THE WORLD CONGRESS ON RAILWAY RESEARCH (WCRR) CONFERENCE 1996: ``A TIME FOR PARTNERSHIPS'' IS BEING HELD JUNE 17-19, 1996 IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO USA Contact Ed Walsh, Contracts Manager, 719-584-0534, Fax 719-584-0711. The Conference offers a unique forum to reach one of the railway industry's most select and influential audiences on an international level. North American host organizations and WCRR organizing sponsors are: Association of American Railroads (AAR), Amtrak, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Research Board (TRB), Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan (RTRI), Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC), British Rail Research (BRR), Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG), Ferrovie dello Stato S.p.A. (FS), and Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais (SNCF). The WCRR Conference 1996 is designed to advance the research partnerships established at the railway research conferences held in Tokyo in 1992 and Paris in 1994, and to set the course for future collaboration. Part of the Conference involves a field trip and VIP technical tour on June 18th to the U.S. Department of Transportation, FRA's Transportation Technology Center (TTC), Pueblo, Colorado, which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 16th, under the care, custody and control of the AAR. As such, the AAR is inviting potential exhibitors to be a part of this unique gathering of railway industry's technical decision makers, research managers and technologists. The gathering of three to four hundred of the world's premier railway research minds to discuss, plan, and shape the future of world-wide railway Research & Development offers an unparalleled opportunity to network, make contacts and establish cooperative partnerships that could unite your organization's efforts with others who share the same goals. The increasingly complex multi-disciplinary approaches needed to continually improve railway safety, customer service, high-speed transportation and productivity requires the best of thoughts, materials and processes melded together in a cooperative effort. As an exhibitor, you will be assured of an excellent opportunity to promote your product or service line, and receive full recognition of your commitment to support the goals of the WCRR. Both booth display areas and actual track sections are available at TTC. For information on exhibiting/attending seminars, please contact the AAR at 719-584-0501, Fax 719-584-0767 or e-mail us at edward_walsh@ttc.aar.com.

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