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The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) is an association of
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
n short line and regional
railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
s. Founded in 1913, the ASLRRA has a range of members, include a variety of Class II and Class III railroads. The association comprises approximately 550 small businesses, all within the railway transportation industry. The ASLRRA acts as a
lobbying Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agency, regulatory agencies or judiciary. Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by va ...
group for member railroads, representing them for both legislation and regulation. They are often charged with conducting compliance assessments for their members. Since 1998, they have also been awarding the Jake Award - recognizing railroads for their safety record which had originally been started by
L. S. “Jake” Jacobson Lowell S. "Jake" Jacobson (1940-2021) served 29 years with the Union Pacific Railroad, later president and chief operating officer of the Copper Basin Railway The Copper Basin Railway is an List of Arizona railroads, Arizona short-line railroad ...
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* Rail advocacy organizations in the United States {{US-rail-transport-stub