Although some papers may be selected for General Plenary Session presentation, all papers will be organized into subject tracks. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, and suitability within the subject track in which they will be presented. AREMA 2008 Annual Conference will include the following subject tracks (organized around the AREMA Functional Groups and interests): Communications & Signals, Engineering Services, Maintenance, Passenger & Transit, Structures, and Track. There will also be a separate sub-track within the C&S Functional Group Session on Tuesday for topics related to Information Technology and Positive Train Control. We welcome submissions in these topic areas.

Papers should provide information on recent, significant and substantive achievements and results, and should be sufficiently focused on a particular subject or a narrowly defined group of related subjects. Papers that are predominantly commercial in nature, or obvious sales presentations, will be declined.

Papers may be accepted for publication and not presentation at the discretion of the Program Chair. All Papers accepted for presentation will be published (See guidelines and release information on Submittal Form).

• Electronic copy, double spaced, font no smaller than 10 pt. Preferred fonts are Times New Roman or Arial.
• Format must be MS Word 2000 or later, or Adobe PDF. No other formats will be accepted.
• Slides or graphics incorporated into the Paper must be in .JPG, .PDF or .TIF format.
• All authors and co-authors must be identified.
• No changes will be permitted in title or copy after the June 15 submission deadline.