Les Kozma has been involved with the construction industry for over 30 years. His interest and passion for western Canadian railway history has paralleled his construction career.

Since 1975, Mr. Kozma has successfully completed major historical consulting projects about various railway themes for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board ( Ottawa ), Alberta Historic Resources Foundation, Alberta Historic Sites Service, Saskatchewan Recreation and Culture, Canadian Pacific Railway, CN and others.

Further, he has authored or co-authored three books and over 60 published articles relating to railways in western Canada. Railway construction, architecture and operations are the primary focus of his interests.

Mr. Kozma is a charter member of the Canadian Northern Society (presently President) and the Canadian Railway Hall of Fame (presently Chairman).

Roger Cameron is Director, Public Affairs at the Railway Association of Canada (RAC). The RAC represents the 60 freight and passenger railways operating in Canada today, fosters public awareness and understanding of the railway industry, and facilitates Canada's role in establishing North American railway technical and operating standards.

His responsibilities with the RAC over the past decade in public affairs and communications include media relations, magazine, annual report and brochure publishing, website content, speech writing and advertising. He organizes special events, briefing sessions and conferences on behalf of the industry, produces videos and CDs. He is vice-president of the Railway Hall of Fame, Chair of Communications for Direction 2006, past chairman of the board of the Centre for Sustainable Transportation.

Mr. Cameron, of Montreal, is a native of Petitcodiac, New Brunswick. He began his career in communications as a newspaper reporter with the Moncton Times and Transcript, and worked for 30 years with CN Public Affairs and Advertising in the railway's regional and system headquarters, on major projects and with its marine division to help manage fundamental change in Canada's transportation industry .

Mr. Fisher is President of CPCS Technologies Corporation, an international railway consulting firm. An electrical engineer, he entered the railway industry in the Telecommunications Department of Canadian Pacific Railway.

Mr. Fisher went on to other positions in CPR in Operations Research, in the President and the Chairman's office and as Manager of Technical Research where he was instrumental in the Canadian railways adopting Syncrude petroleum as a standard diesel fuel in western Canada. He also led the research on railway electrification for future use on CPR and, as President of Canadian Pacific Consulting Services, headed the team designing the first 50 kilovolt electrification in Canada for the British Columbia Railway. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers and the American Railway, Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA). Mr. Fisher holds a patent on a low-cost device to prevent a train from passing a stop signal.

He is a native of Montreal and has held numerous community service positions including Chairman of Vanier College, a Governor of Concordia University and Vice President, Finance of the Order of Engineers of Quebec.

Shawn I. Smith is a veteran executive in the north-American railway industry with extensive experience in railway operations, commercial development, safety management, regulatory affairs, and government relations. During the last 20 years of his career, Mr. Smith has held field operating positions, General Manager postings, and served as Vice President of a publicly-traded Canadian regional railway company, and for RailAmerica, Inc. He was actively involved in the implementation of various new regional and short line railway operations in Canada during the 1990's.

In 2001, Mr. Smith was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Railway Association of Canada. He also served on the Association's Safety and Operations Management Committee and the Policy Advocacy Committee. Mr. Smith is a founding member of the Canadian Railway Hall of Fame and takes a keen interest in the past, present, and future of the industry. He is a member of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents, and the Lexington Group.

In 2008 Mr. Smith joined the Strategy Department of Canadian Pacific, and is involved in strategic planning initiatives across the railway.

Mr. Smith is married to Karen and they have two boys. In addition to railroading and its trappings Mr. Smith enjoys sports, photography, and family history.