LaHood to speak at Railway Interchange 2011
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will speak on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, during Railway Interchange 2011 (www.railwayinterchange.org), the combined industry exhibition and technical conference being held in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 18-21, 2011.
The address by Secretary LaHood takes place at the opening general session of the joint technical conference of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) and the Coordinated Mechanical Associations (CMA). Railway Interchange2011 also features an exhibition by members of the Railway Supply Institute (RSI), the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) and Railway Systems Suppliers, Inc. (RSSI). Technical sessions will be held in the Minneapolis convention center, and the exhibition takes place both at the convention center and on and off the tracks at the nearby Humboldt Yard.
A preliminary schedule is available online at http://www.railwayinterchange.org/at-a-glance.html.
Registration for Railway Interchange 2011 exhibition and technical sessions is now open; registration information and online access are available at www.railwayinterchange.org/registration.html. Member organizations have reserved hotel room blocks for their attendees; information and reservations may be found at http://bit.ly/envjRD.
About Railway Interchange 2011
Railway Interchange 2011 is the first North American event combining the technical conferences of AREMA and CMA and the exhibits of RSI, REMSA, and RSSI. Learn more at www.railwayinterchange.org. You can also follow Railway Interchange 2011 on LinkedIn: http://events.linkedin.com/Railway-Interchange-2011/pub/356271.
