The Railway Educational Bureau (REB) has trained the railroad industry's skilled-labor workforce since 1909. The REB offers several types of training including: Distance Training, Work Site training, and Workshops in addition to customized training solutions. The REB has trained personnel from Class I railroads, shortlines, and regional railroads. Their customer base also includes a variety of industry including utility companies, food-processing plants, petroleum refineries.
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Correspondence Courses
The REB offers distance training courses covering a broad spectrum of railroad employment. The areas of training include:
Work Site Training Programs
The REB has presented a wide variety of Work Site Training sessions to their clients for a wide range of employees. A sampling of sessions that have been presented include:
History
The Railway Educational Bureau can trace its roots back to the Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific's president, Edward Henry Harriman hired D. C. Buell to develop training materials for the railroad. Buell was later appointed the Director of Union Pacific's Educational Bureau of Information. Within a few years Buell and the Union Pacific realized other railroads could benefit by the training programs it developed. The division was spun off as The Railway Educational Bureau and Buell later became the owner. The Railway Educational Bureau was purchased from the Buell estate by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation in 1968.