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Dear Reader How are you?. I am a south korean working for Korean National Railroads(KNR). I have a work assignment from KNR which is Korean-government owned company and operates Korean railroads. The assignment is reseach on inter-korean railroad connecting. Two Korea, South and North Korea, are now connecting their seperated lines. If the line is connected, the cargos from south Korea will go to Europe by train thru China or/and Russia. If that comes real, we will make big profits. South Korean government is preparing for that. My assignment is to learn from American companies on how to handle cargos and logistics, how to transact and inter-connect between Mexico and American companies or between America and Canada, how to manage railroad human resouces, and safety. We plan to visit America and Mexico this coming July for 30 or 40 days. I want to attend seminars, meetings, training or education on any railroad fields. I also want to visit railroad companies which operate freight or passenger train. Would any of you recommend seminars, education or training for that which will be held in America during that time? Or would you invite us to your company or give us information on those companies for our favor? I can give information Korean or Japanese railroad information? we are team of three persons. If you help me, I will deeply appreciate for that.
Lee, Wonyoung.
Education center, Korean National railroad. Seoul, South Korea. 82-31-460-4240
atsf3751 Member # 1538
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Lee, I'm not sure how helpful many of us would be in this. You see, most of us are just railfans and don't have any special connections with railroad companies. It sounds like you have a very large job cut out for you, and it would be a significant feat if South Korea could be connected by rail to the rest of the world.
One thing you might try is to contact possibly the human relations department of a major class 1 railroad here. Then they could direct you to the right people. The major class 1 railroads in the U.S. and Canada are BNSF, Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific. All of them participate to some extent in international interchange.
Hope that helps, even if only a little.
SteveD Member # 43
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Prior response is correct, I think you would have better audience on Rail industry page of this board than any of the habbyiest pages.
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