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MORE FROM THE 2011 APTA RAIL CONFERENCE
Scenes from the 2011 Rail Conference

 

 

Chatting at the Sunday night Opening Reception are, from left, Selene Faer Dalton-Kumins, deputy director, FTA Office of Civil Rights; APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon; APTA Vice Chair Gary C. Thomas; FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff; and Jeffrey B. Mullan, secretary and chief executive officer, massDOT.

Speakers at the APTA Rail Conference included, from left: Jerome C. Premo, representing AECOM, which sponsored the Opening General Session; Yoshio Ishida, East Japan Railway Company; APTA President William Millar; FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff; Justin Augustine III, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, inviting guests to the 2011 APTA Annual Meeting and EXPO in October; FRA Administrator Joseph C. Szabo; MBTA General manager and Rail and Transit Administrator Richard A. Davey; Jeffrey B. Mullan, secretary and chief executive officer, massDOT; and APTA Chair Michael J. Scanlon. APTA invites its members to upload photos of the EXPO Rally Towel, like the one Augustine is holding, to its Facebook page; contest winners will receive a free trip to EXPO 2011 and a complimentary registration to the APTA Annual Meeting.

 

 

APTA President William Millar and Yoshio Ishida, vice chairman of East Japan Railway Company (JREast), celebrate the signing of an agreement between the two organizations under which a JREast employee will be “seconded”—transferred temporarily from one duty station to another—to APTA for a year.

Photo by Susan R. Paisner

James Graebner of Lomarado Group, right, chair of the APTA Streetcar Subcommittee, receives a gift recognizing his 50 years of contributions to the public transportation industry from Thomas Hickey of Parsons Brinckerhoff, subcommittee vice chair.

 

 

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray speaks about the success of rail in his state and throughout New England at the General Luncheon on June 13.

A jam-packed audience attends the June 13 High-Speed Rail Update session.

 

 

Plaques for the winners await their presentation during the APTA International Rail Rodeo Banquet.

Possibly the youngest guest in attendance at the rodeo banquet. 

 

 

There were 200 exhibitors and 60 booths displaying their products and services at the Product Showcase.

MBTA Chief Operating Officer John Lewis, left, chats with an exhibitor during the showcase.

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