ASLRRA created the Short Line Railroad Industry Hall of Fame in 2020 to recognize short line railroad visionaries and stars who through their dedication, commitment and achievement best exemplify the qualities of innovation, entrepreneurialism, perseverance and service that have advanced the short line railroad industry.
Each year, a class of inductees will be selected and honored at the ASLRRA Annual Conference & Exhibition.
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Before leading the FRA, Batory spent his entire career with railroads, starting fresh out of college in 1971 with a union craft position for the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company (DT&I). At the DT&I Batory progressed into management and held various positions in operations and finance. After DT&I was acquired by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company in 1980, Batory continued to earn positions of higher responsibility in the new organization. Read more |
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Kedrick Earl Durden, known as Earl, did not get his start in the railroad industry until more than a decade after he graduated in 1954 from Rehobeth High School in Dothan, Alabama. Durden first served four years in the U.S. Air Force and later transitioned to the Air Force Reserves while managing a furniture store and working toward his bachelor’s degree. Read more |
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A self-described life-long railway activist, Henry Posner III grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1970s, which Posner says was “the darkest of times” due to the bankruptcy of the Penn Central Transportation Company. Read more |
