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Railway Track & Structures December 2009 27 The railroad workforce is agingand is expected to lose largenumbers of employees to re-tirement in the next fewyears. To replace them and tokeep the skills of existing employeessharp calls for top-notch education andtraining such as those programsdescribed in this American Railway Engineeringand Maintenance-of-Way Associationhas education as one of its association pursues that goal throughseminars and its annual AREMA doesn t offerclasses, the association does offerseminars on various subjects at varioustimes throughout the year. Thenumber of students varies, dependingon subject matter and location. Thelength varies from one-to-three days,typically. The audience AREMA istrying to reach includes railway andtransit engineering are not entry-level the introduction to PracticalRailway Engineering assumes an en-gineering degree s educational offerings aredesigned to provide Professional De-velopment Hours for engineers tomaintain their PE designations.

www.rtands.com Railway Track & Structures December 2009 27 T he railroad workforce is agingand is expected to lose large numbers of employees to re-

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