Conference Technical Sessions
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COMMUNICATIONS & SIGNALS Session Chair: N. Michael Choat AREMA Functional Group Vice President Rail Controls, Ltd. Session Sponsored by The Okonite Company |
ENGINEERING SERVICES Session Chair: Michael R. Garcia, PE AREMA Functional Group Vice President Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| 7:45 |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments N. Michael Choat |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments Michael R. Garcia, PE |
| 8:00 |
Automated Execution of FRA Required Locking Tests on Norfolk Southern Brian L. Sykes, Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
Impact of Operational Practices on Rail Line Capacity: A Simulation Analysis Mark H. Dingler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig |
| 8:30 |
Development of a Compatible Shared Corridor for a Railroad and High-Voltage Power Transmission Line Christopher Brophy, Corr Comp Co. Richard Bowden, BNSF Railway Company |
Design and Construction of BNSF’s Memphis, TN Intermodal Facility Ross Thomas, BNSF Railway Company John White, PE and Scott Lesovsky, PE Hanson Professional Services |
| 9:00 |
Impact of CBTC and ECP Brakes on Capacity Mark H. Dingler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
A Case for Movable Bridge Remote Operation Peter J. Davis, PE, HDR, Inc. |
| 9:30 |
Meeting the Communication Challenges for Positive Train Control Steven P. Huff, Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
Railroad, LRT and Highway - A Comparison of Geometric Policies, Part 2 W. Gregory Toth, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff |
| 10:00 |
Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page |
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| 10:30 |
Industry Leaders’ Panel Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman |
Advanced Rail Corridor Mapping; Integrating Oblique Aerial View (OAV) and Mobile Scanning with GIS Darius Hensley, Woolpert |
| 11:00 |
Industry Leaders’ Panel (Continued) Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman |
Assessing Tunnel Stability and Groundwater Inflows Using Remote Techniques Lukas Arenson, DrScTechn ETH BGC Engineering Inc. |
| 11:30 |
Industry Leaders’ Panel (Continued) Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman |
Use of Geosynthetic Fabric Reinforced Soil on Mainline Railways – Design and Construction Alex Strouth, MASc, EIT BGC Engineering Inc. |
| 12:15 |
AREMA Annual Chairmen’s Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President and CEO, BNSF Railway Company |
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| 2:00 |
Evaluation of Track Signal Wire Connections for Heavy Axle Load Service Richard Reiff, PE Transportation Technology Center, Inc. |
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| 2:30 |
The Application of a Distributed Architecture Vital Interlocking Platform on The TriMet I-205 and Mall LRT Extensions in Portland, OR Blake Kozol, Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. Robert Banks and Randall Bird, TriMet |
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| 3:00 |
A Practical Risk Assessment Methodology for Safety-Critical Train Control Systems Chinnarao Mokkapati, PhD, PE Ansaldo-STS USA |
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MAINTENANCE Session Chair: Raymond S. Zenisek AREMA Functional Group Vice President CSX Transportation |
PASSENGER & TRANSIT Session Chair: Robert J. Verhelle AREMA Functional Group Vice President Amtrak |
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| 7:45 |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments Raymond S. Zenisek |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments Robert J. Verhelle |
| 8:00 |
Studying the Effects of the Loram HP Shoulder Ballast Cleaner on Brazilian Heavy-Haul Railways Dennis Mathison, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. Aldo Marconi, MRS-Logística |
Calgary West LRT: Navigating a Contracting Strategy Through Stakeholder Management and Public Engagement Jon Halford, PEng, City of Calgary Nathan Higgins, PEng, Hatch Mott MacDonald |
| 8:30 |
Consideration of the Rail Seat Conditions on Concrete Crossties Using Gage Restraint Measurement Gary Martin and Jennifer Steets, ENSCO, Inc. |
Railway Development in an Age of Competing Requirements of Timely Decision Making and Public Participation - Case Example: The CN – EJ&E Proposed Merger Victoria Rutson, Surface Transportation Board Normand Pellerin, Canadian National Railway John H. Morton, PE, HDR, Inc. |
| 9:00 |
Autonomous Track Inspection Systems - Today and Tomorrow Ali Tajaddini, PE and Gary Carr Federal Railroad Administration |
Replacement of Amtrak’s 138 kV Cable Through Baltimore Tunnels Ray Verrelle, PE and Robert Verhelle Amtrak |
| 9:30 |
Inspection of Fatigue Cracks on a CN Bridge Using the Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor Monty Moshier, PhD, MATECH |
Panel Discussion — Construction and Maintenance of Intertrack Fencing David E. Grigg, CET, Hatch Mott MacDonald Joe Lorenzini, PE, METRA |
| 10:00 |
Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page |
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| 10:30 |
Union Pacific Autonomous Vehicle/Track Interaction (V/TI) Monitoring Systems - Measuring Program Results and Advancing the Future of the Technology Kevin Hicks, Union Pacific Railroad Jeff Stevens, ENSCO, Inc. |
Design of the High Speed Rail System in California - Orange County to Los Angeles Segment Andrew W. Sokol, PE, STV Incorporated |
| 11:00 |
High Speed Grinding Marcel Taubert Stahlberg Roensch GmbH & Co KG |
Planning and Design for Implementation of Commuter Rail on a Busy Branch Line Tyler Bonstead STV Incorporated |
| 11:30 |
Replacement of a Master Retarder and Concrete Foundation in 37 Hours Donald Lozano and Dennis Skeels BNSF Railway Company |
Amtrak Passenger Train Route Feasibility Studies Richard Hoffman and Walter Lander Amtrak |
| 12:15 |
Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President and CEO, BNSF Railway Company |
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| 2:00 |
Inspection and Maintenance of Deep-Corrugated Soil-Steel Bridges Scott MacRae, PEng Atlantic Industries Limited |
Panel Discussion — Streetcar Track Construction: Multiple Answers to One Question Moderated by William H. Moorehead, TRAMMCO, LLC |
| 2:30 |
AREMA Gradations Affecting Ballast Performance Using Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) Approach Erol Tutumluer, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Island Transit - History, Design and Impact of Hurricane Ike Gary A. Gordon Transportation Security Administration Michael Worthy, Island Transit |
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STRUCTURES Session Chair: John F. Unsworth, PEng AREMA Functional Group Vice President Canadian Pacific Railway Company Session Sponsored by TranSystems Corp. |
TRACK Session Chair: Randy L. Bowman AREMA Functional Group Vice President Norfolk Southern Railway Company Session Sponsored by RailWorks |
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| 7:45 |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments John F. Unsworth, PEng |
Safety Briefing and Group Comments Randy L. Bowman |
| 8:00 |
Simplified Method for Load Rating of Masonry and Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridges John S. Kim, PE, PhD, Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Three-Dimensional Track Reinforcement Using Polymer Geocomposites Peter K. Woodward, PhD Heriot-Watt University |
| 8:30 |
Huey P. Long Bridge - Innovative Truss Erection Procedure John P. Brestin, PE, SE HNTB Corporation |
UCSD/FRA Ultrasonic Guided-Wave System for Rail Inspection Francesco Lanza di Scalea, PhD University of California, San Diego |
| 9:00 |
Steel Railroad Bridge Fabrication: Keys to a Successful Project Tom Wandzilak, High Steel Structures, Inc. |
Reducing Stress on a Low Traffic Density Highly Curved System Using Hirail TOR Friction Control Loerella Maglalang Kelsan Technologies Corp. Paul Fetterman, Engineering Consultant to Kansas City Southern de México |
| 9:30 |
Vertical Loads from North American Rolling Stock for Bridge Design and Rating Duane Otter, PhD, PE Transportation Technology Center, Inc. |
Design Considerations for a 150 Car Siding and Coal Yard Rail Improvements at Calaveras Lake Generating Station John R. Dowell, Jr., PE Burns & McDonnell |
| 10:00 |
Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page |
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| 10:30 |
Bridge Motion Detection Instruments Donald Lozano, BNSF Railway Company Chris Kavars, Reference, LLC |
Prestressed Concrete Railroad Ties in North America Russell H. Lutch and Devin K. Harris, PhD Michigan Technological University |
| 11:00 |
Retrofit Replacement of Dumbarton Railroad Bridges Kuan S. Go, PE, HNTB Corporation Stephen J. Hill, San Mateo County Transit District |
Aurora Automated Railroad Tie Condition Assessment System: The Quest For Accuracy Wilson T. Wamani, PhD and Christopher Villar Georgetown Rail Equipment Company |
| 11:30 |
Comparison of Seismic Performance Between Rolling Bascule and Swing Bridges Jian Ren Tao, PE, PhD, HNTB Corporation |
Investigating the Role of Moisture in Concrete Tie Rail Seat Deterioration John C. Zeman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 12:15 |
Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President and CEO, BNSF Railway Company |
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| 2:00 |
Structural Monitoring for the Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Project Danielle D. Kleinhans, PhD, PE CTL Group |
Detection of Transverse Fissures Under Rail Surface Anomalies Using X-Fire R. Mark Havira, PhD, Sperry Rail, Inc. |
| 2:30 |
Raising the Rail - Grade Separating the BNSF Railway in Olathe, Kansas Eugene L. German, PE TranSystems Corporation |
Damaged Rail on a New Commuter Rail System Paul Edwards, PE Utah Transit Authority |
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