The Railcar Technical Services Association (RTSA) is the railroad mechanical freight car professional’s premier resource for new concepts, training, and opportunities for interaction with your industry peers.
The annual RTSA Railcar Education Conference will be held as a part of the 2024 RSI Rail Expo & Technical Training in downtown Chicago. The conference in Chicago will be Thursday and Friday October 10 and 11 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. Please go the Annual Conference page for further information on topics, speakers, registration and hotel registration.
Our Mission
In recent years, the Railcar Technical Services Association (formerly MARTS) has evolved rapidly and is presently the only nonprofit professional association dedicated to the freight car repair professional. RTSA is dedicated to its mission to provide a value added forum for sharing railcar customer maintenance needs through new technology, practical experience and best practices with the purpose to improve profitable industry share.
We have archived via video and still presentations of our previous conference training sessions. You can view these outstanding educational presentations under the Archive tab or click on the above paragraph title.