The Educational Railroading Conference Leader Since 1994

26th ANNUAL WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION CONFERENCE

Heavy Haul Sessions Speaker:

Biography

Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer

Biography: Brad Spencer is the Director of Train Accident Prevention at CSX Transportation Inc. at Jacksonville, FL. Train Accident Prevention group is in the CSXT Safety Department that is tasked with investigating, analyzing, and training proper investigation of train derailments.

Brad started his railroad career at Conrail in 1993. He worked for Conrail until the CSX/Conrail merger in 1999 and continues to work for CSXT. Brad has spent 22 years of his career in the track testing group in system engineering. He managed track geometry cars and rail testing. He has helped develop projects, including non-stop, continuous, rail testing for CSX.

Brad has a BS from Penn State University. He is a member of AREMA committee 4 and a graduate of CSX Business Leadership at University of Maryland. He is part of the CSX team and a presenter at the FRA RSAC on rail integrity since 2008.