Due to continued interest, the deadline for submitting abstracts for both the Railroad Environmental Conference (RREC) and the Sustainability & Resiliency (S&R) Day has been extended. All abstracts received by Monday, 23 March will be reviewed by the Planning Committee for consideration for presentation at the 2026 RREC and/or S&R Day. 
S&R Day was recently featured in the March 2026 issue of Railway Track & Structures (RT&S) magazine. In an article written by Peter Masson, Director, TRC Companies and Chair of AREMA Committee 13 – Environmental, he praised S&R Day speakers for sharing their valuable technical insights, the exchange of ideas among attendees and calls to action from industry leaders. Click here to read the article.
S&R Day will be held on 27 October 2026 once again in conjunction with RREC and is hosted by both the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) and Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC). S&R Day focuses 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.
RREC will be hosted by RailTEC at the iHotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, IL on 28-29 October 2026. This conference is the premier gathering of railroaders, consulting engineers, academics and others involved in all aspects of railroad environmental engineering, management, and performance.