The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) earned the top honor, the Team Achievement Award, at the 19th Annual APTA International Rail Rodeo, held June 11 at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Orient Heights Maintenance Facility in Boston. The WMATA operators, Charlie Richardson and Danielle Glass, placed second and maintainers Adrian Tase, Roland Lamar, and Jacob Stout took third place in the maintenance competition.

The Team Achievement Award goes to the competing public transportation system with the highest combined score in the operators’ and maintainers’ competitions. Second place went to the MBTA and third to Philadelphia’s Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

The rodeo winners received recognition during the June 12 Rail Rodeo Banquet, held in conjunction with the APTA Rail Conference in Boston.

First place in the rail operators’ competition went to Steve Portney of MBTA, while SEPTA’s John Hall and Michael Shepard placed third.

The maintenance team from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District—Carl Ambrose, Ted Christian, and Dan Parris—took first place in the maintainers’ competition. George Sweeney and Randall Lovegrove, representing RTD, received the second-place honor.

Competitors represented 12 North American public transit agencies in the rail rodeo.

APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon also announced the names of the rodeo winners during the conference’s Opening General Session June 13.

WMATA representatives accept the Team Achievement Award at the rodeo banquet. From left: Richard A. Davey, MBTA general manager and rail and transit administrator; APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon; WMATA maintainer Adrian Tase; operator Danielle Glass; maintainer Roland Lamar; operator Charlie Richardson. Fifth from right, maintainer Jacob Stout. APTA President William Millar at far right.