Functional Group Technical Sessions

Communications & Signals | Engineering Services | Maintenance
Passenger & Transit | Structures | Track

	COMMUNICATIONS & SIGNALS Session Chair: Richard P. Bowden AREMA Functional Group Vice President BNSF Railway Company	ENGINEERING SERVICES Session Chair: Michael R. Garcia, PE AREMA Functional Group Vice President Illinois Department of Transportation
7:45	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Richard P. Bowden	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Michael R. Garcia, PE
8:00	Complete Railroad Connectivity via IP Troy Werner and Chinnarao Mokkapati, PhD, PE, Union Switch & Signal	Railroad Diesel Emissions Aren’t Just Locomotives Melvin L. Burda, BNSF Railway Company
8:30	Using Technology to Improve Hot Box Detector Performance Fred Meeks, BNSF Railway Company, Ben Church, GE Transportation Systems Global Signaling	Fast Track Design of Two Rail Bridges for Farm Lane Grade Separation Project Christopher S. Binck, PE and Jeremy A. Hedden, PE, Bergmann Associates
9:00	Cause and Effect of Intermittent AC Power Breaker Tripping David Gove, Transtector Systems, Inc.	Optimizing Installation Locations for Railroad Wayside Defect Detection Facilities Yanfeng Ouyang, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:30	Improved Asset Management Through Better Data Management Systems Markus Nottelmann, Sperry Rail Service	The Victorian Rail Infrastructure Survey David Petterson, Geomatic Technologies
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Industry Leaders’ Panel Moderated by George Sokulski, Simmons-Boardman	Improved Fueling Platforms: Increased Velocity with Less Risk Gene Schubel, PE, Mike Herzog, PE and Trent Hudak, PE, BNSF Railway Company, Chris Rand, PE, TKDA
11:00	Industry Leaders’ Panel (Continued) Moderated by George Sokulski, Simmons-Boardman	Alignment Analysis and Comparison Techniques for Small Railroad Projects in the 21st Century C. Tyler Dick, PE, HDR Engineering
11:30	In-Tie Switch Machines in Australian Freight Railroads - Adapting Turnout Operating Systems to the Demands for Maintainability and Reliability Blake Kozol, Siemens Corporation	Geo-Spatial Solutions for Initial Pre-Track Planning: Corridor Development and Third Party Right-of-Way Mapping Yaneev Golombek, GISP, Merrick & Company
12:15	AREMA Annual Chairmen’s Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
2:00	Enhancing Passive Crossing Safety with Solar Technology Bruce Edgar, Carmanah Technologies Corp.	Unlocking the Secrets of the Generational Engineering Workforce Jim Kissane, CDP, RedVector
2:30	Interoperable Positive Train Control - Update on FRA Tests on Communication-Based Signaling Interoperability as Defined by AREMA C&S Manual William A. Petit, PE, FIRSE, Petit Consulting	Advanced Rail Health and Wheel Health Measurement Technology John Ball, PE, Goal Technical, LLC, Marty Karchnak, Epoch Engineering, Inc.

	MAINTENANCE Session Chair: William E. Roe AREMA Functional Group Vice President Union Pacific Railroad	PASSENGER & TRANSIT Session Chair: Mark C. Walbrun, PE AREMA Functional Group Vice President TranSystems Corporation
7:45	Safety Briefing and Group Comments William E. Roe	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Mark C. Walbrun, PE
8:00	Comparative Technical and Economic Analysis of Stoneblowing vs. Tamping Allan M. Zarembski, PhD, PE, FASME, Zeta-Tech Associates, Inc.	New Mexico Rail Runner Phase 2 Design and Build Project Paul S. Lindberg, PE, New Mexico DOT, Timothy W. Cobb, PE, HNTB Corp.
8:30	Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of Pact-Track in the Canadian Pacific Rogers Pass Tunnel David N. Bilow PE, SE, Portland Cement Association	Second Avenue Subway - A Status Report Christopher K. Bennett, PE, DMJM+Harris
9:00	A Prediction Model for Broken Rails and an Analysis of their Economic Impact Darwin H. Schafer, II, TranSystems Corporation	North Carolina Railroad Commuter Rail Capacity Study James Kessler, PE, HNTB Corporation
9:30	Warning Device for Rail Rapid Transit Personnel for Approaching Trains Peter M. Bartek, ProTran1, LLC	Development of Up-to-Date Rail Transit Recommended Practices: A Unique Joint Effort of AREMA and APTA William H. Moorhead, TRAMMCO, LLC Hugh J. Fuller, PE, CH2M Hill
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Application of the Automated Optical Joint Bar Inspection System on Hy-Rail and High Speed Test Vehicles Andrea Berry, ENSCO, Inc., Ron Gagne, Canadian Pacific Railway, Ali Tajaddini, PE, FRA Office of R&D	Update on European Rail Technology Tour Mark C. Walbrun, PE, TranSystems Corporation
11:00	Forensic Analysis of Detail Fractures Dominick A. Pagano, Dapco Industries, Inc.	GO Transit’s Union Station Infrastructure Improvement Program John Leonardo, Hatch Mott MacDonald
11:30	Long-Term Assessment of Asphalt Trackbed Component Materials Properties and Performance Jerry G. Rose, PE, PhD, University of Kentucky	Twin Arch Bridge or Not New County Road Over Main & Bergen Lines, New Jersey Transit Chandu Bhoraniya, PE, Medina Consultants
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
2:00	Damage to Railroad Embankment by Seepage and Piping Richard F. Barnitz, PE, BNSF Railway Company	Traction Power System Design Considerations for the Caltrain Electrification Project Richard W. Schmedes, PB Americas, Peter G. Lloyd, CEng, R. W. Benjamin Stell, PE, HNTB Corporation
2:30	AAR Rail Welding Research - Recent Developments Daniel Gutscher, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.	Strengthening Amtrak’s South End - The Ivy City Substation Project Steven P. McElligott, PE, HNTB Corporation

	STRUCTURES Session Chair: John F. Unsworth, PEng AREMA Functional Group Vice President Canadian Pacific Railway Company	TRACK Session Chair: Dwight W. Clark AREMA Functional Group Vice President Union Pacific Railroad
7:45	Safety Briefing and Group Comments John F. Unsworth, PEng	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Dwight W. Clark
8:00	Girder Fatigue Modeling: Actual Versus Theoretical Stephen M. Dick, PE, SE, PhD, Wilson Railway, Inc., Duane Otter, PhD, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.	Resistance to Rail Creep - What do Rail Fastenings Really Have to Do? F. Bob Coats, PE, Pandrol USA, David Rhodes, PhD, Pandrol Rail Fastenings Ltd.
8:30	Low Profile Box Girder Bridge Steven K. Jacobsen, PE, NNW, Inc. and Hosin David Lee, PhD, University of Iowa	Revenue Service Testing of Advanced Design Insulated Joints Muhammad Akhtar, PE and David D. Davis, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
9:00	Testing of a Prototype Hybrid-Composite Beam Span Under Railroad Loadings John Hillman PE, SE, Teng/HC Bridge Company, Duane Otter, PhD, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.	Update of the Use of Flange Bearing Technology in Special Trackwork David C. Clark, PE, CSX Transportation, Inc., Thomas W. O’Conner, BNSF Railway Company, David D. Davis, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
9:30	BNSF Memphis Intermodal Project’s Johns Creek Arches Mathew A. Fletcher, SE, PE, Hanson Professional Services, Inc., J. Riley Edwards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ross Thomas, BNSF	Evaluation of Track Component Performance Under Heavy Axle Load Revenue Service Conditions Dingqing Li, PE, PhD, Transportation Technology Center, Inc., Dwight W. Clark, PE, Union Pacific Railroad and Russell McDaniel, PE, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	An Unconventional Method of Converting a Timber Bridge Deck to a Concrete Ballast Deck Jim Lowe, PE and Peter Weller, Canadian National Railway Company	On the Relationship Between Load and Deflection in Railroad Track Structure Shane Farritor, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:00	Rehabilitation of Bridge VD M.P. 72.0 Over the Ouachita River, Monroe, Louisiana Eugene L. German, PE, TranSystems Corporation	Track Stiffness Measurement with Implementation to Rail/Vehicle Dynamic Simulation Cory Hogan, Rail Sciences, Inc.
11:30	Thames River Piers Stabilization Richard E. Kölsch, PG, Amtrak	Research and Development of a New Wireless Technology for Interrogating the Stress-Free Temperature of Continuously Welded Rail Bradley D. Brown and David Fletcher, IDERS Engineering, Inc.
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Charles W. Moorman, Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
2:00	Railroad River Bridge Replacement Using a Roller Beam System in Lieu of Cranes Jeff Colon, PE, Hanson Professional Services, Inc., Edward Allard and Jose Mares, PE, BNSF Railway Company, Forrest Dill, PE, Atkinson Construction	Electrical Impedance Study of Borate/Creosote Dual Treated Wood Crossties James C. Gauntt, Railway Tie Association
2:30	A Proactive Approach to Maintenance at NS Bridge “CD-182.30” Robert J. Tosolt, PE, Stafford Bandlow Engineering, Inc., Thomas C. Heinrich, PE, Norfolk Southern Railway Company	Laboratory Characterization of Fouled Ballast Behavior Erol Tutumluer, PhD, University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday Schedule

7:00 - 6:00
Registration

7:00 - 7:45
Continental Breakfast

7:45 - 3:00
Functional Group Sessions

8:00 - Noon
REMSA Worl Rail Expo Open

12:15 - 2:00
Annual Chairmen's Luncheon
(Ticketed Event
Separate Registration Required)

2:00 - 6:00
REMSA World Rail Expo Open

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