Jim Switzer

Jim Switzer currently serves as Mechanical Manager at Transtar LLC since September 2024. Previously, Jim held the role of General Manager at Cathcart Rail from May 2022 to September 2024, and served as Plant Manager at Curry Rail Services. Prior experience includes a position as Superintendent at Watco Companies LLC from March 2013 to March 2015, overseeing rail car repair plant operations. Jim's extensive career began at Norfolk Southern Corporation, where from March 1990 to March 2013, responsibilities included management of the mechanical department, locomotive repair, railcar repair, and line of road repairs. Jim's early career included service as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army, from March 1983 to January 1990.