Welcome to RTSA

Your Source for Railcar Knowledge & Expertise 

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 2026 Railway Interchange on Tuesday June 2, 2026 through Thursday June 4, 2026, at the CHI Health Center, in downtown Omaha Nebraska.
Preliminary RTSA Presentation Education Topic List (final list will be provided soon!)
Industry experts will provide interesting and detailed presentations on June 3 and June 4, covering a variety of topics such as:
  • AAR Research:  Wheel life research findings and AAR testing updates
  • Bearing Reconditioning
  • Welding
  • Tank Car Qualification Past and Present
  • Derailment Analysis
  • AAR Equipment Engineering Committee Update
  • Tank car coatings and linings
  • Other topics to be determined
Please go the Annual Conference page for further details on RTSI topics, speakers, and presentation dates and times.
Conference Registration and Hotel Information:
For more information or to register for the Railway Interchange see the link below.  When registering please indicate your association to the RTSA educational partner when prompted.

  

The annual RTSA Railcar Education Conference will be held as a part of the 2026 Railway Interchange in Omaha. The conference will be June 2-4 at the Omaha Convention Center.  Please go the Annual Conference page for further information on topics, speakers, registration and hotel registration.

Registration and Hotel Information below:

Registration: Railway Interchange 2026 – America’s Largest Railroad Conference

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.

Archives