Registration is open and the preliminary program is now available for the 27th annual Railroad Environmental Conference (RREC) which will be held on 11-12 November 2025 at the I-Hotel and Illinois Conference Center on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. In conjunction with RREC, a new Sustainability & Resiliency (S&R) Day will be held the day after on 13 November 2025. S&R Day, hosted by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) and RailTEC, will focus on how sustainability and resiliency concepts and best practices can be applied to a broad range of engineering design, maintenance, operations, capital projects, construction, sustainable materials, organizational change activities, etc.
Online registration is open until October 31 for both conferences.
Over 50 presentations are expected at RREC by railroad managers, environmental engineers and researchers from all over North America. RREC enables rail industry employees to meet with peers throughout the railroad environmental community to exchange views, learn about new techniques and technologies, and generally stay in touch with the direction of the railroad industry’s environmental programs.