Mexico update: AMF's Sacristan recaps 2010, discusses the year ahead

Introduction
How would you assess the Mexican railroads' ability to recover, post recession?
From Hurricane Alex to trackage rights: How are Ferromex and KCSM faring on the collaboration front?
What's the traffic outlook for Mexico's railroads in 2011?
Security and cross-borders issues always have been a focus � what are some current concerns?
What are a few other issues that Mexico's freight railroads will contend with this year?
The commuter rail evolution in Mexico � how are the various systems progressing?
Any plan updates for the Expo Rail event?

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Emilio Sacristán Roy
director general of AMF

In late 2004, Emilio Sacristán Roy was named director general of Asociación Mexicana de Empresas Ferrocarrileras A.C., which represents the interests of Mexico's freight and passenger railroads, and the suppliers that serve them. Sacristán, who worked at Mexcian federal agencies for nearly 40 years, helped shaped the country's railroad privatization in the mid- to late 1990s. He's also an educator, serving as a professor of economic theory at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México since the mid-1960s. He also serves on the faculty for the Intermodal Transportation Institute's Executive Master's Program at the University of Denver.