AREMA 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition - Chicago, IL - American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

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Conference Tuesday Technical Sessions

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

COMMUNICATIONS & SIGNALS Session Chair: Gary E. Kujala, PE AREMA Functional Group Vice President Xorail Session Sponsored by The Okonite Company
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Gary E. Kujala, PE
8:00	Mitigating Risks on Existing Rail Systems to Allow Infrastructure Improvements and Upgrading Michael P. Izbicki, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
8:30	Advanced LRT Train Control David Thurston, PE, FIRSE, Parsons Transportation Group
9:00	Industry Leaders’ Panel Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman
9:30	Industry Leaders’ Panel (Continued) Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	PTC Panel Discussion Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman
11:00	PTC Panel Discussion (Continued) Moderated by Robert P. DeMarco, Simmons-Boardman
11:30	Wayside Defect Detector Data Mining to Predict Potential Railcar Failures Leila Hajibabai and Rapik Saat, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:15	Annual Chairmen’s Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Inductive Coordination Study of a Power Distribution Line and Railroad Signaled Grade Crossing Marvin Frazier, Corr Comp Company David W. McCord, PE, McCord Engineering, Inc.
2:30	Radar Based Vehicle Detection for Four Quadrant Gate Warning Systems and Blocked Crossing Detection Thomas N. Hilleary, ByStep, LLC

ENGINEERING SERVICES Session Chair: Brian A. Lindamood AREMA Functional Group Vice President Alaska Railroad Session Sponsored by voestalpine Nortrak Inc.
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Brian A. Lindamood
8:00	Ensuring Acceptable Vibration Levels in Buildings by Means of Precise Vibration Measurements and Highly-Efficient Floating Slab Track Thomas Jaquet, Dipl-Phys and Victor Salcedo GERB Vibration Control
8:30	Systems Engineering Approach in the California High Speed Train Project Richard W. Schmedes and Oliver M. Hoehne, PMP Parsons Brinckerhoff
9:00	Win - Win: Shortline Railroad and University Team Up Pasi Lautala, PhD, PE, Michigan Technological University Darryl Babbitt, Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
9:30	Railway Design and Operations for the Canadian Arctic Carolyn Fitzpatrick, PEng and Thomas Hewitt, Eng CANARAIL Consultants Inc.
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Non-Contact Measurement of Wire Indent Profiles on Prestressing Reinforcement Steel Mark Haynes, Kansas State University
11:00	CN’s Matteson, IL Loop Connection David E. Crader, PE, Canadian National Railway Eric S. Bullerman, PE, TranSystems
11:30	Leveraging Mobile LiDAR on Rail Infrastructure Gordon Perry, RPLS, PLS and Adam Horn, PLS HNTB Corporation
12:15	Annual Chairmen’s Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Amtrak King Street Coach Yard Facilities - Seattle, WA John D. Lyon, RA, Amtrak Bobby W. Bishop Jr., RA, TKDA

MAINTENANCE Session Chair: Donald R. Briggs AREMA Functional Group Vice President Kansas City Southern Railway Session Sponsored by Rail Construction Equipment Co.
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Donald R. Briggs
8:00	Vancouver’s Port of Possibility Improving Rail Access Eleanor Bayley and Scott Hale, PMP HDR Engineering, Inc.
8:30	High Speed Automated Optical Track Inspection Robert Grant and Don Searle STI-Global
9:00	Mitigating Severe Differential Settlement in an Active Rail Yard Ken Eichstaedt, PE, TE, URS Corporation Robin Reynolds, Amtrak
9:30	Testing of Innovative Rail Welds and Methods Under Heavy Axle Load Daniel Gutscher, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Kensington Interlocking Improvement - Eliminating a Three Railroad Bottleneck Paul E. Bobby, PE, STV, Inc.
11:00	Development of SP3 Rail with High Wear Resistance and Rolling Contact Fatigue Resistance for Heavy Haul Railways Ryo Matsuoka, JFE Steel Corporation
11:30	Ports of Long Beach-Los Angeles Rail Enhancement Program Carlo Luzzi, PE, The Port of Long Beach Michael Leue, PE, Parsons Transportation Group
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Experience of Rail Grinding on Indian Railways Tushar Kant Pandey, Indian Railway Service of Engineers
2:30	UPRR Railroad Relocation for the O’Hare Modernization Program Martin A. Ross, PE, TranSystems

PASSENGER & TRANSIT Session Chair: Bruce R. Pohlot AREMA Functional Group Vice President Parsons Brinckerhoff Session Sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Bruce R. Pohlot
8:00	Identifying and Prioritizing Shared Rail Corridor Technical Challenges Brennan M. Caughron, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:30	The Benefits and Challenges of Constructing a Commuter Rail System in a Freight Mainline Corridor/Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner Project Update Jon D. Cluff, Utah Transit Authority Matthew E. Carter, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff
9:00	Rail Security – Integration of DHS Security Agenda with Transit/Transportation Priorities David Armour, Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.
9:30	Planning, Developing and Completing the Carlsbad Double Track and Bridge Project John P. Eschenbach, J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc. Michael J. Albanese, Amtrak Thomas Cornillie, Independent Scholar
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Sacramento Railyards: Multi-Stakeholder Transit Hub Integrating History and Urban Infill Marian L. Rule, PE, TranSystems
11:00	Modern Streetcar Design in Texas - Continuing to Climb the Learning Curve Scott L. Hudson, PE and Kenneth J. Hughes, PE Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
11:30	Amtrak’s Atglen and Susquehanna Branch Transmission Line Replacement Michael A. Rassias, HNTB Corporation Daniel P. Tasker, Amtrak
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Leveraging Technology to Facilitate Predictive Maintenance Planning Blaine Peterson, PEng, voestalpine Nortrak Inc.
2:30	Building a Bridge Within a Bridge - Replacement of the Hog Island Channel and Powell Creek Bridges Michael Sweeney, PE and Leo A. Fernandez, PE TranSystems
3:00	Maintaining a Railroad in 2012 with 1950s Technology – Findings from the AREMA Cuba Railroad Tour Mark C. Walbrun, PE, CH2M Hill Thomas R. Hickey, AICP, Parsons Brinckerhoff

STRUCTURES Session Chair: Nigel W. Peters, PhD, PEng AREMA Functional Group Vice President Canadian National Railway Session Sponsored by TranSystems
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Nigel W. Peters, PhD, PEng
8:00	Developments in Alternative Bridge Ties for Open Deck Steel Bridges Duane Otter, PhD, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. Ronald D. Patton, Norfolk Southern Corporation
8:30	Replacement of the EJ&E Bridge No. 552 Vertical Lift Span over the Illinois River Ralph J. Eppehimer, PE, Modjeski and Masters, Inc. Rodney W. Nagel, PE, Canadian National Railway Joseph M. Bodzioch, PE, James McHugh Construction Company
9:00	Structural Health Monitoring of Railroad Bridges Fernando Moreu, PE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:30	Design-Build Bridge Replacement for CSX Brian E. Harper, Patrick Engineering Inc. Fyiad Constantine, CSX Transportation, Inc.
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Replacement of Timber Approach Trestles of NS Bridge V-2.8 over the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River Andrew T. Burkholder, PE, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Harold W. Plott, PE, AECOM
11:00	Installation of Multiple Deck Girder Bridge Spans Utilizing a Rail Mounted Launching Truss/Gantry Crane on Amtrak Empire Line Paul DelSignore, PE and Joshua Kessler, Amtrak Paul H. Markelz, Rcrane, LLC
11:30	Investigating an Aging Infrastructure: Bridge Lesson from the Field Duncan Paterson, PE, PhD and Steven P. Lorek HDR Engineering, Inc.
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Replacement of Two Amtrak Bridges During a 20-Hour Rail Outage – Challenges and Solutions Joseph P. Foley, PE, Cianbro Corporation John C. Cicia, PE, URS Corporation David R. Hill, EIT, Amtrak
2:30	Morgan Draw Rolling Lift Tread and Track Plate Replacement Jeffrey D. Keyt, PE, Parsons
3:00	Considerations for Development of High Speed Rail Bridge Design Guide Yi Edward Zhou, PhD, PE, URS Corporation
3:30	Innovative Design for the Colton Flyover Grade Separation of the UPRR and BNSF, Colton, CA Jeffrey W. Teig, PE, HDR Engineering, Inc.

TRACK Session Chair: Joseph A. Smak AREMA Functional Group Vice President Amtrak Session Sponsored by RailWorks
7:55	Safety Briefing and Group Comments Joseph A. Smak
8:00	Causes of Rail Cant and Controlling Cant Through Wheel/Rail Interface Management Brad Kerchof, PE, Norfolk Southern Corporation
8:30	Design Challenges of an Asymmetrical Double Crossover Paul E. Bobby, PE, STV, Inc.
9:00	Characterization of Ballast Gradation, Delivery and Performance on the Union Pacific Railroad Eric Gehringer, Union Pacific Railroad
9:30	A Wayside System Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves for Measurement of Neutral Temperature in CWR Francesco Lanza di Scalea, PhD, University of California, San Diego
10:00	Coffee Break (Sponsored) See Sponsors Page
10:30	Development of an Improved Rail Flaw Detection System Jeffrey B. Wigh, Herzog Services, Inc.
11:00	Switch Point Profile Design and Revenue Service Prototype Evaluation David D. Davis, PE, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
11:30	Measuring Rail Seat Pressure Distribution with Matrix Based Tactile Surface Sensors Christopher T. Rapp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:15	Annual Chairmen's Luncheon (Ticketed Event - Separate Fee Required) Featured Speaker: Joseph H. Boardman, CEO, Amtrak
2:00	Innovative Rail Deflection Measurement System On-track Testing Results Gary P. Wolf, TUV- Rail Sciences Inc.
2:30	Application of Translational Friction Welding for Rail Assembly and Repair David P. Workman, Edison Welding Institute
3:00	Updates on Recent FRA Regulation Changes Joseph E. Riley and Arthur Lee Clouse Federal Railroad Administration
3:30	Updates on Recent FRA Regulation Changes (Continued) Joseph E. Riley and Arthur Lee Clouse Federal Railroad Administration