Getting to know K. Dexter Roberts

摘要

Each month, AREMA features one of our committee chairs. We are pleased to announce that the March featured chair is K. Dexter Roberts, chair of Committee 27 - Maintenance of Way Work Equipment. AREMA: Why did you choose a career in railway engineering? ROBERTS: Truthfully, it was more likely divine intervention than a career plan. As a fresh college grad, I was searching for a job through my school's (NC State University) career center. Southern Railway was recruiting on campus at the time. One interview led to another and, ultimately, a job offer. At the time, I was considering other offers from the oil and gas, industrial facility maintenance and naval shipyard industries. I didn't come from a "railroad family," but it did seem to catch my eye as being unique and an industry with a long interesting history. Following an on-site visit to Southern's famed Charlotte Roadway Shop, I was hooked.