North American section
Inauguration
The North American section had its initial meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on May 24, 2002.
How to join
Membership of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers is required before you can become a member of the North American section of the IRSE. You will then need to complete a North American section application form which is available below.
AGM & Conference at RSSI
On May 18th, 2009 the North American Section (NAS) held its Annual General Meeting at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. It was again held in conjunction with the Railway Systems Suppliers Inc. (RSSI) annual product show. See the More Information box for details of the AGM and the mini-conference.
Committee Members
Hon Secretary / Treasurer:
Gary Young
Chairman:
Kendrick Bisset
Vice Chairman:
Dave Thurston, Principal Technical Consultant- Systems, Parsons - Transportation Group
Local Committee members:
Joseph F. Noffsinger, FIRSE, Business Leader – Signal Products, GE Transportation Systems-Global Signaling
Ed Mortlock , Senior Technical Consultant, Parsons
Vic Babin, FIRSE, Chief Engineering Officer, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
William J. Scheerer, Chief Engineer, General Electric Transportation Systems-Global Signaling
Gary Young,
Hon Secretary / Treasurer,
750 SW Derby Drive,
Lee's Summit,
MO 64081,
USA
E-mail: Gary.Young@trans.ge.com
Kendrick Bisset FIRSE
Chairman,
4226 Telovi Ct,
Louisville,
KY 40241,
USA
Telephone: +1 502 425 9864
E-mail: kendrick@kendrickbisset.com
More information
North American section application form
2009 AGM and mini-conference
2008 AGM, half day conference and technical visit
2007 AGM
An Introduction to North American Signalling, the section's first book. Copies may be purchased at reduced cost to IRSE members at http://www.transalert.com.
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