The Railway Educational Bureau (REB) has trained the railroad industry's skilled-labor workforce since 1909. The REB offers several types of training including: Distance Training, Work Site training, and Workshops in addition to customized training solutions. The REB has trained personnel from Class I railroads, shortlines, and regional railroads. Their customer base also includes a variety of industry including utility companies, food-processing plants, petroleum refineries.
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Correspondence Courses
The REB offers distance training courses covering a broad spectrum of railroad employment. The areas of training include:
- Basic railroading foundation
- Freight car repair (carmen)
- Track maintenance
- Locomotive mechanical
- Locomotive operations
- Locomotive electrical
- Machinists
- Metal trades
- Signal maintainers
- Steam engine maintenance
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Work Site Training Programs
The REB has presented a wide variety of Work Site Training sessions to their clients for a wide range of employees. A sampling of sessions that have been presented include:
- Part 232: Brake System Safety Standards Training
- Initial Terminal Air Brake Test
- Freight Car Movement and Handling
- Freight Car Inspection
- Fundamentals of Train Air Brakes and Repair Track Air Brake Testing
- Air Brake Testing-Freight Trains
- Open Top Loading Rules and Regulations
- The 26L Locomotive Air Brake System: Operating Fundamentals and System Testing
- Freight Car Repair-Level 1
- Basic Track Inspection
- Performing Track Maintenance
- Basic Principles of Track Maintenance
- Advanced Principles of Track Maintenance
- Crane Safety-Overhead/Mobile Wrecking/Work Equipment
- Railroad Safety including Blue Signal Protection
- Car Component Identification and Function
- Introduction to the FRA and AAR
- Fundamentals of Freight Car Air Brakes
- FRA Safety Appliance and Freight Car Safety Standards
- AAR Inspection and Maintenance Rules
- Air Brake Component Identification and Function
- FRA Brake System Safety Standards
- Inbound/Outbound Freight Train Inspections
- Class I, Initial Terminal Air Brake Test
- Single Car Air Brake Test and Troubleshooting Using Test Device
- AAR and FRA Inspection, Repair Billing and Repair Records
- Signal and Communication Systems--Customized Training Development
History
The Railway Educational Bureau can trace its roots back to the Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific's president, Edward Henry Harriman hired D. C. Buell to develop training materials for the railroad. Buell was later appointed the Director of Union Pacific's Educational Bureau of Information. Within a few years Buell and the Union Pacific realized other railroads could benefit by the training programs it developed. The division was spun off as The Railway Educational Bureau and Buell later became the owner. The Railway Educational Bureau was purchased from the Buell estate by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation in 1968.
See also
Railway Age
References
Simmons-Boardman Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 2-24-2009.
External links
- Official website
- Simmons-Boardman official website
- Railway Age Sister company
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