Reading and Northern Railroad announced the appointment of William Clark as Senior Vice President - Coal.

Clark joins Reading & Northern from Talen Energy (formerly PPL) where he managed logistics, coal purchasing and the oversight of a fleet of over 2,000 rail cars serving four power plants.Before joining Talen/PPL, Clark spent 14 years at Norfolk Southern Railroad in the coal business group, working in coal operations as well as metallurgic and utility marketing.Before joining Norfolk Southern, Clark had senior marketing roles at the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and Iowa Interstate Railroad.During his career, Clark won the Golden Boxcar award for starting a distribution company handling forest, steel and food products.Clark will be responsible for managing the anthracite coal business at the Reading & Northern as well as the railroad's freight car fleet of over 1,200 cars.In his new position, he will be assisted by Michael Sharadin, assistant vice president of Coal Marketing and Steve Werley, customer service manager for the anthracite business.Clark will report to Wayne Michel, president of the railroad.In announcing the hiring Michel said, "We are excited to have Bill join our team. The roots of our railroad are in the anthracite business; a business that was crucial to the growth of our region and the nation. We have seen evidence of a growing interest in anthracite use in the domestic steel business and for exports."Having Bill join our team at this critical juncture gives us our best opportunity to help our customers, who mine almost all of the North American anthracite, in their efforts to get their material to the end users. In addition, Bill's 30-plus years of experience in railroad marketing will make him an invaluable resource to all of us at the Reading & Northern as we continue to grow our business."Clark holds a bachelor's degree in economics and marketing from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He and his wife, Judy, reside in Bethlehem.