28th ANNUAL WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION CONFERENCE

Heavy Haul Sessions Speaker:

Biography

Brad Kerchof

Brad Kerchof
(Retired) Director Research & Tests,

Advanced Rail Management Corp.

Biography: Brad Kerchof is Senior Track Engineer for Advanced Rail Management Corp. Brad retired in 2019 from Norfolk Southern where he was Director Research and Tests, in Roanoke, VA, for 10 years. Prior to that, Brad spent 33 years in maintenance-of-way, working as Division Engineer in Birmingham for NS and in Pittsburgh and Indianapolis for Conrail. Brad began his career as an engineering management trainee with Conrail; and one of his early career assignments was with the TTC in Pueblo, CO.

Brad holds a BSCE from the University of Virginia and is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.