2019 Crosstie Grading Seminar

 in the Hope, Arkansas Area

2019 Tie Grading Seminar 

The 2019 Tie Grading Seminar will take place on August 5-8 at

the AmeriTies Plant in Hope Arkansas

Registration is now open

Registration 

Interactive PDF Registration 

Housing Form (required)

Agenda 

About 

2018 Seminar Recap 

 2018 Photos

Overview:

August 5 - Welcome reception at the hotel 
August 6- First full day of instruction including Overview, Engineering Principles, Wood ID, and Anatomy
August 7- Wood ID, Defects, Grading Video & Quiz, plus our first visit to AmeriTies Plant in Hope
August 8- Wood ID Test, Insects, Fungi, Drying, Treating Demo, Procurement, Plant Tour, and final Grading Derby. 

This seminar is three full days of instruction. Click on the links to see the tie grading announcement and detailed agenda, and printable registration form that outlines the course topics.

Check out the video to see a sample of what will be covered in this educational seminar!

RTA Tie Grading Seminar on Wood Identification Module 2 from Railway Tie Association on Vimeo.  

The 2018 Tie Grading Seminar took place on July 30-August 2, 2018 
in the Galesburg, Illinois area. 

Congratulations to our 2018 Tie Grading Amazon gift card winners: 

Reduced Speed Grading Test             Big Block Species ID                                  Tie Grading Derby
Eric Baughman, Stella-Jones             Sean Woody, Norfolk Southern               Johnny Allison, Koppers