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Progressive Railroading recently lined up four heavy hitters in the rail industry as keynote speakers for the RailTrends 2007 leasing and finance conference to be held Oct. 3-4 at Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.

Delivering keynotes will be Charles Nottingham, chairman of the Surface Transportation Board; Jim Foote, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Canadian National Railway Co.; Kathryn McQuade, EVP and chief operating officer for Canadian Pacific Railway; and Kevin Schieffer, president and chief executive officer of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp.

The event also will include an industry panel featuring Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ed Hamberger, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association President Richard Timmons, and Railway Supply Institute Executive Director Tom Simpson; and an investor/analyst panel featuring independent transportation analyst and RailTrends program consultant Tony Hatch, and analysts Thomas Wadewitz and Jason Seidl.

In addition, RailTrends will offer a “Port Perspective” presentation from the Port of Los Angeles’ Matt Guasco, rail-car market outlook from Rail Theory Forecasts L.L.C. principal Toby Kolstad, and “Mexico: The Intermodal Evolution Continues” presentation from Ferromex Director of Agricultural Sales, Intermodal and Automotive Terry McDermott and Kansas City Southern EVP of Sales and Marketing Dan Avramovich.

Hosted by Progressive Railroading, RailTrends 2007 is sponsored by GE Transportation, GATX Rail, AIG, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Oliver Wyman and Raritan Central Railway.

“RailTrends is the only event of its kind,” said Wendy Loerch, director of education for the event, in a prepared statement. “We’re thrilled to offer this unique and valuable opportunity for rail decision-makers by offering exclusive information on the financial trends that will shape the industry in the near and distant future.”

For more information on RailTrends 2007, log onto www.railtrends.com.