A. Stucki Company
PRESS
Robert Matthews George S. Sokulski
Tangent Rail Railway Age
Michael J. Mitrovich Stephen W. Bolte
MPL Technology Inc. Progressive Railroading
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2009 RSI Committees
RSI Committees
PROVIDING A VOICE FOR SUPPLIERS over 75 years. Membership is comprised
of major North American freight car
RSI’s goals are accomplished through manufacturers.
the work of its committees, which serve Each quarter, ARCI prepares and dis-
the RSI membership in a variety of tributes statistics on freight car orders,
areas. Our committees encompass the deliveries, and backlogs by car type.
many facets of the industry and provide ARCI was organized as an association
members with an opportunity to get separate from RSI; however, since mid-
involved by supporting and advancing 1994 it has functioned as a committee
railway supply industry goals in both of RSI and has been administered by RSI
the public and private sector. On aver- staff.
age, our committees meet quarterly ARCI has three major roles:
either in person or via teleconference. To work in coordination with the
Some RSI committees are restricted to Association of American Railroads on
companies that manufacture certain freight car design standards.
products. To join a committee, call or To tabulate and report North Ameri-
email us at (202) 347-4664 or rsi@rail- can freight car orders, deliveries, and
waysupply.org. backlogs.
To represent the specific interests of
AMERICAN RAILWAY CAR railcar builders in federal legislative and
INSTITUTE COMMITTEE regulatory matters.
Chair: Martin Graham, Trinity Rail ARCI’s Engineering and Design Sub-
Group, LLC committee meets several times a year to
The American Railway Car Institute address design and safety issues of
(ARCI) has represented the North Amer- freight car.
ican freight car building industry for Working with the AAR and TTCI, the
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committee helps to fund freight car fatigue EQUIPMENT LEASING COMMITTEE
tests of coal cars and well cars that have been Chair: Dave Edwards, President,
completed. Macquarie Rail Inc.
Equipment leasing companies, component Comprised of representatives from several
manufacturers, and others can become affili- prominent freight car leasing companies,
ate members of the committees. responsibilities include evaluating key regula-
As members they receive the quarterly sta- tory and public policy issues affecting the
tistics and participate in the Engineering and freight car leasing industry and to guide RSI
Design Subcommittee activities. policy development in this area.
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2009 RSI Committees
QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITTEE STANDARD COUPLER MANUFACTURERS
Chair: Ray Morgan, GATX Rail Corporation COMMITTEE
The Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) is Chair: Patrick S. Wallace, Trinity Rail Group
an advocate for quality and continuous This committee promotes Association of the
improvement in the performance and safety American Railroads (AAR) standard coupler
of the rail supply industry’s products and ser- technology worldwide and meets periodically
vices. The QAC works closely with railroad to discuss the technical matters affecting its
quality assurance professionals to ensure that use.
member companies receive the information The committee also works with the rail
they need to implement superior quality pro- industry to develop coupler standards that
grams and meet the challenges for today’s reflect the latest in technology and foundry
marketplace. In addition, this committee practices. This committee is restricted to com-
cosponsors, with the AAR, an Quality Assur- panies that produce standard AAR couplers.
ance Conference where RSI members can
learn the latest quality of techniques from
professionals in and out of the railroad indus-
try, as well as have an opportunity to review
current railroad quality procedures.
Both the Quality Assurance
Committee and the Standard
Coupler Manufacturers Com-
mittee offer guidance for
improvements beneficial to
both freight and passenger
rail equipment.
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STATE TAXATION COMMITTEE prised of companies that own and lease rail-
Chair: Don Keplinger, Union Tank road freight cars, monitors and acts on state
Car Company legislative and regulatory issues that affect
The State Taxation Committee, which is com- the taxation of privately owned freight cars.
12. TANK CAR COMMITTEE to companies engaged in the tives to increase capacity,
10 Chair: William Constantino,
Union Tank
, manufacture, ownership, or
leasing of railroad tank cars.
securing federal investment for
Positive Train Control and High
Car Company Speed Rail, supporting
2009 RSI Committees
The RSI Committee on Tank Amtrak’s legislative goals, sup-
Cars is comprised of companies WASHINGTON AFFAIRS porting the Class I railroads
that design and manufacture COMMITTEE efforts opposed to reregula-
railroad tank cars operating in Co-Chair: John Paljug, Safetran tion and lobbying against big-
this country and/or own, man- Systems Corporation ger trucks. In addition, the
age, and lease approximately Co-Chair: Thomas J. committee works very closely
70% of the nation’s tank car Gillespie, Jr., ALSTOM with Operation Lifesaver to
fleet. The committee regularly Transportation, Inc. reduce the deaths and injuries
reviews tank car requirements Open to all members, but at highway-rail grade crossings
through its membership on the with an emphasis on member and along railroad rights-of-
AAR Tank Car Committee and companies in the Communica- way through education pro-
remains at the forefront of the tion & Signaling, MOW and grams for the public.
latest research to improve tank Passenger industries. This com-
car safety. This committee rep- mittee and its working groups
resents the tank car industry in represent these segments of This committee was formed
federal, legislative, and regula- the industry in Washington, when the Maintenance of Way,
tory matters. In addition, it DC. Legislative issues of inter- Grade Crossing Safety, Train
jointly sponsors with AAR, the est include: supporting the Sec- Control and Passenger commit-
RSI/AAR Tank Car Safety tion 130 highway-rail grade tees were combined in 2009.
Research Project. Membership crossing program; supporting
on this committee is restricted railroads in securing tax incen-
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Hazardous commodities are a that has resulted in a safer and tank car industry.
necessity in providing the valu- more secure tank car to carry The RSICTC continues to
able goods and services hazardous commodities. work closely with the AAR and
demanded by our society. The RSICTC recently joined government agencies on
And there is no safer way to with the rail tank car commu- pending regulations and pro-
transport these materials than nity to launch the Advanced vided input to the interim PIH
by rail tank cars. More than Tank Car Collaborative tank car rulemaking that was
99.99% of hazardous com- Research Program. This initia- released in 2009. The work of
modities shipped in tank cars tive will define the next gener- the member companies of the
arrive at their destination
without an incident. The
record is clear that this mode
of transportation out performs
all others, and it is because of
the strong commitment to
safety by the RSI Committee
on Tank Cars and rail tank car
industry.
The RSICTC has long been
proactive in working with the
AAR and government regula-
tory agencies to continually
develop safer and more secure
tank cars. Since 1970, the
RSICTC has partnered with the
AAR to fund the Railroad Tank
Car Safety and Research Pro-
ject, this project collects data
on tank cars that have been
damaged in derailments and
uses the information to incor-
porate designs that enhance
tank car safety.
The Committee also funds
research projects that are
directed toward tank car per-
formance improvements. This
research is often done in con- ation tank car to carry ultra- RSI Committee on Tank Cars,
junction with the Department hazardous materials, address- in conjunction with the AAR,
of Transportation, Transport ing both safety and security government regulatory agen-
Canada and, more recently, enhancements. Other mem- cies and chemical shippers has
with the Department of bers of this collaborative been instrumental in achieving
Homeland Security. In addi- effort include the AAR, Chlo- the outstanding safety record
tion, the RSI Committee on rine Institute, Fertilizer Insti- of the tank car industry.
Tank Cars has spent more than tute, American Chemistry
$21 million on data collection Council, Department of Trans-
and research, donated equip- portation, Department of
ment for research testing, and Homeland Security and Trans-
provided countless hours of port Canada. The Committee
time in participating on indus- also participates in visits to
try committees. This has been Capitol Hill to educate legisla-
a major commitment, but one tors on issues that involve the
14. RSI About Us
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RSI About Us
The Railway Supply Institute Connection Advocacy
acts on behalf of more than 200 Railway suppliers are con- RSI is your voice in Washing-
of the largest manufacturers nected and strengthened by ton.
and suppliers to North Ameri- RSI. The RSI is a presence on Capitol
can freight and passenger rail- RSI members meet and do busi- Hill and among the regulatory
roads, and their 150,000 ness with freight and passenger agencies that write the rules for
employees. The RSI connects railroads and other suppliers at the rail industry, continually
members to their customers and annual conferences, tradeshows advocating safe, sensible, and
partners, supports the improve- and industry events. We are the efficient solutions that work for
ment of the industry, assists center of the industry network, rail, suppliers, and the people
members in the global market- helping to make contacts for who depend on us to move
place, and represents the indus- our members with key players their goods.
try during the regulatory and in the companies that work in
legislative process. the rail and rail supply industry.
Support
Support of railway suppliers
is important to the railroad
industry.
RSI organizes 7 project commit-
tees on critical issues such as
safe transportation of haz-
ardous materials, passenger
transportation, and grade cross-
ing safety that meet to craft
solutions that support our mem-
bership’s continuing efforts to
revolutionize the rail industry.
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Conferences & Events
The success of RSI depends largely on the ment for a discussion on our current trans-
involvement of its membership. RSI offers portation policy and rail issues. Though “The
opportunities throughout the year to provide Hill” can seem like a formidable place full of
for its membership. Grassroots efforts, such conflicting ideas, Congressional Representa-
as Railroad Day on Capitol Hill, marketing tives are often happy to speak to con-
events such as Global Railway Tech, and giv- stituents in the rail industry.
ing opportunities for our members to meet Across the board, those who attended
with their customers as in the Amtrak CEO Railroad Day were pleased with their meet-
meeting, help us to provide value to our ings and were fully prepared to discuss rail
members. Below are just a few of the events issues in detail. Leo Ditewig, Chief Engineer
that RSI sponsored in 2009. at Holland Company, shared his thoughts on
the meetings he attended. “In some cases the
February 26, 2009: Congress people wanted to know how many
Railroad Day on Capitol Hill jobs we provided to their constituents. We
More than 25 RSI members attended Railroad discussed how important we are to the envi-
Day on Capitol Hill in 2009. They joined hun- ronment (436 miles per gallon and 280 trucks
dreds of other railroad industry employees off the highway), re-regulation, and the
on Capitol Hill to promote the rail industry economy.”
and legislative issues being considered in
Congress which will impact the rail and rail March 12, 2009:
supply industry. More than 250 meetings RSI Members Meet with Amtrak CEO
were scheduled on Capitol Hill with represen- Twenty-five RSI members took advantage of
tatives from the House and Senate. a Meet & Greet coordinated by RSI with
“It is a simple answer. The healthier and Amtrak President & CEO Joseph Boardman.
more robust the railroad industry is, the RSI members spent time with the Amtrak
more business will be available to its suppli- President as Mr. Boardman as he discussed
ers,” replied John Kieras, Director of Railroad Amtrak’s short- and long- term capital plan,
and Industry Relations at Union Tank Car as well as the national passenger railroad’s
Company, when asked why suppliers should general plan for the economic $1.3 billion
attend Railroad Day. Certainly, there is great stimulus money provided through the Ameri-
momentum for rail on Capitol Hill this year can Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
and Railroad Day was the perfect environ-
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April 22, 2009: RSI Meets with DOT ger-car manufacturing capacity and alterna-
2009 RSI Conferences
Secretary Ray LaHood tive fuels for locomotives.
Members of the RSI Board met with Depart-
ment of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray May 7, 2009:
LaHood, urging him to keep railroads and Selling to America’s Railroads
their suppliers free of new regulations that In early 2009, Congress passed the American
prevent development of critical new trans- Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). It
portation infrastructure and technologies. provided $9.3 billion for high speed and
RSI Board Chairman Marshall Beck of New intercity passenger rail, which included $1.3
York Air Brake led the contingent, joined by billion for Amtrak and $8 billion for the
Bob Hulick of Trinity Rail and Robert development of high speed rail. On May 7,
Matthews of Tangent Rail. Dave Matsuda 2009, RSI, in association with the OneRail
from the DOT Transportation Policy office Coalition and Women in Government Rela-
and Karen Rae from the Federal Railroad tions, held a symposium with government
Administration also attended. and industry authorities regarding the avail-
Mr. Beck emphasized that rail capacity ability of stimulus money for rail. More than
expansion depends on new technologies such 100 people attended the discussion.
as Positive Train Control (PTC), safety pro- Attendees heard from several panels,
grams like the Section 130 highway rail grade including decision makers within U.S. DOT.
Karen Rae, Deputy Administrator at
FRA, highlighted the Administration’s
dedication to implementing high
speed rail in America as well as the
importance of freight rail. Represen-
tatives from the Class I Freight Panel
(NS, CSX, UP, and BNSF) discussed
their individual railroad’s passenger
principles, stimulus projects, non-
stimulus public-private partnership
projects, and corridors where they
might be engaged with high speed
rail. Stephen Gardner, Vice Presi-
dent, Policy and Development for
Amtrak, gave an overview of
Amtrak’s goals. A panel weighed cor-
ridor HSR programs in California, Vir-
ginia, and the Northeast.
In October 2009, FRA Administra-
tor Joe Szabo announced that FRA
has received numerous applications
from states and groups of states for
the development of high-speed and
intercity passenger rail programs for
Cutting the crossing program, and a robust railway sup- grant funding from ARRA. These include 45
ceremonial ribbon ply industry. Beck noted that railroads applications from 24 states totaling approxi-
marking the already invest more of their revenues than mately $50 billion to advance high speed rail
opening of Global
Railway Tech 2009 any other industry in new assets, turning corridor programs. FRA also received 214
are (from left): would-be profits into new jobs and better, applications from 34 states totaling $7 billion
Ed Hamberger, safer transportation, and that railway suppli- for corridor planning and smaller projects.
AAR; Tom Simpson, ers are funding R&D programs to bring new FRA, citing the huge response, will announce
RSI; Tim Heilig,
equipment and technology needed by rail- all awards this winter with a deadline of Feb-
Norfolk Southern;
Marshall Beck, roads to increase velocity and throughput. ruary 17, 2010.
NYAB; and John Mr. LaHood asked the RSI members to
Sigler, Progress Rail continue supporting development and September 16, 2009:
& MARTS. deployment of high speed rail. The Secretary Global Railway Tech Opening Session
also expressed interest in a domestic passen- The Opening Session of Global Railway Tech
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boasted two great speakers, Mr. Timothy
2009 RSI Annual Report
Heilig, Vice President of Mechanical at Nor-
folk Southern, and Magdy el-Sabaie, Director
of Research at the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration (FRA).
Mr. Heilig emphasized “safety at the fore-
front of any strategy we choose to adopt.”
Mr. Heilig spoke to a standing room-only
crowd to discuss NS’s business strategy during
the current economic downturn. Anticipating
a slow recovery, Mr. Heilig told the RSI-CMA
meeting “our focus needs to remain in the
strategic importance the rail industry has on
our country’s future transportation needs.”
He stressed the importance of working with
the public sector on public-private partner-
ships, citing NS’s Heartland and Crescent Cor-
ridors. Mr. Heilig outlined areas that the rail-
road is moving to cut emission and fuel con-
sumption including the use of green locomo- RSI Chairman Marshall Beck of
tives, ECP brakes, elimination of needless NYAB speaks to RSI members
attending the RSI Annual Meeting.
engine idling, and replacement of older, less
fuel-efficient locomotives.
September 16 – 18, 2009: give all attendees an opportunity to view the
Global Railway Tech 2009 products and technologies on display.
Thanks to all those who attended Global Rail- The technical meetings of the Coordinated
way Tech 2009 at the Chicago Hilton & Tow- Mechanical Associations were also well
ers Hotel. More than 1,100 railroaders and attended. The Air Brake Association, the
suppliers came to see the exhibits and attend International Association of Railway Operat-
the CMA technical programs. ing Officers, the Locomotive Maintenance
Seventy three RSI member companies dis- Officers Association and the Mechanical Asso-
played their latest products in the RSI-spon- ciation Railcar Technical Services covered top-
sored trade show, held as part of Global Rail- ics as diverse as tank car safety, remote moni-
way Tech. In a change from past years, all toring of equipment, ECP brakes, locomotive
social events were held in the exhibition hall technology developments, and Positive Train
to increase traffic on the exhibit floor and to Control.
Railway Interchange 2011
September 18-21, 2009 cal sessions by the Coordinated 2010. Please visit our website fre-
Minneapolis, MN Mechanical Associations. quently for updates regarding
At Railway Interchange 2011, exhibit space, hotel information,
Please join us at Railway Inter- our members can look forward to and hospitality suites. We expect
change 2011 at the Minneapolis a World Class Venue with 480,000 to begin selling booth space in
Convention Center. This trade square feet of trade show space summer 2010.
show will be one of the largest rail and 87 conference meeting rooms.
supplier trade shows held in the In addition, RSI host hotels will Location, Indoor Exhibits and
United States and will feature be the Hyatt and Millennium, Technical Sessions:
many facets of the industry. directly across the street from the Minneapolis Convention Center
Railway Interchange 2011 will Minneapolis Convention Center. Location, Outdoor Exhibits:
be hosted by RSI, AREMA, RSSI, RSI members can look for RSI Canadian Pacific's Humboldt Yard
and REMSA. There will be indoor specific details for Railway Inter-
and outdoor exhibits, and techni- change 2011 beginning in early
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2009 RSI Capitol Hill
RSI Work in
Washington
The railway supply and railroad industry
continue to face tough economic times
that have forced personnel cutbacks
and tough financial decisions. A Demo-
cratic Administration and Congress have
set a busy pace for rail and transporta-
tion issues such as high speed rail and
BELOW: RSI’s meeting with
the reauthorization of the country’s sur-
DOT on April 22, 2009 face transportation bill. RSI and others
included (from left): For- in the industry are poised to provide
mer Rep. Bob Clement, RSI the leadership necessary on rail issues
Consultant; Karen Rae, facing the Obama Administration and
Deputy Administrator,
Federal Railroad Adminis- the 111th Congress. In 2009, RSI leader- events surrounding the deployment and
tration; Tom Simpson, RSI ship met separately with the Secretary development of HSR in the U.S. and in
Executive Director; Ray of the Department of Transportation the crafting of a national rail plan as
LaHood DOT Secretary; Ray LaHood, as well as new FRA Admin- mandated by the Passenger Rail Invest-
Marshall Beck, Vice Presi-
dent, Sales, New York Air
istrator Joseph Szabo, to give a brief on ment and Improvement Act of 2008. In
Brake, and RSI Chairman; the state of the industry and to discuss July, RSI Chairman Marshall Beck partic-
Robert Matthews, Vice current issues. ipated in a round table discussion spon-
President, Tangent Rail; Due to the heightened interest in sored by House T&I Chairman Jim Ober-
and Bob Hulick, Senior High Speed Rail, RSI was invited to par- star (D-Minn.) and House Railroad Sub-
Vice President at Trinity
Rail. ticipate in numerous FRA sponsored committee Chairwoman Corrine Brown
(D-Fla.). The purpose of the discussion
was to focus upon the ability of the
domestic manufacturing base to
respond to HSR development projects.
RSI also continues to host its yearly CEO
meeting with Amtrak where RSI mem-
bers spent time with the Amtrak Presi-
dent discussing the railroads short and
long term capital plan.
Continuing its work on Capitol Hill,
RSI Senior Staff, along with RSI lobbyist
Former Member of Congress Bob
Clement (D-Tenn.), met with over 50
Members of Congress and their staff
educating them on the rail supply
industry as well as advocating our leg-
islative positions on key issues. In addi-
tion, RSI continues its good work in D.C.
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by interfacing with additional appropriate tinue our annual Amtrak CEO meeting, quali-
Administration officials within FRA, FHWA, ty face time with high ranking DOT officials
FTA, STB, PHMSA, NTSB and DHS (TSA), par- and the hosting of marketing events for our
ticipating in RSAC, as well as participating in members.
professional organizations such as Women
Transportation Seminar, Women in Govern- MAJOR LEGISLATIVE INTERESTS,
ment Relations, Transportation Table and the FIRST SESSION, 111th CONGRESS
Transportation Research Forum. RSI also sits
on the board of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. RSI is the railway supplier voice in Washing-
Finally, alliances are vital in Washington, ton, D.C. and within the rail industry. Below
and currently RSI belongs to the OneRail are current legislative issues that affect our
Coalition which consists of RSI, Amtrak, Sur- industry. With access to decision makers in
face Transportation Policy Partnership, the the United States Congress and the Obama
American Public Transportation Association, Administration, RSI works with regulatory
AAR, ASLRRA, National Association of Rail- agencies, Congressional lawmakers, and staff
road Passengers, National Railroad Construc- to promote rail supply industry interests. The
tion & Maintenance Association, the Natural association works tirelessly to represent its
Resources Defense Council, the States for Pas- membership. We keep the Advocacy Section
senger Rail Coalition, and the United Trans- of our website current on these issues, so
portation Union. The OneRail Coalition please check out our website for more details
brings passenger and freight stakeholders and updates on this legislation.
together to educate decision makers at the
federal, state, and local levels on the benefits Rail Capacity and Infrastructure
of rail transport, and to promote investment Funding
in freight and passenger rail infrastructure.
Looking ahead to 2010, RSI envisions H.R. 1806, the Freight Rail Infrastructure
another busy year where we plan to “pound Capacity Expansion Act of 2008, would pro-
the pavement” on Capitol Hill as well as con- vide a 25% tax credit for investments in new
20. 18 rail track, intermodal facilities, rail yards, High Speed Rail
locomotives or other rail infrastructure Earlier this year, Congress passed the Ameri-
2009 RSI Capitol Hill
expansion projects. All businesses, including can Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in
railroads, ports, shippers, and trucking com- an effort to move our nation toward eco-
panies, would be eligible for the credit. nomic recovery. ARRA provided $9.3 billion
Examples of qualifying capacity: Expanding for high speed and intercity passenger rail,
investments include adding new track to which included $1.3 billion for Amtrak and
existing right of ways; adding or extending $8 billion for the development of high speed
new sidings or spurs to existing right of ways; rail. Additional funds have been approved
constructing new intermodal or transload by the House in their version of FY 2010 DOT
facilities; and new technology-based expan- Appropriations with $4 billion designated for
sion, including signaling in dark territory. high speed rail and $1.5 billion for Amtrak.
New locomotives would qualify only if they Finally, the House T & I Committee released
increased the total horsepower of a carrier’s its version of a Surface Transportation Bill,
locomotive fleet. Finally, all freight rail infra- which would provide $50 billion over six
structure capital expenditures would be eligi- years for high speed rail corridors. This mas-
ble for expensing treatment. sive infusion of capital money for high speed
rail provides the potential for revitalizing the
U.S. manufacturing sector if it is done in the
correct way.
Short Line Tax Credit Extension
FY2010 DOT Appropriations
H.R. 1132 and S. 461 would extend the short
line tax credit through December 31, 2012. RSI supports the following for Fiscal Year
Currently this credit creates an incentive for 2010 Department of Transportation Appro-
short line railroads to invest in track rehabili- priation Levels:
tation by providing a tax credit of 50 cents High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail
for every dollar the railroad spends on track (including $50 million for HSR R&D): $4.0 bil-
improvements; however it was to expire on lion
December 31, 2009. Amtrak: $1.84 billion
Rail Safety Technology Grants (Would pro-
vide Funding for PTC): $100 million
Rail Line Relocation: $40 million
National Infrastructure Investment Grants
(extension of TIGER Grants): $1.1 billion
MAJOR LEGISLATIVE INTERESTS,
SECOND SESSION,
111th CONGRESS
Surface Transportation Bill
(SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization)
The 2005 “Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act-A Legacy for
Users” (SAFETEA-LU), approved by Congress
and signed by then President Bush in August
2005, authorized $286.5 billion in federal
Congressman. John Mica (R- investment for the highway, public trans-
Fla., at left), Ranking Mem- portation and highway safety programs from
ber of the House Transporta- fiscal years (FY) 2004-09. The law expired on
tion and Infrastructure Com- September 30, 2009. The House and Senate
mittee,listens to one rail
industry employee during have so far passed two extensions of
Railroad Day on Capitol Hill. SAFETEA-LU. The second was set to expire on
December 18, 2009.
21. Issues that fall under this larger bill:
19
■ Section 130 Highway-Rail Grade Cross-
2009 RSI Annual Report
ing Safety Program
■ Truck Sizes and Weight
Section 130 Highway-Rail Grade
Crossing Safety Program
Since 1973 Congress has provided dedicated
funding for states to implement safety
improvement projects at highway-rail grade
crossings. This funding has been a part of
every surface transportation act since 1973
and, at the urging of RSI, was continued in
SAFETEA-LU at $220 million per fiscal year.
The Chairman of the House T & I Commit-
tee, Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), has introduced
his version of SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization
titled, the Surface Transportation Authoriza-
tion Act of 2009. This bill would provide
$500 billion in total transportation funding,
with nearly $100 billion for public transporta-
tion and $50 billion for high-speed rail.
Unfortunately, this bill terminates the Section
130 highway-rail grade crossing program
$220 million set aside over two years and
consolidates the funding and its authority
into the Highway Safety Improvement Pro-
gram thereby forcing it to compete with 21 standing and successful Section 130 highway
other major highway safety programs for lim- rail grade crossing program and enhance pro-
ited federal safety dollars. ject prioritization requirements. Without a
RSI has joined a coalition with groups such budgetary set-aside like the Section 130 pro-
as AAR, ASLRRA, Norfolk Southern, Union gram, grade crossing needs would fare poor-
Pacific, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signal- ly in competition with more traditional high-
men, and others to combat this change in the way needs (such as highway construction and
Section 130 program by supporting H.R. maintenance. If incorporated in the next sur-
2125, the Surface Transportation Authoriza- face transportation act (SAFETEA-LU reautho-
tion Act. H.R. 2125 would extend the long- rization), the provisions of H.R. 2125 would
RSI Supports Operation Lifesaver
RSI is a cofounder and longtime the railroad and railway supply 2009 Contributors
supporter of Operation Lifesaver industries, law enforcement agen- American Railcar Industries, Inc.
(OLI), the nationwide volunteer cies, the trucking industry and Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
organization dedicated to reduc- other highway safety organiza- Diesel Electrical Equipment, Inc.
ing crashes at highway rail grade tions. Operation Lifesaver and the Ebenezer Railcar Services
crossings. With chapters in 49 federal Section 130 grade crossings GLNX Corporation
states, OLI’s look, listen, and live improvement program have com- The Okonite Company
message has been a major factor bined to create educational pro- PHW, Inc.
in reducing the number fatalities grams that have saved lives. Railway Systems Suppliers, Inc.
associated with highway-rail grade (RSSI)
crossing crashes and trespassing. Since its creation is 1985, RSI mem- Strato, Inc.
OLI enjoys broad support from bers have donated their time and Union Tank Car Company
Congress, the Department of more than $500,000 to Operation
Transportation, individual states, Lifesaver.
22. prevent the Section 130 from remains in close contact with frozen by Congress since 1991.
20 disappearing. H.R. 2125 was
referred to the House Commit-
the supporters of the Section
130 Coalition
Under current law, trucks oper-
ating on most of the U.S. Inter-
tee on Transportation & Infra- . state Highway System can have
Truck Size & Weights
2009 RSI Capitol Hill
structure, where it is pending a gross vehicle weight of no
consideration. more than 80,000 pounds.
RSI continues to solicit Truck size and weight limits on Attempts to thaw the federal
cosponsors for H.R. 2125 and federal highways have been freeze have been rejected by
Congress. The freight rail-
roads and the trucking indus-
try agreed to oppose changes
in federal law regarding truck
size and weight through Sep-
tember 2009, the period when
SAFETEA-LU was in effect.
Some within the trucking
industry have indicated that
they will seek lifting existing
Truck Size & Weight limits
when SAFETEA-LU is
reauthorized.
Safe Highways and
Infrastructure
Preservation Act
H.R. 1618 and S. 779 would
extend the present freeze on
longer and heavier combina-
tion vehicles from the Inter-
state Highway System to the
entire National Highway Sys-
tem. H.R. 1618 was referred to
the House Committee on
Transportation & Infrastructure
where it is pending considera-
tion. Its companion bill, S. 779,
was referred to the Senate
Committee on Environment &
Public Works where it is also
pending consideration.
Railroad Antitrust
Enforcement Act
H.R. 233 and S. 146, Railroad
Antitrust Enforcement Act,
would repeal limited antitrust
exemptions provided for
freight railroads. The bills
would allow the federal gov-
ernment, States and private
parties to file suit to enjoin
anti-competitive mergers and
acquisitions. The bills would
also move the review of merg-
ers to the Justice Department’s
Antitrust Division and to the
Federal Trade Commission.
23. RSI Work in Washington: 21
Bob Clement Reports
RSI Clement
Lobbying Congress is a big Present and Future Roles, Railroads and its Class I Rail-
part of what we do here at Performance, Benefits, and road members, the Ameri-
RSI. Our goal is simple: to Needs."Tom noted the poor can Short Line and Regional
support legislation that is state of economic growth Railroad Association and its
good for railway suppliers in the car building industry members, OneRail, Women
and their customers and to and the poor projections of in Government Relations
oppose legislation that the industry as a whole. (WGR), or Women in Trans-
harms railway suppliers and Tom's testimony was used portation (WTS).
their customers. That simple by T&I Chairman Jim Ober- In my time with Congress,
philosophy governs the star as he argued on the I always kept in mind the
Capitol Hill work that Tom House importance of hearing
Simpson, Nicole Brewin and floor for passage of trans- from constituents. RSI is
I perform on a weekly basis. portation stimulus legisla- undertaking a new effort
With the inauguration of tion. to better quantify the
Barack Obama as President Of course, we don't limit size and scope of the rail-
and the swearing in of ourselves to just the T&I way supply industry, and
the 111th Congress in Janu- Committee. There are when we contact you for
ary of 2009, we began a many committees and more detailed information,
new time in Washington agencies that have a hand I urge you to share it with
and were faced with new in the success of the rail us so that we can better
challenges and new oppor- supply industry. We spend represent you and our
tunities. We visited more time visiting members of industry at large. We will
than 40 offices ranging the House Appropriations also begin a more effective
from House leadership to and Ways and Means Com- grassroots effort. Expect
the newest freshman. We mittees and the Senate updates from RSI about
tracked legislation, includ- Appropriation, Commerce upcoming legislation affect-
Bob Clement ing in the vitally important and Environment Commit- ing our industry and details
House Transportation and tees. In addition, we have about contacting your
Infrastructure (T&I) Com- paid visits to Obama Congressional representa-
mittee, where most rail leg- Administration officials, tives. Your phone call, let-
islation originates. including Secretary of ter, or email can make a
Some of the major legisla- Transportation Ray LaHood difference, especially when
tion we are following for and Federal Railroad all of our members partici-
you, our members,includes: Administrator Joseph pate in this active role.
• rail safety Szabo. We, of course, won't rest
• reauthorization of the As an eight-term member on our laurels in 2010, an
SAFETEA -LU transportation of the House of Representa- important year for RSI
bill tives, I recognize the value members as Congress will
• the Section 130 highway of coalition building to the consider transportation leg-
rail grade crossing safety legislative process. When islation that will affect how
program organizations and industry you and your customers do
• truck sizes and weights stakeholders come together business. Our legislative
• Amtrak funding on principles they can agree strategy outlined above
• Surface Transportation on, members of Congress combined with the leader-
Board reauthorization listen more closely. I am ship of your board of direc-
In January 2009, Tom pleased at the efforts of RSI tors will govern our activi-
Simpson was asked to testi- to build long lasting coali- ties in 2010, and RSI will be
fy at a T&I hearing on tions whether it's with the a tireless advocate on your
"Freight and Passenger Rail: Association of American behalf.
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2009 RSI Membership
Membership
Our strength in the industry
RSI is committed to retaining and building mem- vide value to our over 200 members in the rail
bership by bringing value to our members. Our supply industry in various ways, including: releas-
programs, committee work, and advocacy in ing timely information in our newsletters and
Washington, DC are key to retaining and growing legislative alerts, educational programming,
our membership. trade shows and marketing events, and by creat-
In 2009, our membership participated in a sur- ing opportunities for our members to meet with
vey to better gauge the needs of RSI members. elected officials and other government decision
This survey indicated that the RSI membership makers.
places value on efforts to improve access to cus- RSI also seeks diversity in its membership and
tomers and on our Washington lobby activity. It in its officers. Like our membership, our board of
also reinforced the premise that we need to directors and committee chairs represent many
increase the focus on communication within our facets of the rail supply industry from tank car
membership on issues of importance. This infor- builders to maintenance of way manufacturers,
mation helped us to develop a plan which focuses from large companies to small ones. With better
on member satisfaction. In order to take RSI in a communication and outreach to customers, folks
new direction, RSI hired SMS Marketing Services on Capitol Hill, and you, RSI continues to effec-
to design a more modern logo to better repre- tively address your needs and bring value to your
sent our corporate identity and the changing membership.
direction RSI is taking. Balancing the needs and interests of the vari-
Our new website is cleaner, easier to navigate, ous sized companies that belong to RSI is always
and designed to be the main avenue of communi- a challenge. The vast majority of our members
cation between RSI and its membership. It also are smaller companies, but most dues income
includes more details on upcoming tradeshows comes from the larger members.
and marketing events, legislation that affects All activities undertaken by RSI staff and com-
your business, and other important information. mittees benefit the entire membership. Smaller
Look for frequent changes; we look forward to companies especially value trade shows and other
adding a Members Only Section in 2010. marketing events; larger companies value the RSI
The value that RSI brings to its membership is Committee activities as well.
important to our existence. We continue to pro- All RSI members benefit from our Washington,
25. D.C. activities in support of the railway supply Look for additional information about our
industry and our customers. RSI is cognizant of
the differing interests of its membership and
members by looking at the Membership Directory
on the following pages, or on our website at 23
strives to serve each segment appropriately. www.railwaysupply.org.
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RSI Membership: Global representation
Not only do RSI members span the many facets of the industry, they also span the globe
with members in 32 states, Australia, Canada, China, and the Republic of Korea.
Within the United States, a large percentage of RSI membership organizations hail from 10 states:
Illinois Ohio
Michigan Pennsylvania
Minnesota Texas
Missouri Virginia
New York Wisconsin
New RSI Members in 2009
Alcoa Fastening Systems Waco, Texas
Bangor Metals Cambridge, Ontario
Independent Machine Company of Gladstone, Inc. Gladstone, Michigan
Innovative Scheduling Gainesville, Florida
Kavi Associates Barrington, Illinois
Lokring Technology LLC Willoughby, Ohio
MAC Products, Inc. Kearny, New Jersey
Megger Norristown, Pennsylvania
Nathan Airchime, Inc.: Sub-Micro Precision Group South Windham, Connecticut
Norgren Inc. Littleton, Colorado
PI Engineering Inc. Williamston, Michigan
Power Drives, Inc. Buffalo, New York
StarTrak Systems, LLC Morris Plains, New Jersey
Talgo, Inc. Washington, D.C.
Therm-Omega Tech, Inc. Warminster, Pennsylvania
Transportation Technology Inc. Yonkers, New York
Ulven Forging Hubbard, Oregon
US Railcar, LLC Columbus, Ohio
2009 RSI Membership:
Dues revenue Membership by Class
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2009 RSI Membership Directory
RSI Membership
Directory
A. Stucki Company covering systems for hopper cars, American Railcar Industries, Inc.
Mr. William R. Kiefer including trough and round covers, Mr. James J. Unger
2600 Neville Road manufactured in aluminum and fiber- 1000 Clark Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15225 glass, brackets, locks and batten bars. St. Charles, MO 63301 2081
P: (412) 771-7300-126 Replacement parts and gates for Key- P: (636) 940-6006
wrkiefer@aol.com stone and Agrogate outlet gates. F: (636) 940-6044
www.stucki.com junger@americanrailcar.com
Products & Services: Truck Compo- Alcoa Fastening Systems www.americanrailcar.com
nents & Breaking Equipment. Mr. Randy E. Rape Products & Services: Control to switch
8001 Imperial Drive machines, circuit controllers, impedance
Absopulse Electronics Ltd. Waco, TX 76714-8117 bonds, relays, and signals.
Ms. Carole Lombard P: (254) 751-5229) See our ad on page C3.
110 Walgreen Road F: (254) 751-5259
Ottawa, Ont. K0A 1L0 CANADA randy.rape@alcoa.com American Railroad Equipment
P: (613) 237-8481 www.alcoafastening.com Ms. Gina Baier
lombard.absopluse@gmail.com Products & Services: Fastening System PO Box 611
www.absopulse.com for construction of new railcars, repair Roanoke, VA 24004
Products & Services: Designs and man- of railcars, & track and passenger car P: (540) 767-8000
ufactures high-performance, switch- construction. F: (540) 767-8888
mode power supplies. Our extensive gbaier@americanrailroad.com
product line includes AC/DC power Alstom Transportation Inc. www.americanrailroad.com
supplies and battery chargers, DC/DC Mr. Charles R. Wochele Products & Services: Locomotive &
converters, laboratory power supplies PO Box 20600 Parts Sales.
and complete power systems deliv- Rochester, NY 14602
ered pre-wired in 19” or 23” shelves. P: (585) 279-1492 Amglo Kemlite
We provide innovative cost-effective F: (585) 279-1430 Laboratories, Inc.
solutions for almost any customer chuck.wochele@transport.alstom.com Mr. John Madzar
requirements. www.alstomsignalingsolutions.com 8787 Enterprise Boulevard
Products & Services: Design & furnish Largo, FL 33773
ACL International, Inc. signaling equipment ranging from P: (727) 812-2000
Mr. Arthur C. Low communication based train control F: (727) 812-2001
1181 Hillside Road systems, vital processor interlocking jmadzar@tampabay.rr.com
Northbrook, IL 60062 control systems. www.amglo.com
P: (847) 498-2192 Products & Services: Quartz Halogen
F: (847) 498-2191 American Equipment Ditch / Headlamp.
art.low@aclinternational.net Company
Products & Services: Mr. Howard E. McCall, Jr. AMICO
International Business Development / 4755 Technology Way, Suite 208 Mr. Roger Oberle
Consulting. Boca Raton, FL 33431 5947 S. Shore Drive
P: (561) 997-2080 Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Aero Transportation F: (561) 997-2110 P: (225) 753-4977
Products mccall@ameco.net F: (225) 752-8625
Ms. Tamara Hart www.ameco.net roberle@gibraltar1.com
PO Box 1058 Products & Services: www.amico-online.com
Independence, MO 64051 0558 Computer–based centralized traffic Products & Services: A & B end plat-
P: (816) 257-5450 F: (816) 257-6910 control systems, and completely auto- form boards; running board top
thart@aerotransportation.com matic train. mounted, ends; dome platforms. Cus-
www.aerotransportation.com tom built running boards—all avail-
Products & Services: Complete line of able in bar grating and plank-type
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safety grating. Products are supplied www.bach-simpson.com Carbone of America
to new car manufacturers and repair Products & Services: Mr. Xavier Mlynek
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facilities. Event Data Recorders, Speed Indica- 225 Harwood Boulevard
tor and Control Systems. Dorian, Quebec J7V 1Y3
Amsted Rail P: (450) 455-5728
Mr. Brian Hawkins Bangor Metals F: (450) 455-5052
6000A Sawgrass Village Circle Suite Mr. Owen Hennessey xavier.mlynek@carbonelorraine.com
#7 1060 Fountain Street www.carbonebrush.com
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 Cambridge, Ontario N3E 0A1 Products & Services:
P: (904) 285-7111 CANADA Mfg: Carbon Brushes, Brush-Hold-
bhawkins@amstedrail.com P: (519) 650-6062 ers, and Ship Rings.
www.amstedrail.com F: (519) 650-9761
Products & Services: Tapered roller marketing@bangormetals.com Cattron -Theimeg Inc.
bearings, wheels, Bolsters, side www.bangormetals.com Mr. James W. Kingerski
frames, couplers & Draft Gear Sys- Products & Services: A Tier one sup- 58 West Shenango Street
tems. plier to Original Equipment Manu- Sharpsville, PA 16150
See our ad on page 3. facturers and refurbishers or rail P: (724) 962-3571
locotmotives and other off-highway F: (724) 962-8249
Ansaldo STS USA, Inc heavy industrial vehicles and equip- dmontgomery@cattron.com
Mr. Russell Glorioso ment. Capabilities offered include www.cattrongroup.com
1000 Technology Drive complex fabrication, assembly, weld Products & Services:
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3120 and precision machining. Products Radio Remote Controls.
P: (412) 688-2200 include “PLug and Play Operator
F: (412) 688-2589 Cabs, High Voltage Cabinets, Fuel Central Sales & Service, Inc.
rjglorioso@switch.com Tanks and other major operating Mr. Ed Kehrer
www.ansaldo-sts.com modules. PO Box 649, 110 Industrial Court
Products & Services: Manufacturer Waverly, TN 37185 0649
and service of signaling, automation Beena Vision Systems, Inc. P: (931) 296-1940
and control equipment and systems Mr. Kambiz Nayebi F: (931) 296-1949
for the railroad and mass transit 645 Hembree Park Drive, Suite K ekcss@accessive.net
industries. Products include Mirolok Roswell, GA 30076 www.centralsales-service.com
II wayside control systems, M-Style P: (678) 597-3156 Products & Services: (Gaskets) Plug
switch machines, solid state code F: (678) 597-0156 door gasket, mounting, frame gas-
transmitter relays, track circuits, knayebi@beenavision.com kets, coil cover gaskets, air-slide,
Digitair EOT systems, gate mecha- www.beenavision.com cleats, light metal parts, window
nisms, MicroCab cab signaling sys- Products & Services: Non- contact and door gaskets for passenger cars,
tems, and various carborne, high- measurement device. etc. Also, manufacturer of custom
way crossing and wayside signaling extruded and molded rubber.
systems. Bosch Rexroth Pneumatics
Mr. John Bridges Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co.
Arrow Pin & Products, Inc. 1953 Mercer Road Mr. Fred R. Sasser
Mr. Charles Prucha, Jr. Lexington, KY 40511 6250 North River Road,
51 E. 34th Street P: (859) 254-8031 Suite 7000
So. Chicago Heights, IL 60411 john.bridges@boschrexroth-us.com Rosemont, IL 60018
P: (708) 755-7575 www.boschrexroth.com P: (847) 318-8000
F: (708) 755-7975 Products & Services: Pneumatics, F: (847) 318-8045
chuck@arrowpin.com Automated pneumatic hopper car fred.sasser@crdx.com
www.arrowpin.com outlet openers. Pneumatic www.crdx.com
Products & Services: Hardened Pins, Cylinders & Pneumatic Valves. Products & Services: Full service leas-
Weldments, Assemblies. ing of covered hopper cars.
Brookville Equipment
Arthur N. Ulrich Company Corporation Chrome Crankshaft
Mr. Thomas J. Ulrich Ms. Erin McKillip Company LLC
10340 Palmer Road, SW 175 Evans Street Mr. William F. Walen
Pataskala, OH 43062 Brookville, PA 15825 4166 Mound Road
P: (740) 927-8244 P: (814) 849-2000 Joliet, IL 60436 9009
F: (740) 927-6017 F: (814) 849-2010 P: (815) 725-9030
tulrich@anu-co.com e_mckillip@brookvilleequipment.com F: (815) 725-9930
www.anu-co.com www.brookvilleequipment.com wfwalen@chromecrankshaft.com
Products & Services: Pocket plate, Products & Services: EM of new www.chromecrankshaft.com
low maintenance nickek cadmium switchers, new line haul single or Products & Services: Remanufacturer
batteries, lead acid batteries, batter multi-engine co-generation; reman- of locomotive/industrial crankshafts.
chargers and complete design, man- ufacturers/rebuilder.
ufacturing and integration of pho- Chromium Corporation
tovoltaic power systems for remote CAM Innovation, Inc. Mr. Frank Jalili
site applications. Mr. Charles A. McGough, III 215 14910 Quorum Drive, Ste 600
Philadelphia Street Dallas, TX 75254
Bach-Simpson Corp. Hanover, PA 17331 P: (216) 271-4209
Mr. Paul Weber P: (717) 637-598 F: (216) 271-4195
POB 5484, 1225 F: (717) 637-9329 frank.jalili@chromcorp.com
Brydges Street sales@caminnovation.com www.chromcorp.com
London, Ontario N5W 2C2 www.caminnovation.com Products & Services: GE crankshaft
CANADA Products & Services: Machine tools reconditioning and ABS inspections.
P: (519) 452-3200-124 to manufacture & repair locomotive
F: (519) 452-3165 traction motors.
pweber@bach-simpson.com