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UTA Wins Top Rodeo Team Achievement Award

Teams from 17 North American rail transit systems competed June 17-21 in the 2015 APTA International Rail Rodeo, immediately preceding the Rail Conference in Salt Lake City.

“This competition was a great display of the skills our rail operators and maintainers employ every day to keep America’s railcars well maintained and operated with safety in mind,” said APTA President & CEO Michael Melaniphy. “I applaud all of this year’s winners for being the very best of the best.”

All rodeo participants were honored at a gala awards banquet June 21. In addition to the top honors, APTA also recognized winners of individually ­sponsored awards.

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) received the Rail Rodeo Team Achievement Award, presented to the team with the highest combined score. Team ­members were mechanics Jody ­Fairbourn, Richard Klein and David Wright and operators Logan Packer and JoAnne Sloan.

The San Francisco Area Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) team of Gary Crandell, Edward Christian and Dan Parris took first place in the maintenance competition, with Philadelphia’s Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) team of Gary Geyer, Cameron Massaro and Dan Compton in second and Ezequiel Garcia, Marcos Martinez and Jose L. Padillo, representing Los Angeles Metro, third. The competition judges the ability to troubleshoot maintenance problems.

Among operators, Ricky Church and Victoria Jenkins of Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), Hampton, VA, placed first, followed by UTA’s Packer and Sloan in second place and Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operators Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Lynch in third. This competition measures professional skills, including train operation, knowledge of safety regulations, train equipment and track right-of-way rules and procedures. 

The five-day rodeo program also included training sessions and workshops and provided opportunities for competitors to share and network. The competition was held at UTA’s Jordan River Rail Service Center.

More information about the rodeo, including score sheets, are at www.apta.com.

 
UTA won the Rail Rodeo Team Achievement Award, the event's top honor.



San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the first-place team in the maintenance competition.

 

Hampton Roads Transit (VA) took first place in the operators' competition.


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