American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Finding the right people is hard, especially when you're a small railroad and everyone on your team wears multiple hats. We have many amazing supplier member companies that help with recruiting and related tasks, but did you know there are also options in the public sector? We talked to representatives from the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development and Kansas Office of Registered Apprenticeships (KANSASWORKS) to learn about the state-level resources available to small businesses like yours. Read our newsletter article here: https://ow.ly/MCzv50VC0Vq And if you have resources you'd like to share, you can always drop them in the comments!

We have pictures! Check out our event page to get a little peek at some of the action from last week's Annual Conference: https://lnkd.in/gpA73te2 We also posted General Session videos featuring our award winners on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eguErVd2 And feel free to drop your own pics in the comments if you have some you'd like to share. We've seen so many but we always love to see more! 👇

Yes, our social media manager has an affinity for exclamation points and writing in all caps, but it's really not possible to overstate the fact that ASLRRA has THE BEST volunteers! They make so many of our events run smoothly, and their contributions are especially critical to the success of our Annual Conference. SERIOUSLY!! Unfortunately we couldn't get all our volunteers into one picture, but we can name them all in this social media post! We are ever grateful to (L to R) Holly Friedland, Leah Twombly, Susan Gelnar, Bruce Habberfield and Steve Friedland, as well as (not pictured) Cindy Allande-Tarin, Garrett Anderson, Beth Garguilo, Julie Hall, Dan McCabe, Pam Miller, Dave Moran and Dave Smith for their help at #ASLRRA2025.

Short lines are ✅ Nimble and flexible problem solvers ✅ Familiar and friendly community partners ✅ Dedicated and attentive customer-service providers Can short lines be the key to helping Class Is grow business? You already know our answer! Thanks to Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves for this insightful article! https://ow.ly/7fIw50VA8PY

Thank you for sharing this, Broad College | Center for Railway Research and Education! We are always eager to share information about pursuing careers with short line and regional railroads. It's especially important for those who might be seeking their entry to the industry through fantastic institutions of higher education -- like yours!

Sharing some good readouts from our #ASLRRA2025 Annual Conference: 1) An update on our legislative agenda from FreightWaves https://ow.ly/z4GK50VypuE 2) A report on remarks by featured speaker STB Chair Patrick Fuchs from Trains Magazine https://ow.ly/pjh650VypuG

Thankful. That's what we are right now. Thankful to everyone who came to the #ASLRRA2025 annual conference and anyone who supported it in any way. Sure, we put on this show, but if no one showed up, sponsored, presented, exhibited, engaged or interacted our impact would be nil. So THANK YOU to ALL OF YOU. We had a blast, and we hope you did, too.

We were so honored this morning to be able to induct Earl Durden (posthumously), Ron Batory and Henry Posner III into our Short Line Railroad Industry Hall of Fame!

Congratulations to everyone at Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad and Union County Industrial Railroad for winning this year’s Business Development Awards!!! 🥳

Our ASLRRA team members got their autographed copy of Andrew Fletcher's "The ABC's of America's Short Lines & Regional Railroads"!