List of Concentration Area Benefits
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Car Service & Car Hire
Contact Person: Jim Pinson - Railinc - james.pinson@railinc.com - 919.651.5047
- Copy of all agendas and minutes for the Equipment Assets Committee that manages all issues associated with car hire and car accounting. These materials allow equipment owners to be kept informed of discussion areas impacting car utilization and compensation.
- Copy of the annual Review of Equipment Trends.
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Communications, Signals & Train Control
Contact Person: Robert Kollmar - AAR – rkollmar@aar.org - 202.639.2142
- Information relating to radio frequency spectrum, including frequency coordination, petitions to the FCC, response to petitions to the FCC, and the development and management of wireless communications standards.
- Complimentary copy of railway electronic standards and specifications related publications
- Information on FRA activity in the signal, communications and train control area.
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Damage Prevention & Freight Claims
Contact Person: Gary Held - Railinc - dpls@aar.ocom - 919.651.5027
- Newsletters with information on damage prevention and freight claims, safety notices and other related items.
- Notice of testing completed by the Damage Prevention & Loading Services group with copies of non-proprietary tests available upon request.
- Access to information resources through AAR/TTCI Damage Prevention and Loading Services staff.
- Statistics on railroad industry freight loss and damage trends.
- Advance notice of new and revised publications as they are released.
- Advance notification and registration information for annual conferences.
- Published member directory of the Damage Prevention & Freight Claims group.
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Environmental, Hazmat & Tank Car
Contact Person: Bob Fronczak - AAR - rfronczak@aar.org - 202.639.2839
- Invitation to participate in the Annual AAR/BOE Hazardous Materials Seminar.
- Invitation to the Railroad Environmental Conference.
- AAR dockets and minutes provided to all Environmental Affairs Committee Tank Car Committee, Hazardous Materials (BOE) Committee, NAR Reduction Task Force and Nuclear Waste Transportation Task Force meetings.
- Information on federal activity affecting tank cars, environmental, nuclear waste and hazmat issues.
- Copy of the annual report of the Tank Car Committee.
- Copy of AAR comments on environmental issues of significant impact to the rail industry.
- Information and updates from the AAR Tank Car Subcommittee meetings.
- Copies of AAR News Clips in the areas of hazardous materials, environmental and nuclear waste.
- Department of Transportation compliance inspections of member rail yards and training by BOE inspectors. (Training is limited and determined by gross freight revenue.)
- Consultation on questions about tank car safety and hazmat regulations on an as needed basis, and the ability to raise issues or concerns to the TCC docket.
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Passenger Rail Service (especially for companies that provide products and services to passenger carriers)
Contact Person: Jeff Usher - AAR - jusher@aar.org - 202.639.2370
- Updates on coordination and implementation of PTC Systems between freight and passenger railroads.
- Invitations to special events hosted by TTCI.
- Complimentary registration to North American Railroad Mechanical Operations (NARMO) Seminar.
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Technical Services
Contact Person: Jim Grady - AAR - jgrady@aar.org - 202.639.2141
- Updates on industry activities.
- One complimentary subscription to circular letters.
- Copy of field and office manual of the AAR Interchange Rules with updates.
- Complimentary registration to the North American Railroad Mechanical Operations (NARMO) Seminar.
- Complimentary registration to the AAR Safety Conference.