As the railroad industry continues to confront the reality of baby-boomer retirements, there's little doubt that the challenges of succession planning, employee recruitment and worker retention are contemplated daily at railroads and rail-related businesses across North America. Progressive Railroading's editors have been reporting on such workforce development issues for the past few years. This year, we set out to discover not only how rail businesses are trying to replace those longtime railroaders, but who some of the industry's up-and-comers and future contributors might be. We dubbed our project "Rising Stars," and asked readers to help us identify 20 individuals under the age of 40 who have made - or are making - a positive impact on the rail industry early in their careers. Readers responded with more than 100 nominations of talented individuals who appear to be well on their way to rail-star status.
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