Railway Supply Institute

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Railway Interchange 2015 attendance reaches a new record

Organizers for Railway Interchange 2015, held in Minneapolis, Minn. on Oct. 4-7, 2015, announced today that total registered attendance for the USA-based combined exhibition and technical conference reached 9,571, a new record.

RSI elects three new board members

Tom Simpson, President of the Railway Supply Institute (RSI), announced Oct. 8, 2015 the election of three new members to the board of directors at the annual meeting held during this week’s Railway Interchange 2015 in Minneapolis. The new board members are: Jason Connell, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, New York Air Brake; Adam Lent, Assistant Vice President, Supply Chain, TTX Company; and William P. O’Donnell, Executive Director of Global Sales, Miner Enterprises.

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Spotlight on innovation, networking at Railway Interchange 2015

Several years ago, when the leaders of the top U.S. railway associations began planning the first Railway Interchange as a biennial event combining product and service exhibitions with the industry’s leading technical conferences, they envisioned a top-notch event with international attendees and exhibitors.

Commentary

Tank car builders don’t agree on DOT-111 obsolescence timeline

Tank car builder The Greenbrier Companies is urging the White House Office of Management and Budget to disregard advice by the company’s own industry trade group, the Railway Supply Institute-Committee on Tank Cars (RSI-CTC), and proceed full speed ahead with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed schedule for fleet renewal.

Freight car backlog nears 125,000

The freight car backlog at the end of third-quarter 2014 amounted to 124,437 cars and platforms, the highest backlog level since October 1979’s 127,887 (when figures were compiled monthly), according to figures Railway Age obtained from Economic Planning Associates (EPA) and the Railway Supply Institute. This third-quarter’s backlog dwarfs prior high points of first-quarter 2006’s 86,853
 units and third quarter 1998’s 69,858.