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MARC Train Service Manager and Chief Operating Officer Kathryn Waters plans to leave her Maryland post at month’s end to become vice president commuter rail at Dallas Area Rapid Transit.



Waters began her transportation career in 1981 as freight rail planner for Maryland State Railroad Administration, later taking the reins at MARC in 1992. Understanding freight railroading — and especially Conrail’s history — helped her work through issues associated with CSX Transportation’s takeover of its Conrail portion, she said in a August 2000 interview with Progressive Railroading. (CSXT operates two of MARC’s three lines.)



And, although on-time performance (OTP) immediately following the 1999 Conrail split bottomed-out at 50 percent, the Camden and Brunswick lines currently are posting 93 percent OTP year-to-date.



In her new post, Waters will manage several hundred miles of right of way in north Texas, says Morgan Lyons, DART spokesman. She would report to Doug Allen, executive vice president for program development.



DART officials are considering using the right of way to expand commuter rail service in north Texas, says Allen, adding that Waters' experience and expertise would prove useful in that pursuit.



"Having Kathryn on board will really help us," he says. "She'll be one of the driving forces."



— Kathi Kube