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).

Dean Tiegs has had a passion for the railway industry since his childhood in Stettler, Alberta. He is now an independent informational technology consultant in Edmonton, having spent the first part of career with CN in various operational and marketing postions.

Mr. Tiegs was the Charter President of the Canadian Northern Society and remains very active as a member of that organization. He and his wife Lorrie were instrumental in the development of the Canadian Railway Hall of Fame, and its first web-site.

When not spending time on his railway related interests, Mr. Tiegs is a fan and season ticket holder of the Edmonton Eskimos.

An early interest in railways has led to an ongoing forty-two year career in the Canadian railway industry for Clayton Jones. Clayton started his career with Canadian National Railways, working as a Brakeman/Switchman, while completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Alberta. All together, he worked for CN for thirty years in several levels of Operations management in addition to the functions of Economic Analysis, Business Planning, Marketing, and Contract Administration.

In 1997 he moved on to work for RaiLink becoming the first General Manager for the Mackenzie Northern Railway, a 625 mile shortline in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Clayton now lives in Surrey, BC and, following seven years with the BNSF Railway, is engaged in railway industry consulting projects for Sandwell Engineering and also consulting on a free lance basis. He is interested in the promotion of the rail industry as an effective transportation means to meet modern business and public needs. He is also interested in the preservation of Canadian railway history and artifacts plus the education of the general public to the significance of the rail industry in Canada's development.

Doug has had a lifelong interest in the railway’s historical, present and future roles using technology to meet the changing needs of business and society.

A graduate of Acadia University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, he has spent 35 years working for the federal government on rail matters. The first eight years were with the Canadian Transport Commission undertaking specialized rail costing studies. The last 27 years have been spent in the Rail Policy Branch of Transport Canada working on passenger rail, environmental and short line files. He has served on the Rail Passenger Action Force in 1985 and was a member of the inter-government team studying high speed rail in the early 1990s.

Doug has served as a member of the Board of the Directors of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association and has been co-editor of their historical journal, Canadian Rail, for over thirty years. He has written over a dozen books on many aspects of Canadian railway history and has had articles published in Trains, Passenger Train Journal, Canadian Rail, and Branchline.

In his spare time, he is restoring a 125 year old house and garden in Brockville, Ontario. Hobbies include architecture, gardening, classical music, museums and travel.