ASLRRA Offering Training Scholarships

ASLRRA is offering a new scholarship to eligible railroad member employees to help them pay for training registration fees.

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) is awarding 10 railroad training scholarships of up to $425 each to employees of small railroads, defined as those with annual revenues of $10 million or less, for use toward ASLRRA-hosted training in safety, compliance or leadership development.

The Jake Jacobson Memorial Scholarships, which will be awarded to qualified candidates on a rolling basis, are made possible thanks to a generous donation from the family of the late Lowell S. “Jake” Jacobson, former President and General Manager of the Copper Basin Railway, Railway Age’s 1994 Railroader of the Year, and the initiator of the Jake Awards for Railroad Safety. The Jake Award program, ASLRRA says, has been the most long-standing and coveted award from the Association, honoring railroad safety performance.

ASLRRA is also offering the Golden Scholarship–training scholarships made possible by the Douglas Golden-Mary Cullen Charitable Fund. Eligible small-railroad employees attending industry-specific training in track, bridge and signal inspection and maintenance and/or locomotive and freight car inspection and maintenance could be awarded up to $1,200 for training-related expenses, including registration fees, airfare and lodging.