Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ever ...

A TIME TO HONOR CHANGEMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THERE ARE SOME, OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. EDWINA JUSTICE WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TRAIN ENGINEER FOR UNION PACIFIC, AND SHE HOPES ...

Engineering is a profession that has traditionally been male dominated. In fact, men outnumber women in the global engineering workforce 86.3% to 13.7% (Source: Fictiv). But for innovation to thrive, ...

Crystal Trent, the first Black woman to work as a locomotive engineer for San Diego County, stands in front of a Coaster train. Trent started working for the North County Transit District as a ...

Hailed as the “Lady Engineer” who “took the pain out of the train,” Olive Wetzel Dennis made her lasting mark on passenger service and paved the path for future female civil engineers. Lauren A.

In this not-to-be-missed session at the Women in Rail 2024 conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, illuminating new research on the underrepresentation of women of color in railroad engineering ...