Tuesday,
April 15, 2025

Event times allow participants to be able to participate in activities for the day

Wednesday,
April 16, 2025

Omni Bedford Springs Resort
2138 Business 220
Bedford, PA 15522

7:00 a.m.    Breakfast, Registration, Networking

8:00 a.m.    Welcome
Safety Briefing
Brief KSRRA Overview
Sponsor and Exhibitor Acknowledgements
Loni Martz Briner, PR & Media Manager, North Shore Railroad Co. & Affiliates and KSRRA President

  8:15 a.m.    Educating and Building for the Future of Rail
                        "Rail Transportation Engineering Degree Program at Penn State Altoona"
Steve Dillen, Program Coordinator and Associate Teaching Professor, Penn State Altoona
                        "Rail Center for Research Enhancing Short-line Transportation - Rail CREST"
                        Dr. Hai Huang, Director and Professor of Rail Transportation, Penn State Altoona

9:00 a.m.    Railroad Safety & Regulations Panel
Jim Cassatt, Railroad Safety Specialist/Chief Inspector, FRA (speaker & moderator)
Kevin Lewis, Program Manager - Certification 240/242, FRA
Lance Hawks, Safety Partnership Division- Part 243, C3RS, Fames, FRA
Timothy Ryan, District 2, Track Specialist, FRA
Bryan Hill, District 2, Motive Power & Equipment Safety Inspector, FRA

10:00 a.m.   Rail in Legislation Today
Mike Long, Executive Director, KSRRA
Crystal Gitchell, MPP, AVP, Legislative & Regulatory Policy, ASLRRA

10:30 a.m.   Networking Break

10:50 a.m.  PA State Rail Grant Best Practices
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

11:30 a.m.   Presentation of the Keystone Rail Freight Lifetime Achievement Award
                        Awarded to Kim Smith, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company (retired)
Presented by Carl Belke, Board Member, Western New York & Pennsylvania, Railroad
                        Awarded to Craig Staudenmaier, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, PC (retired)
Presented by Ben Dunlap, Partner, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

       Noon    Lunch
Sponsor and Exhibitor Acknowledgements

12:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker
Mike Carroll, Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1:30 p.m.   Emergency Response, The First Three Hours: Lessons from the Paulsboro, NJ
Jon Broder, Retired (VP Law, General Counsel & Secretary), Conrail

2:15 p.m.    Railroad Trespassing: Lessons CSX Learned in Philly
Bill Goetz, Retired (VP of Government Affairs), CSX
Ben Dunlap, Partner, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

3:00 p.m.   Networking Break

3:20 p.m.   PA Rail Engineering and Construction Practices
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

4:00 p.m.   Federal Rail Grants Best Practices Panel
Moderator: Carl Belke, Board Member, Western New York & Pennsylvania, Railroad

4:30 p.m.   Closing
Exhibitor Passport Drawing (Must be Present to Win)
Sponsor and Exhibitor Acknowledgements
                       Loni Martz Briner, PR & Media Manager, North Shore Railroad Co. & Affiliates and KSRRA President

*This agenda is subject to change.*