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2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition
Denver, CO | April 6-8
2025 Railroad Day on
Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C. | May 7
Virtual Reality Courses Now Available: Freight Car Familiarization; Locomotive Daily Inspection; Class I Airbrake Test & Inspection
Leadership Program – Regulatory Module
May 6-7 | Freeport, ME
FRA Locomotive & Car Compliance (Part 215)
June 3-5 | Cedar Falls, IA
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WASHINGTON – March 20, 2025 – The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has named the winners of its 2025 Business Development Award, recognizing outstanding achievements in the industry. Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad, South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad and the Union County Industrial Railroad have each achieved success by crafting solutions to meet the needs of their customers, using the unique capabilities of their railroads.
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5, 2025 — Today, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) announces its newest Member Discount Program preferred provider, Wi-Tronix. Wi-Tronix is ASLRRA’s Tier 1 exclusive partner for digital onboard solutions. The company’s Violet Edge system with on-board hardware and cloud-based information storage and retention offers short line railroads the tools to operate locomotives smarter, safer, and more efficiently.
Washington, D.C., February 6, 2025 – AAR joined ASLRRA in responding to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management, noting that while well-intentioned, the proposed rule is often too focused on matters that do not meaningfully contribute to a robust cybersecurity program; regulation of these areas would place unnecessary demands on railroad operations and create needless expenses — sometimes with the unintended consequence of distracting and detracting from railroads’ existing security efforts. Specific concerns noted included unclear or overly burdensome proposals as to governance, “critical cyber systems,” and supply chain management, as well as cybersecurity incident reporting requirements that are inconsistent with already existing regulations. The Associations also suggest various ways in which TSA might improve upon the rule in furtherance of the shared goal of enhancing cybersecurity.
