ASLRRA bestows President’s Awards at fall meeting
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has recognized 16 member companies with its President’s Award for exceptional safety performance. Honorees were highlighted during the ASLRRA’s Fall Super Regional Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, earlier this week.
The annual award recognizes short lines with the best safety performance in their categories, as measured by frequency rates for 2025 employee incidents per 200,000 hours worked. ASLRRA switched to a national, data-driven selection process this year, replacing regional criteria and balancing award categories through even percentile splits of eligible railroads. This method creates tighter, more competitive groupings, ASLRRA officials said in a press release.
ASLRRA this year also recognized standout performers among specific short-line groupings, such as the smallest railroads and switching operations, which have unique business models and operating profiles, they added.
“With freight-rail safety performance at an all-time high, these awards have never been harder to win,” said ASLRRA President Chuck Baker. “The President’s Award winners showcase the results of the ‘safety first’ mentality of railroading, practiced relentlessly 365 days a year.”
The following short lines, separated by category, received President’s Awards:
Small and independent Class III:
- Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad
- Fore River Transportation Corp.
Yard and switching operations:
- Indiana Rail Road Co.
- Terminal Switching Services
- Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad
- Port Terminal Railroad Association
General award category, employee-on-duty hours:
- Shenandoah Valley Railroad
- Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway Co.
- Southwestern Railroad
- Texas North Western Railway Co.
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
General award category, train miles:
- Dakota Northern Railroad
- Arkansas Southern Railroad
- Luxapalila Valley Railroad
- Central Railroad of Indiana
- Trans-Global Solutions - Cedar Port Railroad
Left to right: ASLRRA President Chuck Baker, and Trans-Global Solutions representatives Jeff Stewart, Solomon Freimuth, Phillip Case and Rusty Krumrey.
Photo – ASLRRA
