RSI Previously Held Events
Looking for more information on a RSI event you attended? Or, did you miss an event and want to view speaker presentations? This is a place where you can find information about previously held RSI events.
Railway Interchange 2011 Overview
September 17 – September 21, 2011. Railway Interchange 2011, hosted by RSI, AREMA, REMSA, and RSSI, proved that a combined show could be a successful show. With ample opportunities to learn more about the trade at the technical sessions held by AREMA and the Coordinated Mechanical Associations, everyone could benefit. As the largest U.S. rail supply trade shows in decades, Railway Interchange attracted nearly 9,000 attendees and more than 600 exhibitors to the show areas at the Minneapolis Convention Center and at Humboldt Yard. Learn more.
AAR Auditors Conference
August 15-17, 2011. The RSI Quality Assurance Committee attended the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Auditor’s Conference.
Railroad Day On Capitol Hill
July 14, 2011. Members of the Railway Supply Institute and staff attended Railroad Day on Capitol Hill along with the Association of American Railroads, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), and a host of other rail organizations. Attendees participated in a days worth of meetings with Member of Congress and staff. Legislative issues discussed included: rail re-regulation, truck size & weights, grade crossing safety and passenger rail funding. To learn more, view the 2011 Railroad Day handout.
RSI / Amtrak Executive Staff Meeting
March 24, 2011. Railway Supply Institute staff and forty representatives from RSI member companies met with members of Amtrak’s executive committee for a round table meeting to discuss the current state of the nation’s passenger railroad, it’s near and long term funding situation and its future procurement plans. Amtrak representatives included Joseph Boardman, President; Joe McHugh, Vice President, Government Affairs & Corporate Communications; and DJ Stadtler, Chief Financial Officer.
RSI hosts this event annually each spring. Attendance is limited to those companies who belong to the Railway Supply Institute.
2010 RSI Annual Meeting and Market Outlook Event
September 16, 2010 – Chicago, Illinios
This RSI Members Only Event included speakers from around the rail industry. Speakers included John Hamilton, former Presdient of Electro-Motive Diesel, Anthony Kruglinksi, President of Railroad Financial, and Steve Menzies, Group President of Trinity Rail. (View list of speakers and biographies)
Topics of discussion included, the domestic locomotives & freight car markets, the general market outlook for the railroads, and the future of high speed rail in the US and how suppliers can prepare.
Speaker Presentations:
John Hamilton, What is the State of Health of the Rail Supply Industry?
Michael Franke, Amtrak & The Future of Passenger Rail
Anthony D. Kruglinski, David I. Scott and David G. Nahass, Rail Industry Outlook
Forum: Meeting the Current & Future Challenges in HSR
May 11, 2010 – Washington, DC.
Sponsored By: RSI, Quebec Government, OneRail, WGR
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The topic of this highly informative forum was “Meeting the Current and Future Challenges in High Speed Rail”. In addition to presentations by leading Department of Transportation, Members of Congress and staff, Amtrak, state officials and freight railroads, representatives from U.S. railway suppliers such as Bombardier, Alstom, Talgo and US Railcar discussed many supply side concerns.
Discussion topics included funding and implementation in specific corridors, regional and border implications, Congress’s Role in developing and sustaining High Speed Rail in America, and updates regarding the National Rail Plan and the Amtrak Section 305 Next Generation Equipment Committee.
Speaker Presentations:
Anne Canby, The OneRail Coaliton
Anne Reinke, CSX & HSR
Anne Stubbs, HSR Northeast Developments
Aaron Hegeman, BNSF Partnering for the Future
Bruno Maestri, HSR on Norfolk Southern
Karen Rae, FRA on HSR
Paul Worley, ARRA SEHSR Corridor Projects
Rod Diridon, HSR International, USA, California
Stephen Gardner, Amtrak Fleet Strategy & Sec. 305
Tim Gillespie, Alstom Transportation & HSR
