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50th Anniversary Celebration
Program

  • 11:00 am – Registration & Reception
  • 11:30 am – Welcome: David Mears, American Short Line Assoc., President, TRF New York Chapter
  • Introduction – Gene Griffin, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, TRF Executive Director
  • A Historic Overview of the Founding of TRF – Paul A. Banner, former president of the Rock Island Railroad
  • A Fond Look Back at Herb Whitten, a Key Founder – Dr. Greg Whitten
  • TRF Today – Jack Wells, Chief Economist U.S. DOT, outgoing TRF President
  • Intermodalism: Growing Together and Looking Toward the Future – James McClellan, keynote speaker