Tuesday,
April 15, 2025

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

3:00 pm | Bus Departure (from Omni to Everett Railroad)

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)

10:00 a.m.   Rail in Legislation Today

10:30 a.m.   Networking Break

10:50 a.m.  PA State Rail Grant Best Practices

11:20 a.m.   Federal Rail Grants Best Practices

       Noon    Lunch

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

1:30 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

2:15 p.m.   Emergency Response, The First Three Hours: Lessons from the Paulsboro, NJ
Jon Broder, Retired (VP Law, General Counsel & Secretary), Conrail

3:00 p.m.    Networking Break

3:20 p.m.   States Rail Programs

4:00 p.m.   Presentation of the Keystone Rail Freight Lifetime Achievement Award

4:15 p.m.   Closing
Gift Drawings (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.*