Blog posts

May 01, 2014
So here I am at my desk writing the annual “What happened at the ASLRRA Annual Convention” piece.  Let me get the usual niceties out of the way first:  Alan Matheson did a spectacular job chairing the event,
April 17, 2014
Both rail shippers and rail carriers are paying a price for one of the worst winter weather seasons in recent history.
April 14, 2014
I’ve written in the past about how the ASLRRA’s Connections conference is truly a group effort when it comes to making things happen when we are on site.  The volunteers, led by Judy Petry, are a well drille
April 02, 2014
This one snuck up on me.  It’s not like I wasn’t involved, or not paying attention to the calendar, but here we are just about two weeks from heading out to San Diego for the ASLRRA 2014 Connections.  Wow.  The crates are p
March 20, 2014
As a user of rail trails and someone who does volunteer work locally on converting abandoned rail lines into walking/biking trails, I read with interest the Su
March 10, 2014
As we go through our careers, we have mentors who teach us the correct way to do our jobs and guide us on our career paths.  If you are truly fortunate, you also end up with someone who will take you under their wing and teach you things that take you further in a career th
March 06, 2014
I was in St.
March 05, 2014
The railway industry lost another of its brig
February 20, 2014
I am not going to complain about snow again.  In fact, I am not going to look back at all in this blog because pitchers and catchers have reported to SPRING Training (I’m a Mets fan, and this is the time of year when I have h