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, 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
Solving the EOWA crossing of the CP Bensenville Yard Puzzle
Manar Nashif, PE, Illinois Tollway, Chris T. Keckeisen, Union Pacific Railroad, and Daniel Sabatka, PE, Canadian Pacific Railway
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