Manufacturing, Safety, Resources, & Statistic


RTA's Manufacturing, Safety, Resources & Statistics Committee:

Chair: Liz Russell, Stella-Jones
Vice-Chair: Canon McDonald, Nisus
Diane Stackhouse, East Coast Railroad Services 
Gene Dodson, North American Tie & Timber
Howard Tomlinson, Mellott Wood Preserving
Jeff Lippincott, Tank Fab
Mike Goldston, Brewco, Inc.
Rafael Silva, Stella-Jones
Shea Zeiser, MiTek Industries Inc. 
Dave Koch, Wheeler Lumber (Board Liaison)

Committee Assignments for 2017

  •     Expand assignment to include logging equipment, safety equipment, spent crosstie disposal, etc. and not limited it to sawmill equipment
  •     Add the "Committee Corner" wording to the assignment
  •     Maintain liaison with Southern Forest Experiment Station and report any significant developments through articles prepared for publication in Crossties
  •     Conduct annual joint field trip 
  •     Report to 2017 conference on committee developments of interest during the year and on matters having an impact on wood crosstie markets (possible guest speaker for conference)
  •     Continue the annual survey of short and long term usage and demand for wood crossties in categories Prepare one or two  articles in relation to our assignments for Crossties magazine
    • Class I Railroad Information will be presented in RTA's Annual Class 1 Crosstie Survey
    • Regional and Short Line Railroads information will be presented in separate Regional and Short Line Railroad Survey
  •     Prepare one or two articles in relation to our assignments for Crossties magazine
  •     Recommend and provide positive promotional information to the railroads, sawmills, and other individuals who use crossties
  •     Develop topics and a means to get the information out to the industry
  •     Develop data for Tie Trends - graphs, charts, etc
  •     Develop and maintain Producer Reporting Group
  •     Recommend assignments for 2018