Wattrain NEWSLETTER The World Association of No. 5 August 2015 Tourist Trams & Trains Congress Registration Interim registration here: www.wattrain.co.uk Final registration here: http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/WATTRAIN2015/ Changes in the Board The following changes have been made to the Board during the past year. “Quique” Diaz resigned due to ill health and at his suggestion Luis Oscar Gutierrez was appointed director in his place. Earlier this year, Stefano Benazzo, former Italian ambassador to Bulgaria was appointed as additional director. In June this year, Kyoichi Oda ceased to be a member of Wattrain and therefore ceased to be a director and Rajesh Agrewal of Indian Railways was appointed in his place. August 2015 The World Asociation of Tourist Trams and Trains 1 Edited by David Madden and Designed and produced by Luis Gutiérrez Wattrain The Speakers David Morgan Courtney B. Wilson President of WATTRAIN Executive Director of the B&O Railroad Museum David will be opening the Educated as a cultural his- Business Sessions of the torian Mr. Wilson began his Tokyo congress on 24th and career with the United Sta- 26th October 2015. After wel- tes National Park Service. coming the delegates and He arrived at the B&O Rai- guests, he will introduce the lroad Museum, Baltimore, speakers, outlining the pro- Maryland in 1997 as Chief gramme ahead. In particular, Curator in charge of the ol- he will explain the context of dest, most historic and com- the principal conference the- prehensive American rail- me “Ensuring a sustainable road collection. In 2000 he future for transport heritage, was selected to be the Chief Traditional operations ad tou- Executive Officer and Exe- rist trains”. cutive Director of the Mu- The concept of sustainability seum. The Museum sit on a was well defined by the United Nations in March 1987 as Sergio 40-acre historic site, universally recognized as the birthplace Zubieta will be explaining in his keynote speech. Furthermore, of American railroading, that includes five monumental buil- he will be expanding the interpretation of sustainability to cover dings and the first mile of commercial railroad right of way in sustainable development. In particular, he refers to the three pi- the Western Hemisphere. llars of sustainability identified by the World Summit for Social Development in 2005 economic, social and environmental. Now, I have no intention of stealing his thunder, as we say in English, but I thought that Sergio’s definition was so important that in a way the whole conference will revolve round his ex- planation, which I want to take a little further, in matters such as availability of resources. Again I shall only summarise these, leaving it to others to put “flesh on the bones”, such as David Madden, when he talks about the future of coal supplies. August 2015 The World Asociation of Tourist Trams and Trains 2 Wattrain Chris Le Marshall tern Australia (RHWA). The Shire is located approximately 100 miles / 160 kilometres from Perth. The aim of the project He is a Director of Linqa- is to utilize rolling stock owned by RHWA to operate a rail ge International, a strate- service in support of major events, such as the Dowerin Field gic planning and business Days, in the remote Wheatbelt of Western Australia. The area planning consultancy based of operation will mainly encompass the Shires of Goomalling, in Australia. The fi rm works Dowerin and Wyalkatchem. Twice a year trains will operate with a range of private and to Perth to enable the rolling stock to be showcased at the public sector clients within RHWA Open Day at the Railway Museum at Bassendean. Australia and internationa- Small communities such as Dowerin are dependent on sig- lly. The fi rm has specifi c rail nifi cant local events to ensure their viability. Those events sector expertise having un- provide a signifi cant boost to local economies as tourists and dertaken strategy work with visitors spend money on goods and services. the Australasian Railway As- The paper to be presented at the conference will focus on the sociation, the Rail Industry social and economic dividend provided by WHR. That divi- Safety and Standards Board dend was the basis of seed funding from the Western Austra- in Australia and the Co-ope- lian Government. The initial funding has been supplemented rative Research Centre for Rail Innovation in areas related to many times over by signifi cant support from the corporate urban transport, freight, light rail, operations, training, tech- sector. nology, interoperability and heritage rail. He is a founding Di- The paper will detail how the partnership was set up, the im- rector of WATTRAIN, the World Association of Tourist Trams portance of people and trust, and the manner in which the and Trains. partnership is supported. The paper will detail what WHR gives to the community and Wheatbelt Heritage Rail - Achieving Sustainability by Deli- how it has resonated with the corporate sector in WA and vering a Social Dividend. across Australia. Successful engagement with business has The Wheatbelt Heritage Rail (WHR) project is a partnership resulted in signifi cant and critical support from commercial between the Shire of Dowerin and Rail Heritage WA (Wes- organizations. Clive Moore so it will not fail in use and not cause harm. A locomotive wheel is an excellent metaphor for my discus- Clive has an industrial and sion, if we take the outer rim and name that ‘sustainability’ mechanical engineering ca- then each of the spokes and hub that support the ‘sustai- reer spanning 45 years,both nability’ rim, will include the environment, acknowledging in Australia and overseas; he and working with the community we operate in, the ability to has worked in various levels source fi nancing, the demands of operational and regulatory of supervisory roles, mana- “licences to operate” and the ability to maintain knowledge gement up to senior exe- as to how to maintain the equipment for the future so it does cutive leadership roles with not fail, therefore each single ‘spoke’ is equally important as companies including ABB each other for a sustainable future. and Siemens covering envi- In basic terms as a community, we need to really understand ronmental engineering, plant the issues we are facing to start discussions on how best we construction and maintenan- manage these, these areas include:- ce including railway projects. • emissions from fossil fuels and noise abatement, what are Clive’s work continues to the alternatives? focus on the social and bu- • containment of lubrication to reduce spillage on the tracks , siness environment, working with organisations to create a easement maintenance sustainable, productive and safe future. Clive is a volunteer • community and local government concerns, what are they? with the Puffi ng Billy Railway. He continues to provide ad- • the age of the fl eet and maintaining safe reliable operations visory services for asset intensive industries facing change , loss of resources , knowledge and experience, and; and the need to adapt and improve to operate in regulated • costs of operations and the ability to source funding ,and and community sensitive environments. meeting statutory requirements . My presentation and handouts for the 2015 Wattrain confe- “Keeping on track” - for a sustainable future rence “Keeping On Track” is directed towards the Wattrain Wattrain has an excellent logo that represents this conferen- community as it continues to prepare for a sustainable future, ces focus on ‘sustainability’, a steam locomotive wheel. The there is a source of substantial knowledge within the Wattrain symbolism of a locomotive wheel is that it has inherent stren- community and how best can this be leveraged to the benefi t gth and resilience due to skilled engineering and workmans- of all?. Finally a sustainable outcome is valuable, it protects hip, however it needs to be carefully maintained and checked all that we care about. August 2015 The World Asociation of Tourist Trams and Trains 3 Wattrain Bob LaPrelle States. The title of LaPrelle’s presentation at Wattrain’s 2015 Con- Bob LaPrelle is a 30-year gress is “Starting Over: Taking a Fresh Approach to Building veteran in the field of histo- a Museum in the 21st Century.” The program will address ric railway preservation and important relevance and sustainability issues necessary to museums. He has served build a railway museum that appeals to new audiences and as Executive Director/CEO stakeholders. of the Museum of the Ame- LaPrelle is a resident of Dallas, Texas. He attended the rican Railroad since 1988, University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Government and and three prior years as a Public Policy, including original research at the LBJ Presi- board trustee. Mr. LaPrelle dential Library. He is a member of the Association of Tourist has placed an emphasis on Railroads and Railway Museums board and immediate past the cultural arts aspect of president of the Association of Railway Museums. LaPrelle railroad museums and their currently serves as vice president at Wattrain. role in communities as an educational resource and tourism destination. LaPrelle recently led the successful effort to move the Mu- seum to a significantly larger venue in North Texas to expand collections and serve a broader audience. He is currently overseeing construction of the Museum’s new facilities, in- cluding 6,500 feet of exhibit tracks, a covered pavilion for rolling stock, and permanent exhibit buildings. Upon comple- tion, the Museum will be one of the premiere transportation history and technology centers in the Southwestern United David Madden While many countries have announced ambitious targets to Chief Executive Officer Wattrain reduce fossil fuel emissions by 2020, and even mid-century, further efforts are needed. UNEP estimates that current ple- dges will only get us between a quarter and half way of the David’s early work life was goal to limit the increase in global average temperature be- for the nationalised British low 20C.