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First Set of Rail Car Training Consortium Courses Piloted at CATS
Posted September 2016
Three new Railcar Training Consortium courses are being piloted by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) this week in Charlotte, NC
Read more...National Rail Vehicle Training Consortium Finishes Its First Three Courses
Posted September 2016
The Center’s Rail Car Training Consortium has completed courseware for two courses in Auxiliary Power Supply and Battery Systems and one in Rail Car HVAC Maintenance.
Read more...WMATA Transit Elevator/Escalator Apprenticeship Graduates: Moving to a Future of Excellence
Posted September 2016
On August 26, 2016, WMATA graduated five individuals from their elevator-escalator apprenticeship program: Andy Cardwell, Sherman Jones, Ebisu Dinqu, Howard Mintz, and Bryan Moats.
Read more...A Fond Farewell to Founding Director Brian J. Turner
Posted September 2016
Today, the first day of September, officially marks the retirement of the Transportation Learning Center’s Founding Director, Brian J. Turner.
Read more...A Fond Farewell to Founding Director Brian J. Turner
Posted August 2016
Today, the first day of September, officially marks the retirement of the Transportation Learning Center’s Founding Director, Brian J. Turner. Working with former Transport Workers Union President Sonny Hall, Turner created the Center in 2000 as a nonprofit institution that could bring labor and management together around shared concerns on skills training and safety. Dr. Beverly Scott, then leading an APTA task force on the future of the transit workforce, was recruited by Turner and became an early and enthusiastic management representative on the first Board of Directors.
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