About the Event:

Rail-a-Palooza will be led by Joshua Clark, Section Manager Rail Facilities with King County Metro.

Meeting at the Northgate Light Link Station, parking is available there.

Cost: Professional Members - $30 | Professional Non-Members - $35 | Associate Members - $40 | Associate Non-Members - $45

About the Speaker:

Josh was born and raised in San Diego CA and moved around the country with his wife and 2 daughters working on Class 1 Freight Railroads as a Trainmaster and eventually track and Signal Maintenance of Way (MOW). He was recruited in 2010 by Sound Transit to be the Sounder MOW Superintendent and oversee the expansion of the Sounder South Line from Tacoma Dome to Lakewood. After the Sounder project was complete and the new line was open Josh was recruited by the Link Light Rail division for the Operations Superintendent role. In 2019 King County Metro executives recruited Josh for a new Section Manager Role that was created to manage the Rail Facilities Section. It is essentially a director as there is no Facilities leadership above this position. Now after 5 years in the role Josh has gone from zero Facilities experience to successfully managing multiple crafts and millions of square footages. The Rail Facility Mechanics completed over 21,000 PMs in 2023 and will do almost double that in 2024. Link Light Rail Facilities includes Grounds Specialists, Station Custodians, Facility Custodians, Painters, Building Operations Engineers and Facility Mechanics. With the continued expansions of the Link Light Rail system and the Rail Facilities Section taking on nearly 20 new stations, there will be an enormous amount of new assets to manage.