American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association Archives

April 28, 2015
News

ASLRRA creates two new positions

To help build its reputation on a broader stage and deliver significant value to its member organizations and the customers they serve via new education and business services, the American Short Line Regional Railroad Association has hired two new team members, ASLRRA President Linda Bauer Darr announced on April 27, 2015.

March 26, 2015
News

ASLRRA 2014 Safety Awards

The American Short Line Rail and Regional Association (ASLRRA) has announced the winners of its 2014 Safety Awards, including Safety Person of the Year, Safety Professional of the Year, Most Improved Award, the President’s Awards, Jake Awards with Distinction, and Jake Awards.

March 25, 2015
News

OmniTRAX’s Billie Johnson earns ASLRRA top safety award

Billie Johnson, General Manager at OmniTRAX Inc. short lines Newburgh & South Shore Railroad and Northern Ohio & Western Railway is the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) 2014 Safety Person of the Year. Johnson will receive the award at the ASLRRA Convention in Orlando March 28-30, 2015.

February 27, 2015
News

Railway Age names 2015 Short Line, Regional Railroads of the Year

Railway Age magazine has named Palmetto Railways the 2015 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and Reading & Northern Railroad its 2015 Regional Railroad of the Year. The awards will be presented at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, March 29, 2015.

August 08, 2014
News

Darr to succeed Timmons at ASLRRA

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has selected Linda Bauer Darr, a former U.S. Department of Transportation official with nearly 20 years of trade association experience in the trucking, moving and storage, and bus industries, to succeed Richard Timmons as the Association’s President. Timmons is retiring at the end of 2014.

April 23, 2014
News

Search under way for new ASLRRA President

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has selected Jason Ward, Managing Partner of Industrial Search Partners, to conduct the search for a new President. Current President Richard F. Timmons will be retiring at the end of this year.

March 21, 2014
News

ASLRRA announces 2013 Safety Award recipients

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has announced the winners of its 2013 Safety Awards.

March 01, 2014
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SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Railroads Healthy

Railroads are operating at peak safety, profitabilty, and productivity levels. Let’s keep them that way.

July 30, 2013
News

View ASLRRA’s centennial video

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association is celebrating 100 years this year, and the organization produced a video for its Centennial Celebration that was unveiled at the Annual Convention in Atlanta this past April.

July 17, 2013
News

ASLRRA’s Timmons: One more year

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association President Richard F. Timmons—known in the industry as “The General”—has agreed to lead his small-road troops for another year.