Mr. Walter Schuchmann

Council Member Biography

Walter H. Schuchmann, Vice President, Operations Planning at RLBA has led a freight rail capacity on behalf of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and participated in coal, intermodal and solid waste operations and cost analyses as well as contributing to short line and regional railroad due diligence evaluations. He has conducted operations planning and simulation in three STB stand-alone coal rate cases using the Rail Traffic Controller program. Mr. Schuchmann participated in passenger rail service implementation on behalf of Metrolink, Virginia Railway Express and others. He also has advised public bodies evaluating the initiation or expansion of intercity passenger or commuter rail services in many cities with respect to service planning, shared passenger-freight line use, access arrangements and railroad institutional issues. He has over twenty-five years experience in the railroad industry including eight as an operating and safety office with Norfolk Southern Railway. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1988 - Unspecified

Vice President, Operations Planning, R. L. BANKS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

1979 - 1987

Safety Superintendent, NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY