2017 Heavy Haul Sessions Speakers
Abstracts, Biographies and Presentations
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Brad KerchofNorfolk Southern |
A Derailment Investigation Leads to Broken Spikes |
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Kambiz NayebiBeena Vision |
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Complete Wheel Condition Monitoring Using an Automated Machine Vision System |
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Dave FerrymanCN |
Engineering: Past, Present and Future |
Paul BladonWayside Inspection Devices Inc. |
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Case study of bogie hunting at Vale EFC between 2009 to 2016, and the inter-relationship between track and rollingstock |
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Rolling Stock Asset Heath Monitoring
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Pat Ameen
Moderator
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Steve Josey
Railinc
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Cameron Lonsdale
Standard Steel LLC
Walter RosenbergerNorfolk Southern |
Derailment Forensics – How Wayside Detector Data Can Drive the Analysis and Cause-Finding |
Scott ParadiseCP Rail |
Richard Stockformerly L.B. Foster Rail |
Friction Management and Rail Wear CPs Western Corridor: 2008 - 2016 |
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Narayana SundaramEnsco |
Wheel Profile and Track Geometry Threshold Optimization in an Australian Mining Railroad using VAMPIRE© |
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Steve ChrismerAPTA / AREMA |
Establishing Best Practices for Wheel/Rail Interaction |
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Eric MagelNational Research Council, Canada |
An International Collaborative Research Initiative (ICRI) on RCF and wear of rails and wheels |
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Tony TalbotPacific National |
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Low Impact Bogie Design |
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Steve DedmonStandard Steel |
The Effect of Heat on Wheels |
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Daniel Szablewski |
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Quantifying Rail Surface Damage |
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Daniel HamptonCSX Transportation> |
Moving Towards Predictive Grinding |
Sorin CastraveteNetwork Rail |
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Rail Milling on Network Rail |
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