Brad Black-President
262-617-5440
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B.A. (Brad) Black
has been a member of the RPCA since 1988, and a board member since 1998.
He also serves as the Chairman of the By-Laws Committee. He is a member
of the RPCA Educational Foundation, where he serves as an Advisor and
Air Brake Instructor. Brad has a long history of interest and experience
with railway passenger cars beginning at the age of 15 in Southern
California, where he was an active member of the Pacific Railroad
Society Private Car Committee. Over the ensuing years Brad had a variety
of partners in more than 40 private cars. Brad founded Silver Peak
Railroad Resources (SPRR). SPRR is owned by Brad and his wife Nancy, and
currently manages a fleet of three cars. Professionally, Brad has been
employed in the rail industry since 1980, when he joined the Ventura
County Railway Company as a signal maintainer. Since then he has worked
for Northern Railcar Corp., Morrison-Knudsen Rail Systems Group, Quad
Graphics, and the Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC), where he was an
Assistant Chief Mechanical Officer. Brad is currently the Vice President
and Sr. Consultant with Virginkar & Associates, Inc., where he
supervises an inspection staff of 15 persons who carry out QA and QC
inspections on new railway passenger cars, locomotives and transit
vehicles at a number of locations. He is an Amtrak Private Car
Inspector. He has served on both the AAR and APTA Mechanical Standards
Committees that have developed many current industry standards,
including the current Code of Single Car Tests for 26C Passenger Air
Brakes.
Roy Wullich-Director
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Mr. Wullich is originally from Batavia, NY and
is a Certified Public Accountant. A graduate of St. Bonaventure
University he is the owner of
Rail Journeys West Inc. – a luxury
private rail travel company that provides various passenger rail
management and consulting services. The Company also owns the former
California Zephyr dome-observation car “Silver Solarium”. Like many
people, Roy’s interests with trains began with a Lionel train set around
the Christmas tree. A member of the RPCA since 1988, Mr. Wullich started
working with the Western New York Railway Historical Society in Buffalo,
NY with railcar preservation and excursion operations. Roy has continued
working with various excursion, charter and special trains; historical
preservation projects; as well as various roles in both museum and
operation management. Roy also has served and continues to serve on the
Boards of several non-profit organizations and railroad preservation
organizations. Roy has owned over 24 pieces of historic rail equipment
throughout his preservation efforts. Mr. Wullich has also held various
management positions at several international companies including Intel
Corporation, KPMG and Price Waterhouse. Mr. Wullich has been RPCA
President since January 2008 and a Board Member for many years. Mr.
Wullich resides in Santa Clara, CA.
Dan Pluta - Director
304- 738-1022 EMAIL
Bio coming soon...
Henry Weller-Director
765-753-3010-
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Henry Weller has been an RPCA member since
the second RPCA meeting in Sandusky, Ohio. He served as the
organization’s second President from 1999 until 2008 and has been on the
Board of Directors since it’s inception. During his career, he worked
for Class I railroads, owned all or part of a number of shortlines,
worked in various management capacities for several other shortlines,
spent over 4 years with Amtrak and was/is employed by an engineering
consulting firm who specializes in rail related projects, both
operational and mechanical. His last full time rail position was Vice
President of Operations and Chief Mechanical Officer for a midwestern
shortline holding company. Henry’s interest in railroads began at a very
early age and continues through the present. He is the third generation
in his family to work in the industry. Ironically, the railroad lineage
comes from his Mother’s side of the family. He has been privileged to
serve in many facets of the industry in diverse geographic locations.
Mr.Weller currently resides in North-Central Indiana near Kokomo with
Stanlee, his wife of over 40 years. They have three children and six
grandchildren
John Suscheck-Director
417-336-2401 -
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Originally from Erie, PA John got his
induction into the railroad industry as a teenager after joining a local
railroad museum. After graduation he began his railroad career in the
shortline/tourist railroad industry. He worked his way up in both
mechanical and transportation departments, eventually ending up in
management. After a short time with BNSF, John went into business for
himself and is the owner of
Ozark Mountain Railcar.
Ed Ellis - Director
Info coming
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Donald Maxwell-Director
866-639-7487 -
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Don has been a member of RPCA for over 25
years, and has served on the Board several terms. He is currently the
Executive Director and Trip Director of The
Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society.
Don retired early with 30 years service from AK Steel Corporation and
Allied Chemicals Ashland, KY plants in 1992 where he served in a number
of management positions. He was the Executive Director for the Boyd,
Lawrence, and Carter County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Executive
Director and for The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center prior to
taking the position at the Railroad Historical Society. Don also serves
on the boards of NRHS, Cabell/Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Habitat for Humanity, Spriggs Foundation, West Virginia's Operation Life
Saver, Tourist Train Association of West Virginia and is an active member of ARM
and TRAIN.
Roger
Fuehring-Director
317-984-5655 -
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Roger
was born and raised in Bellevue Ohio and grew up working with the Mad
River & Nickel Plate Railroad Museum and Golden Age Railroad Equipment
Inc. Roger spent several years working on excursion trains and private
car trips. He started his railroad carrier with Indiana & Ohio Railroad
& the Central Railroad Company out of Kokomo Indiana. In 1991 he founded
F&M Car and Locomotive Repair, based out of central & southern Indiana
and provides mechanical services for locomotives, passenger & freight
cars. Roger was the former owner and manager of F&M Rail Service based
out of southern California and he has worked on many projects large and
small from New York to Los Angeles. Some of his clients have included
New York & Atlantic, Pacific Harbor Lines, Louisville & Indiana and many
other smaller customers including grain elevators, steel mills and
smaller freight and tourist railroads. Roger also works with training
other companies on maintenance and
repairs to locomotives and freight cars. Roger lives in Central
Indiana
with a his wife Cathy.
Bill Jubeck-Director
412-278-3600 -
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Bio coming soon....
Chuck Jensen-Director
(973) 267-4300 -
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Chuck has been a member of RPCA for over 15 years
and served as the RPCA Conference Chairman for the 2005 conference held
in Morristown, NJ.
He is a graduate of East Tennessee State University
and holds a BBA degree in Transportation. He is a career railroader.
Chuck began his career with the Southern Railway in 1976 as a fireman
and mechanic working on the Southern Steam Program and subsequently with
the Norfolk Southern Steam Program. After working for 7 years with the
steam program he joined the transportation department of NS as a
Trainmaster and worked in several different locations around the NS
system. He has worked for an international steel company as a corporate
transportation manager.
He has also worked for two short line railroads and
has been the Chief Mechanical Officer for the Morristown & Erie Railway
since 2002. He has served on several AAR mechanical committees and is a
member of the ASLRRA Positive Train Control RSAC committee. He is an
Amtrak private car inspector.
Chuck has been operating private cars since 1986
and currently owns two Amtrak certified passenger cars which operate
throughout the US. Chuck resides in the Pocono Mountains of
Pennsylvania.
