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Joint Committee Meeting
Indianapolis, IN | Aug. 5-6

Region Meetings

Eastern & Southern
Charlotte, NC | Sept. 9-11

Central & Pacific
New Orleans, LA | Nov. 3-5

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Short Line Training Center

Virtual Reality Courses Now Available: Freight Car Familiarization; Locomotive Daily Inspection; Class I Airbrake Test & Inspection

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Training Seminars

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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394 ASLRRA Member Short Line Railroads Earn Jake Safety Awards for 2024 Performance

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2025 — The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) today announced that 394 railroads earned a 2024 Jake Safety Award. Most notably, 357 of the awardees are noted “with Distinction” for zero reportable injuries in 2024, which is a record. Nineteen member railroads will be further recognized by ASLRRA as President’s Safety Award winners for the lowest injury frequency rate in a variety of regions and person-hours worked categories.

Freight Railroads Meet with Us Congress on May 7

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2025 — Today the freight railroad industry — Class Is, short lines, suppliers and contractors to the industry, and the major Associations that represent them — will participate in a 25+ year tradition, Railroad Day on Capitol Hill. Participants will meet with 304 offices to ensure Congress understands their perspective when considering important legislation including Surface Transportation reauthorization, tax, and annual appropriations.

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ASLRRA Submits Response to OMB's Request for Information: Deregulation

Washington, D.C., May 12, 2025 – ASLRRA submitted a response to OMB’s April 11 call for public input in assisting OMB with identifying existing regulations, guidance, paperwork requirements, and other regulatory obligations that should be modified or rescinded.  ASLRRA proposes eliminating burdensome FRA regulations, including Signal Employee and Dispatcher Certifications, Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus Standards, and Train Crew Size, completing deregulatory actions such as training requirements and amending Brake System Safety Standards, engaging in transformational regulatory change at FRA, repealing a burdensome regulation at EPA, and ensuring a cost-effective transition from directives to regulation at TSA.