Reading and Northern Railroad announced the appointment of Rian J. Nemeroff as vice president of forest products.

Nemeroff joins Reading and Northern from Housatonic Transportation Company, where he was vice president of marketing and sales, and was responsible for the Housatonic Railroad, the lumber reload, Shepaug Distribution and support for Housatonic Logistics. He was with the Housatonic for over 16 years.Before that, Nemeroff worked for Conrail in the forest products and short line marketing groups.Nemeroff will be responsible for managing the forest products business at the Reading & Northern, a market segment that comprises over a third of the railroad's business."Nemeroff holds a bachelor of science degree in business logistics from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration in marketing from Widener University. He was certified by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics Inc.