Shortline conference & rail equipment auction; spring is here folks

摘要

Two recently-held industry events, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) conference in Orlando, Fla., and the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Rail Construction and Maintenance Equipment Auction in Little Rock, Ark., both set attendance records. The rail industry continues to grow. This year's shortline conference, as most of them have over the past few years, focused heavily on safety. Safety is the most important part of what we do on the railroad every day. Tremendous efforts continue to be made to get all employees properly trained, with more attention than ever being paid to the details and processes required to get them thinking clearly when it comes to being safe on the job. Better and more clearly explained job briefings are also getting more employees to more clearly understand their tasks for the day and the protections they do and don't have in place to perform their work safely. These briefings are designed to get all employees engaged; it's working and the employees have a better understanding than ever of how important this process is to keeping them safe on our job sites. Everyone wins when we perform our work safely.