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Maintaining Rail at Mines, Power Plants FLEET STATS 2014 ProgressiveThe Information Leader for the Railroad Industry JULY 2014 STRAIGHT There's no sugarcoating it: It'll take time to put Metra TALK back on track, the agency's new leaders say Maintaining Rail At Mines, Power Plants FLEET STATS 2014 WEB EXCLUSIVE: An APTA Rail Conference recap www.progressiverailroading.com/cover Martin Oberman, Metra chairman (left) and Donald Orseno, Metra Executive Director/CEO www.ProgressiveRailroading.com C1_PR_0714 cover.indd C1 6/26/14 11:48 AM B PERFECT PELLETS POINT A TO POINT B Weather is one of the worst threats to any shipment of plastic pellets. It can cause costly contamination that can ruin your product. These expensive little pellets are manufactured to strict formulations and any elements like dirt, moisture or plant matter can very easily spoil everything. Greenbrier takes this very seriously. 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In 2013, town? How about when two highways most advanced transit cities in the the Class I moved more than 50,000 intersect, with all their assorted high- West — provided more residents give carloads of frac sand, up 500 percent speed ramps carving out huge chunks up their cars. www.citylab.com since 2008. fi nance.yahoo.com of land to move cars.” StreetsblogUSA 02_PR_0714 toc-online.indd 02 7/2/14 10:22 AM FREE INFO: Circle 103 03_PR_0614 MINER.indd 03 6/19/14 2:14 PM PROGRESSIVE RAILROADING 4 | July 2014 Upfront [ SHORT LINES ] A military maneuver By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor Over the past several years, Plan Initiative, which drove the also offers career exploration The committee is striving Class Is have increased efforts formation of the committee, tools, military-to-civilian skill to connect with veterans in to hire military veterans. Their says Cliatt. translations, and education and every possible way because of leadership attributes, work The committee recently training resources. the value military members can ethic and in-depth training in developed a brochure designed The committee reached out bring to the short-line work- various disciplines make to inform exiting military per- to H2H organizers because the force, says ASLRRA President veterans ideal railroad workers, sonnel about available entry- to site gets a lot of traffic and Richard Timmons, a 32-year Class I recruiters believe. senior-level positions at short helps place veterans from all U.S. Army veteran who retired So do hiring managers lines, such as dispatchers, military service levels, says Eric in 1998 as a three-star general. at many short lines. But a locomotive engineers, opera- O’Neill, a committee member “These men and women number of small railroads lack tions managers and administra- and ASLRRA’s chief financial have been vetted repeatedly in the resources and know-how tive executives. The brochure officer. military entrance requirements, to recruit veterans. Enter can be distributed at job fairs “It’s the audience we’re try- demanding and specialized the American Short Line and or downloaded from ASLRRA’s ing to reach,” he says. training, and in the harsh Regional Railroad Association’s website (www.aslrra.org). Each short line can register environments of military service (ASLRRA) Veterans Recruitment on H2H and post jobs, or a around the globe,” he says. Committee. Formed in March Casting a web group of railroads can create “They fully understand responsi- 2012, the committee aims to The committee also developed a “community” on the site, bility, accountability, teamwork, provide member short lines the a section on the association’s says Sam Giovinazzi, H2H’s job mastery and safety.” ■ necessary tools and information website devoted to veteran employment transitiontransition coor-coor- to recruit veterans, as well as hiring. The web page includes dinator in California.ifornia. help vets learn about short-line information about the short- SOURCE: ASLRRA career opportunities. line industry and employment Log in, latch oonn The nine-member committee resources for vets, including Veterans can searchsearch the is chaired by Pacific Harbor Line links to hiring sites. Short lines site by job typepe,, susuchch as President Otis Cliatt. Other mem- can access various sites to post welder, or by a pparticu-articu- bers include Vice Chair Shayne jobs aimed at attracting veteran lar railroad, hee says.says. Magdoff, Genesee & Wyoming candidates. Currently, 4 mimillionllion Inc.’s vice president of HR “Our goal is to get short jobs are posteded on integration, and executives from lines to use the website and H2H and 20,000000 ASLRRA, OmniTRAX Inc., Pinsly other resources,” says Magdoff.
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