FORT WORTH, Texas — Trinity Metro TEXRail announced Wednesday it had promoted Brittany Cain as the service's second female engineer for the 27-mile commuter rail line between Fort Worth and DFW Airport.
According to the transit service, Cain began her transit career as a conductor on TEXRail in April 2019. She gained more experience working with TEXRail and started thinking about advancing her career to engineer.
“It hit my radar the more I worked on the train,” Cain said. “I had been a conductor for more than two years and I wanted to challenge myself in a new role.”
As part of her training to become a TEXRail engineer, Cain completed 40 hours of classroom training and 180 hours at the controls.
“Diversity is essential to our culture and we’re celebrating this trend of promoting female engineers at TEXRail,” said Jon-Erik “AJ” Arjanen, vice president and chief operating officer for rail at Trinity Metro. “The rail industry, from an operations perspective, is largely male dominated, so we’re extremely excited and proud of Brittany’s promotion.”
Doug Bourne, general manager with Herzog Transit Services, Inc., also praised Cain for her accomplishment.
“Brittany is a great asset to TEXRail, and her achievement will likely inspire other women to become railroad engineers,” Bourne said.