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HigH Profile Canadian Pacific said veteran railroader Tony Marquis has joined the railroad as its new Vice-President Operations eastern Region, with accountability for its eastern Canada and the Northeast U.S. operations. “Tony is a leading railroader and will add to our considerable operations bench strength. He is passionate about our business and brings a strong service focus backed by years of Class 1 experience,” said CP President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Creel. Marquis after spending 25 years with Canadian National Railway Co., Canadian Pacific Marquis became owner and President of Strategic Training Simulators inc., designing, building, and installing locomotive simulators. Most recently he successfully completed a corporate turn-around at Colombia-based coal railroad, Fenoco S.a. while serving as president and chief executive officer. Marquis will join the senior operations leadership team.
September 17-18
AMTRAK named Michael Logue Chief Safety Officer, effective July 29, 2013. He reports directly to DJ Stadtler, vice president of operations. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS’ associate advisory Board has selected Harsco Rail’s Joseph W. Palese to serve out the remainder of the term of a vacant seat on the TTCi Research advisory Board. Palese’s term of service will last until Jan. 1, 2014.
Parsons Brinckerhoff—Paula Hammond, former Secretary of Transportation for the state of washington, has been named Senior Vice President and National Transportation Market leader. SYSTRA—Anthony Lee, AICP, has joined the company as Planning and environmental Manager. wes Coates has joined the company as Vice President, Sector Manager, Planning & Operations analysis.
DART named Amanda Moreno Cross to its Board of Directors. MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUTER RAILROAD CO. named Bonnie Murphy its general Manager, succeeding Hugh J. Kiley, Jr. VALLEY METRO (PHOeNiX) elected to its Board of Directors Scott Somers as Chair, Trinity Donovan as Vice Chair, and Jim McDonald as Treasurer.
SUPPLIERS Columbus Castings—Jack Thomas elected to the Board of Directors; David Rodems named Chief Financial Officer. FreightCar America—Mark B. Poepping named Vice President of Sales, based in evergreen, Colo. Hanson Professional Services Inc.— Hired railroad designer Christopher Rapp, to be based in the company’s Seattle regional office. 38
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(AUGUST 1913) AN UNUSUAL SIGNAL ARRANGEMENT The celebration at Gettysburg battlefield July 1, 2, and 3 was the occasion of an enterprise in signaling never before heard of—the installation of automatic block signals for 25 miles, and the removal of the signals after the celebration was over; a costly temporary arrangement, but one which was warranted by the magnitude of the traffic. The Federal Signal Company, which funished the signals, noted that of the 100,000 visitors, “about 70%, or 70,000, were transported over the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad of the Philadelphia and Reading system, a single-track line 25 miles long.”
ASLRRA Track Safety Standards Training Seminar Silver legacy Hotel, Reno, Nev. Tom Streicher, Tel.: 202-6284500; email: tstreicher@aslrra. org; website: www.aslrra.org.
September 29-October 2 Railway Interchange 2013 indianapolis, ind. Carol Steckbeck, Tel.: 919-303-5140; email:csteckbeck50@gmail.com; website: www.railwayinterchange. org/registration.html.
September 29-October 2 APTA Annual Meeting Hilton Chicago, Chicago, ill. yvette Conley, Tel.: 202-496-4868;
email: yconley@apta.com; website: www.apta.com. October 2-3 Southwest Association of Rail Shippers Conference Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Phoenix, ariz. Jack Dail, Tel.: 425-818-8240; email: jdailconsulting@ comcast.net; website: www.railshippers.com.
October 9-11 95th Annual Railway Tie Association Symposium and Technical Conference Hyatt Regency lake Tahoe, incline Village, Nev. Tel.: 770-460-5553; website: www.rta.com.
October 15-16 Railway Age Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads
washington Marriott, washington, D.C.
Jane Poterala, Tel.: 212-620-7209; email: jpoterala@sbpub.com; website: www.railwayage.com.