Engineering Services Technical Session
Session Chair: Michael K. Williams, PE, AREMA Functional Group Vice President
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Session sponsored by
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Impact of the Positive Train Control (PTC) on Rail Network Operational Performance
Hamed Pouryousef and Som P. Singh, Sharma & Associates, Inc., Monique F. Stewart, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Engineering Considerations for Yard Automation Strategies
Jeremiah Dirnberger, Wabtec
9:00 – 9:30 AM
UPRR Valley 140.02 Bridge Replacement: Complex Regulatory Permitting Processes in California for Urgent Railroad Infrastructure
Janet Hill, PE, Arcadis
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Modernizing Rail Infrastructure at Federal Facilities
Ned Bagniewski, PE and Anthony D. Klaumann, PE, HDR, Andrew P. Fanciullo, PE, US Army Corps of Engineers Transportation Systems Center
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 AM
AREMA Committee 16 Panel Discussion – PSR Engineering & Operations Economics
Richard S. Lanyi, P.Eng., Lanyi Rail Solutions Ltd. (Moderator), Jeremiah Dirnberger, Wabtec, Earl C. Wacker, Patrick Engineering, Brett J. Sanders, CSX Transportation, and C. Tyler Dick, PhD, PE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Panelists)
11:30 AM – Noon
Case Study Comparison of Hazardous Material Unit and Manifest Trains Considering Mainline and Yard Risk
Di Kang, Rutgers University and Jiaxi Zhao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Noon – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 PM
BNSF Truxton Natural Crossover Project
Audra L. Rodgers, PE, AECOM, Brian Large, BNSF Railway, and Ryan Post, Ames Construction
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Compliance Canines: Remote Sensing and Cadaver Dog Cemetery Investigation for a CN Bridge Replacement
Kari J. Harris, CPESC, CN, Amber Robinson, PWS, ENV SP and Zachary Overfield, M.A., RPA, HDR
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Kansas City's Levees Project: Building a Major Regional Public Works Project in the Heart of a National Rail Hub
Tom Poer, PE, PMP, ENV SP, F. SAME, HNTB Corporation and Scott Mensing, P.E., PMP, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers - Kansas City District
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Combining Satellite, UAV, and Instrumented Hi-rail Truck Data to Map Temporal and Spatial Changes of Surface Water Near Railway Tracks
Alireza Roghani, National Research Council Canada
4:00 – 4:30 PM
UP Englewood Yard: Transforming a Century-old Yard to a Premier Rail Car Processing Hub
Amanda Stahlnecker, PE, HDR and David J. Schuldt, PE, Union Pacific Railroad