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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.railstotrails.org/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tag 'salvaging'</title><link>http://community.railstotrails.org/search/SearchResults.aspx?a=13&amp;o=DateDescending&amp;tag=salvaging&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tag 'salvaging'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association</title><link>http://community.railstotrails.org/media/p/1084.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:24:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d8e62ae5-e879-4a73-985f-98c60d0f1988:1084</guid><dc:creator>StephenMRTC</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association, Inc. (&amp;quot;NRC&amp;quot;) is the only trade association organized specifically to serve the needs of railroad contractors, suppliers, and the entire railroad and rail transit construction industry. NRC&amp;#39;s primary objective is to advance the mutual interests of its members and the railroad and rail transit construction industry by:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting, developing and protecting the railroad and rail transit construction industry;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting continuing education, and improvement of railroad and rail transit construction methods;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting and supporting high ethical standards and combating unfair practices;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting and improving communication between contractors and railroads, owners, public agencies, rail transit systems, engineers, and suppliers;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting and supporting legislation that furthers the railroad and rail transit construction business climate;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="modbody"&gt;Promoting safety by offering Roadway Worker Protection Training (FRA Approved, ASLRRA accepted) free to our members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Professional Trailbuilders Association</title><link>http://community.railstotrails.org/media/p/1083.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:18:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d8e62ae5-e879-4a73-985f-98c60d0f1988:1083</guid><dc:creator>StephenMRTC</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="stdbody"&gt;Founded in 1976 as the Western Trailbuilders Association and renamed in 2004, the Professional Trailbuilders Association (PTBA) is North America&amp;rsquo;s largest private sector group of trail specialists, professional trail contractors, designers, and consultants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="stdbody"&gt;All of PTBA&amp;rsquo;s activities support quality trail design, construction, and maintenance for all types of trails in all types of locations. In its early years, PTBA served to define and nurture a new industry&amp;mdash;private trail contracting for the federal government, primarily the USDA Forest Service. This was quite successful, and PTBA enjoys respect and a good reputation from federal agencies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>