Troy R. Martin was elected to the office of General Chairman at the BNSF (former C&S, CRIP/JTD, FWD) General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 10, 2023.
The GCA represents approximately 600 active and retired members belonging to six different BLET Local Divisions.
Also elected in the quadrennial meeting were: 1st Vice General Chairman Aubrey A. Rawls, Division 703 (Teague, Texas); 2nd Vice General Chairman Edwin P. Gabel, Division 574 (Amarillo, Texas); 3rd Vice General Chairman Darin K. Wheeler, Division 703 (Wichita Falls, Texas); Secretary-Treasurer Thomas A. Baker, Division 430 (Trinidad, Colo.); Alternate-Secretary-Treasurer Steven S. Owen, Division 736 (Wichita Falls, Texas). Elected to serve as Trustees were: John L. Venditti III, Division 430 (Trinidad, Colo.); Joe R. Berlin II, Division 189 (Fort Worth, Texas); and Larry J. Finkey, Division 186 (Denver, Colo.).
General Chairman Martin is a BNSF locomotive engineer and a member of Division 430 (Trinidad, Colo.). He hired out on May 2, 2005, and joined the BLET on January 1, 2008. Brother Martin was elected in 2009 as a Vice Local Chairman and in 2010 became the Local Chairman for Division 430 (Trinidad, Colo.). He was elected as a 3rd Vice General Chairman at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting in 2015, and elected as 1st Vice General Chairman in 2019. He was elevated to the General Chairman’s position on October 16, 2021.