2022 EXHIBITION

Kansas City Welcomes 61st Annual RSSI C&S Exhibition

Kansas City, MO welcomed over 1400 rail suppliers, customers, and attendees to the 61st Annual RSSI C&S Exhibition held from May 16 to May 18, 2022.  Signage with the RSSI logo and colors hung from every streetlamp in the downtown area.

Over 160 exhibitors utilizing 150,000 square feet of exhibit space and two food courts serving breakfast and lunch hosted over 300 rail employees from all North American Class One railroads, and several regional rail and commuter companies.

RSSI again hosted Monday and Tuesday night social events featuring interactive games, food stations and quiet areas where old friends and business associates were able to spend time together.

The exhibit floor included an Innovation Theatre where several companies gave product presentations to select groups of signal engineers without taking customers out of the exhibit hall.

With the headquarters of KCS and BNSF’s Argentine railyard both located in Kansas City many signal managers and signal field employees who may not normally be able to attend the annual exhibition were able to join us.

Several RSSI member companies are headquartered in the Kansas and Missouri areas and were able to take advantage of the Kansas City exhibition and send additional attendees.

On Sunday and Monday AREMA hosted a C&S Symposium where papers and seminars on C&S projects were presented to over 200 attendees.  RSSI and AREMA have always enjoyed a close relationship with several signal engineers and C&S suppliers being members of the AREMA Signal and Crossing committees.  The technical manual parts that are developed by the AREMA committees play an integral part in making sure that the components and software used in the signal and crossing systems are built and maintained in a safety critical manner.

The primary function of RSSI is to host an annual exhibition where suppliers of signal, communications, crossing and IT products and systems can spend the maximum amount of time with their rail customers on the exhibit floor and at the RSSI social events. The attendance at the 2022 Kansas City exhibition speaks to the loyalty of the RSSI customer base.