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2011 JRC TECHNICAL PPROGRAM 

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ROGRAM 

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Chair’s Welcome Message 

2011 Joint Rail Conference 

Welcome to the 2011 Joint Rail Conference (JRC). The JRC is a multidisciplinary North American railroad conference 

for presenting and discussing research results for all technical aspects of rail transportation. This Conference 

is a cooperative effort of seven co-sponsoring organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 

(ASME), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

(IEEE), the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), the Transportation 

Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies, and the Institute for Operations Research and the 

Management Sciences (INFORMS). 

Exchange of information enabled by the JRC allows technology and its application to advance. Exchanging 

technical information is necessary for making railroading safer, more efficient, and more cost effective. These 

are exciting times in the rail industry, with many opportunities to advance the technologies that underlie railroading, 

and many opportunities to apply those advances. 

Throughout the world, railroads are vital to the quality of life and economic well being. Extensive high speed 

passenger rail networks have been established in Asia and Europe. Plans are well underway in North America 

for high speed rail in states and regions, such as California, Florida, and the Mid-West. The lessons learned in 

developing the high speed systems in Japan, France, and Germany are needed to make the North American 

projects successful. There are also smaller North American projects which include self-propelled equipment that 

was initially developed for use in Europe. 

While the passenger rail industry in North America is expanding, North American freight railroads appear to be 

leading an economic recovery. The AAR reports that the total number of carloads is more than 20% greater for 

the first week of 2011 than for the first week of the previous year. Canadian Pacific plans more than $1 billion in 

capital projects for 2011. In Iraq, a key part of revitalizing the economy of the country has been repair and recommissioning 

the freight railroad. 

These developments illustrate the trends of tighter integration within the industry and greater globalization of the 

industry. In 2007, two technical organizations, ASME and IEEE, arranged the Joint Rail Conference. This year 

seven technical organizations are coming together to arrange this year’s Joint Rail Conference: ASME, ASCE, 

IEEE, TRB, APTA, AREMA, and INFORMS. The JRC now encompasses all aspects of rail transportation and 

engineering research. Specialists from all over the world in track, equipment, train signaling and control, operations, 

planning, and construction participated in the JRC to exchange ideas with each other. 

The JRC included papers and presentations on railroad civil, mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering, 

as well as safety, planning, design, operations, maintenance, and management. The conference theme is 

Shared Corridors, Shared Interests and encompassed freight and passenger rail, including commuter, regional 

and intercity systems. 

The papers and presentations include a wealth of information on the safe and efficient operation of railroads. 

We want to thank all of the participants in the JRC, including the attendees, the authors, the reviewers, and everyone 

who helped organize the conference, for their efforts to exchange the information needed to make railroading 

safer and more efficient. 

David Tyrell – Conference Chair 

ASME/RTD 

US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

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2011 JRC ORGANIZING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE 

PUEBLO, CO – MARCH 16-18, 2011 

CONFERENCE CHAIR and CO-CHAIRS: 

CHAIR: David Tyrell (ASME) 

US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

Cambridge, MA, USA 

Email: david.tyrell@dot.gov 

CO-CHAIR: Chris Barkan (ASCE) CO-CHAIR: Robert Dorer (TRB) 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

Urbana, IL, USA Cambridge, MA 

Email: cbarkan@illinois.edu Email: robert.dorer@dot.gov 

CO-CHAIR: Bih-Yaun Ku (IEEE) CO-CHAIR: Martin Schroeder (APTA) 

National Taipei University of Technology American Public Transp. Assoc. 

Taipei, Taiwan Washington, DC 

Email: ku@ee.ntut.edu.tw Email: mschroeder@apta.com 

CO-CHAIR: Conrad Ruppert, Jr. (AREMA) CO-CHAIR: Kamalesh Somani (INFORMS) 

Amtrak. CSX Transportation 

Philadelphia, PA, USA Jacksonville, FL, USA 

Email: dale.muellerleile@hdrinc.com Email: Kamlesh_Somani@CSX.com 

TRACK CHAIRS and CO-CHAIRS: 

Track 1 Railroad Infrastructure Engineering 

CHAIR: Pasi Lautala (ASCE) CO-CHAIR: Conrad Ruppert, Jr. (AREMA) 

Michigan Technological University Amtrak 

Houghton, MI, USA Philadelphia, PA , USA 

Email: ptlautal@mtu.edu Email: RupperC@amtrak.com 

Track 2 Rail Equipment Engineering 

CHAIR: Matthew Dick (ASME) CO-CHAIR: Phil Daum (ASME) 

ENSCO, Inc. ESI 

Charlottesville , VA , United States Chicago, USA 

Email: dick.matthew@ensco.com Email: pjdaum@esi-il.com 

Track 3 Signal & Train Control Engineering 

CHAIR: Bih-Yuan Ku (IEEE) CO-CHAIR: Edwin Mortlock (TRB) 

National Taipei University of Technology Parsons Brinckerhoff 

Taipei, Taiwan San Francisco, CA , USA 

Email: ku@ee.ntut.edu.tw Email: mortlock@pbworld.com 

Track 4 Service Quality & Operations Research 

CHAIR: Yung-Cheng (Rex) Lai (TRB) CO-CHAIR: Kamalesh Somani (INFORMS) 

National Taiwan University CSX Transportation 

Taipei , Taiwan Jacksonville, FL, USA 

Email: yclai@ntu.edu.tw Email: Kamlesh_Somani@CSX.com 

Track 5 Planning and Development 

CHAIR: Martin Schroeder (APTA) 

American Public Transportation Association 

Washington , DC , United States 

Email: MSchroeder@apta.com 

Track 6 Safety and Security 

CHAIR: Michelle Muhlanger (ASME) 

US DOT/ RITA/Volpe Center 

Location: Cambridge, MA, United States 

Email: Michelle.Muhlanger@dot.gov 

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PUBLICITY, PROGRAM ADS, SPONSORS, EXHIBITS: 

CHAIR: Steve Dedmon (ASME) CO-CHAIR: Miodrag Budisa (ASCE) 

Standard Steel, LLC Bloom Companies LLC 

Burnham, PA USA Milwaukee, WI, USA 

Email: sdedmon@standardsteel.com Email: mbudsa@bloomcos.com 

EXHIBIT COORDINATOR: Tom Berg (ASME) 

ZTR Control Systems 

St. Louis, MO, USA 

Email: tberg@ztr.com 

CONFERENCE TREASURER-REGISTRAR: 

TREASURER-REGISTRAR: Jason Reiling (ASME) 

Strato, Inc. 

Piscataway, NJ, USA 

Email: jreiling@stratoinc.com 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

Gerald Anderson (ASME) 

Dick Bruss (IEEE) 

Grady Cothen (ASME) 

Riley Edwards (ASCE) 

Robert Gray (IEEE) 

Avery Grimes (ASCE) 

Kimberley Hagemann (ASCE) 

Bob Irving (ASME) 

Kevin Kesler (TRB) 

Cameron Lonsdale (ASME) 

Melissa Shurland (TRB) 

Gunars Spons (ASME) 

Monique Stewart (ASME) 

David Thurston (IEEE) 

ASME-RTD MANAGER OF 

DIVISIONAL AFFAIRS: Samuel R. Williams 

Columbus, OH, USA 

Email: srwilliams@columbus.rr.com 

ASME STAFF: Rich Ulvila Stacey Cooper 

New York, NY, USA New York, NY, USA 

Email: ulvilar@asme.org Email: CooperSL@asme.org 

Photographs on the cover of the program were used with permission from David C. Warner, P.E. 

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Professional Development Hours Record Forms 

Participation record forms will be provided upon request to conference attendees who need to track 

their number of professional development hours (PDHs). Forms are available at the conference registration 

desk. Conferees should check the rules of their appropriate State licensing body to see if participation 

in this conference will qualify for credit to maintain a P.E. license or other professional certification. 

Tax Deductibility 

Expenses of attending professional meetings have been held to be tax deductible as ordinary 

business expenses for U.S. citizens. Because of changes in the tax code, the current level of 

deduction is subject to change. 

Conference Reception 

All conference attendees and guests are encouraged to take the opportunity to meet and discuss 

ideas with industry peers at the Conference Reception. 

The Conference Reception will be held on Wednesday, March 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. in Meeting 

Room A. 

The Conference Dinner and Program will be held on Thursday March 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM 

also in Meeting Room A. Conference Dinner tickets are provided to Full Conference Registrants 

with your name badge. Additional tickets for the Conference Dinner may be purchased for $50 

at the registration desk located in the hall area outside the meeting rooms. 

Publication Sales 

All JRC Technical Proceedings are compiled into separate Proceedings Volume CDs, one copy 

of each are included in the full and member/non-member single day Conference Registration 

Fee. Additional copies of the JRC Technical Proceedings may be purchased at the registration 

desk for $50 each. Additional copies of the JRC Proceedings can be ordered from: 

ASME Order Department 

22 Law Drive, Box 2300 

Fairfield, NJ 07007-2300 

Message Center 

A message board will be maintained at the Conference Registration Desk. 

Reception Sponsors (listed alphabetically): 

Amsted Rail LTK Engineering Standard Steel, LLC 

BNSF Railway Company MTS, Incorporated Strato, Incorporated 

CSX Transportation NRC & MA STV, Incorporated 

Engineering Systems, Inc. Progress Rail Services The Timken Company 

ENSCO, Incorporated Salient Systems Trains Magazine 

KLDLabs Standard Car Truck Company Union Pacific Railroad 

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Committee Meetings 

Tuesday, March 15: 

All committee meetings in Room 4-5 

2:00 - 3:30 PM – RTD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 

3:45 - 4:45 PM – RTD GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING 

5:00 - 6:00 PM – JOINT JRC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 

Friday, March 18: 

1:00 - 2:30 PM – JRC PLANNING COMMITTEE LUNCHEON, Location TBA 

FUTURE TECHNICAL CONFERENCES: 

2011 

ASME Fall Technical Conference: Minneapolis – September 21-22, 2011 

Minneapolis Convention Center – Hotel, Holiday Inn Express Downtown 

2012 

Joint Rail Conference: Philadelphia, PA, Temple University, March or April 

ASME Fall Technical Conference: Omaha, NE, ―Tentative‖, September 

2013 

Joint Rail Conference: Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Convention Center, March 

ASME Fall Technical Conference: Altoona, PA, ―Tentative‖, November 

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C-East 

C-West 

Pueblo Convention Center 

Conference Rooms Layout 

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A 

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4-5

Brief Schedule of Events 

Tuesday, March 15: 

2:00 3:30 PM RTD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 

3:45 4:45 PM RTD GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING 

5:00 6:00 PM JOINT JRC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 

NO SCHEDULED CONFERENCE DINNER - (AAR ANNUAL REVIEW DINNER THIS 

EVENING REQUIRES REGISTRATION SEPARATE FROM JRC) 

Wednesday, March 16: 

7:00 11:30 AM TOUR—TTCI (registration limited to space available, approx. 100) 

12:00 1:00 PM BOX LUNCH at Hotel, no program. Wednesday Authors’ orientation, Room A. 

1:15 3:00 PM PLENARY SESSION (Session 1): 

Welcome – Introduction & ASME-IEEE-ASCE Papers 

3:00 3:15 PM BREAK - Light Refreshments 

3:15 4:55 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Sessions 2, 3, 4 & 5) 

6:00 8:00 PM POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION & Hors d’Oeuvres & sponsored bar, 

Room A. 

Thursday, March 17: 

7:00 8:00 AM BREAKFAST BUFFET. Thursday Authors’ Orientation, Room A. 

8:15 9:55 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Sessions 6, 7 & 8) 

10:00 10:15 AM BREAK 

10:15 11:55 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Sessions 9, 10, 11 & 12) 

12:00 1:00 PM CONFERENCE BUFFETT LUNCHEON (NO PROGRAM), Room A. 

1:15 2:55 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Sessions 13, 14, 15 &16) 

3:00 3:15 PM BREAK - Light refreshments. 

3:15 4:55 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (17, 18, 19 & 20) 

6:00 8:00 PM CONFERENCE RECEPTION & Banquet; Keynote Speaker: Peter H. Appel 

(DOT-RITA) ―Advancing Rail Safety Through Research and Technology‖, 

Room A. 

Friday, March 18: 

7:00 8:00 AM Healthy Start Breakfast & Crepe Station, Room A. Friday Authors’ 

orientation. 


10:00 10:15 AM BREAK 


END OF CONFERENCE - NO SCHEDULED CONFERENCE LUNCHEON 

Registration Desk will be open: 

Wednesday 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM 

Thursday 7:00 AM – 1:30 PM 

Friday 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM 

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Wednesday March 16, 12:00 to 1:00 PM – Box Lunch, Room A 

Wednesday March 16 – Afternoon Sessions 

Room 1:15 pm 1:50 pm 2:25 pm 

Room 

A 

Plenary Session 1 Shared Corridors, Shared Interests 

Chair: David Tyrell, US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

Making the Future Happen Better 

Richard Gostling, Technical Director, 

British Rail Research (retired) 

FRA Research & Development 

John Tunna, Director, Office of Research 

and Development, FRA 

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Railway Application Section (RAS) 

a subdivision of INFORMS 

Pooja Dewan 

BNSF Railway 

Short refreshment break. Sessions begin again at 3:15 PM

Room 3:15 pm 3:40 pm 4:05 pm 4:30 pm 

Room C 

West 

Room C 

East 

Meeting 

Room 2-3 

Meeting 

Room 4-5 

Session 2 Track 1-1 Railroad Structures and Substructures 

Design & Construction 

Chair: Ted Sussman, US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56016 

Structural Design of 

Railway Trackbeds: 

Relative Effects of Various 

Affecting Factors 

Jerry Rose 

University of Kentucky 

JRC2011-56126 

The Influence of 

Track Stiffness Distribution 

on Dynamic 

Behavior of Track 

Transition 

Xiaoyan Lei 

East China Jiaotong 

University 

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JRC2011-56015 

Rehabilitation Techniques 

to Improve 

Long-Term Performances 

of Highway- 

Railway At-Grade 

Crossings 

Jerry Rose 

University of Kentucky 

JRC2011-56084 

Design of Bridge on 

Chengdu-Dujiangyan 

Regional Passenger 

Dedicated LinePost 

Wenchuan Earthquake 

Reconstruction Project 

in Sichuan, China) 

Lie Chen 

China Railway Eryuan 

Engineering Group Co. 

Ltd 

Session 3 Track 2-1 Rolling Stock Design 

Chair: Andrew Spurlock, Starfire Engineering and Technologies, Inc. 

JRC2011-56005 

Collection of Freight Car 

Load Environment Data 

John Coulborn Trinity 

North American Freightcar, 

Inc. 

JRC2011-56077 

Fuel Tank Crashworthiness: 

Collision 

Loading Scenarios 

Karina Jacobsen US 

DOT/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56111 

Trends in Selection 

and Joining of Advanced 

Steels for Railcar 

Structures 

John A. Janiszewski 

LTK Engineering Services 

JRC2011-56122 

2010-2011 Report of 

Survey Committee - 

Progress in Passenger 

Rail Vehicle Design and 

Engineering - Advances 

in HVAC System Design 

Kenneth Hesser 


Session 4 Track 3-1 Signal & Train Control Engineering 

Chair: Bih-Yuan Ku, National Taipei University of Technology 

JRC2011-56027 

Designing Automatic 

Train Regulation with 

Energy Saving by Using 

Dual Heuristic Programming 

Jih-Wen Sheu 

Department of Electrical 

Engineering, National 

Taiwan University 

Wednesday March 16 – Afternoon Sessions 

JRC2011-56073 

Design and Analysis 

of 220 MHz RF Communications 

for Interoperable 

Positive 

Train Control System 

T. Kee Himsoon 

MeteorComm 

JRC2011-56076 

Use of Communications 

Based Train 

Control Systems in the 

Presence of Radio 

Frequency Noise and 

Interference 

Mike Fitzmaurice 

ParsonsTransportation 

Group 

JRC2011-56079 

Statistical Safe Braking 

analysis 

David Thurston 

Parsons Transportation 

Group 

Session 5 Track 4-1 Service Quality and Performance Measurement 

Chair: Michelle Muhlanger, US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56033 

A Data Model Supporting 

Railway Distributed 

System Integration 

Hanning Wang 

Beijing JiaoTong University 

JRC2011-56049 

Review of Intermodal 

Train Loading Metrics 

for North American 

Railroads 

Tristan G. Rickett 

University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign 

JRC2011-56090 

Importance of Railway 

Intelligent Transportation 

Systems and Architectural 

Design 

Issues of Indian Railway 

Network Scenario 

Navin Kumar 

Institute of Telecommuncation 

JRC2011-56069 

San Pedro Bay Ports 

Rail Enhancement Program—2010 

Update 

Michael Leue 

ParsonsTransportation 

Group

Wednesday March 16, 6:00 to 8:00 pm 

Poster Session and Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres, Sponsored bars 

Track 1 

JRC2011-56038 

Numerical Analysis and Validation 

of Dynamic Interaction 

Between Pantograph and Overhead 

Contact Line 

Sung Pil Jung 

Track 2 

Room A 

JRC2011-56059 

New methods for Automating the 

Initial Terminal Train Tests 

James Rees 

Inter Swiss Ltd 

JRC2011-56097 

A light Weight, Inside Bearing Truck 

for North American Freight car application 

Thomas Engle 

Integrated Railmotive Systems Inc. 

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Track 6 

JRC2011-56078 

Dead-man / Collision Avoidance Warning 

Device for Track Work Vehicles 

Peter Bartek 

ProTran1 LLC 

JRC2011-56093 

Estimating Crew Alertness from Speech – 

Overview and Thoughts 

Parham Shahidi 

Railway Technologies Laboratory

Thursday, March 17, 7:00 to 8:00 AM – Morning Glory Breakfast Buffet, Room A 

Room 8:15 am 8:40 am 9:05 am 9:30 am 

Room 

B 

Room 

C 

East 

Room 

C 

West 

Track Research 

Gary Carr, FRA 

JRC2011-56038 

Numerical Analysis 

and Validation of Dynamic 

Interaction Between 

Pantograph and 

Overhead Contact Line 

Sung Pil Jung 

Note: not on webtool 

JRC2011-56020 

Measurement of Wheel/ 

Rail Load Environment 

in Relation to Rolling 

Contact Fatigue 

Scott Cummings 

Transportation Technology 

Center, Inc. 

Session 6 FRA Research and Development 

Chair: John Tunna, FRA Research and Development 

Equipment and Operating 

Practices Research 

Kevin Kesler, FRA 

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Human Factors Research 

Tom Raslear, FRA 

Session 7 Track 1-2 Railway Electrification 

Chair: Raymond Verrelle, Amtrak 

JRC2011-56039 

Development of the 

Analysis Model for Overhead 

Contact Line and 

Pantograph by EN Standard 

Hee Lee 

Ajou University 

JRC2011-56121 

A Review of Current 

Standards and Codes for 

Maximum Permissible 

Rail Voltage Rise on 

Direct Current Traction 

Power Systems 

R.W. Bemjamin Stell 

STV Inc. 

Session 8 Track 2-2 Truck and Wheel Design 

Chair: Brent Wilson, Amsted Rail 

JRC2011-56119 

Crack Initiation in Railway 

Wheels Resulting 

from Rolling Contacts 

Steven Dedmon 

Standard Steel, LLC 

JRC2011-56089 

Consistent and Repeatable 

Property and Residual 

Stress Control in 

Forged and Heat Treated 

Railway Wheels 

Jay Galbraith 

Standard Steel, LLC 

Signals, Train Control 

and Communications 

Sam Alibrahim, FRA 

JRC2011-56127 

Energy Efficiency of 

Electric Traction Railways 

―ELECRAIL‖ Project 

José Conrado Martínez 

Acevedo 

ADIF 

JRC2011-56057 

Improving the Quality 

and Reliability of Large 

Truck Castings 

Kari Gonzales 

TTCI

Room 10:15 am 10:40 am 11:05 am 11:30 am 

Meeting 

Room 

4-5 

Room 

C 

West 

Room 

C East 

Room 

B 

Spatial clustering of 

railroad track maintenance 

jobs 

Kamalesh Somani, 

CSX Transportation, 

Fan Peng 



JRC2011-56113 

Overview of Advanced 

Condition Monitoring 

Technologies for Railroad 

Infrastructure 

and Components 

Luis F. Molina 



Session 9 Track 4-2 Application of Operations Research 

in US Rail Industry 

Chair: Kamalesh Somani, CSX Transportation 

Use of OR Tools to 

Improve Railroad Operations 

Clark Cheng, 

Norfolk Southern 

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Optimal Routing of 

Geometry Cars 

Pooja Dewan, 

BNSF Railway 

Locomotive Maintenance 

Scheduling: What to Schedule 

When 

George Williamson, 

Union Pacific Railroad 

Session 10 Track 1-3 Track Measurement and Inspection 

Chair: Kevin Hicks, Union Pacific Railroad 

JRC2011-56116 

High Speed Frame 

Grabber for Track 

Monitoring System 

Nanming Chen 

National Taiwan University 

of Science and 

Technology 

JRC2011-56026 

Rail Defect Detection 

and Classification 

using Wavelets and 

Artificial Neural Networks 

Brad Hopkins 

Virginia Tech 

JRC2011-56070 

Estimation of rail neutral temperature 

from diffuse ultrasonic 

backscatter measurements 

Joseph A. Turner 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Session 11 Track 2-3 Crashworthiness of Passenger Rail Cars 

Chair: John Tunna, Federal Railroad Administration 

JRC2011-56104 

Preliminary Development 

of Locomotive 

Crashworthy Components 

Patricia Llana 

US DOT/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56092 

Case Studies Examining 

High Speed Rail 

Station Location Decisions 

from an International 

Perspective 

Jun Huang 

Texas Transportation 

Institute 

Thursday, March 17 – Morning Sessions 

JRC2011-56100 

Crashworthiness of 

High-Speed Rail Systems 

Laura Sullivan 


JRC2011-56062 

Improving Crashworthiness 

of Railroad 

Rolling Stocks with 

New Generation Shock 

Energy Absorbers 

Basant K. Parida 

QinetiQ North America 

Technology Solutions 

Group 

JRC2011-56102 

Development of the Next Generation 

of Intercity Corridor Bi 

-level Equipment with Crash 

Energy Management 

Eloy Martinez 


Session 12 Track 5-1 High Speed Rail Project Review 

Chair: Frank Banko, Parsons-Brinkerhoff 

JRC2011-56115 

Comparative Study of 

High-Speed Passenger 

Rail Deployment in 

Megaregion Corridors: 

Current Experiences 

and Future 

Joseph Sussman 

MIT 

JRC2011-56006 

A Study for the Measurement 

of Environmental 

Impact by Railway 

Construction 

Yasutomo Morita 

Institution for Transport 

Policy Study, Japan 

JRC2011-56123 

Energy Consumption and 

Carbon Footprint of High 

Speed Rail Projects: Using 

CAHSR and FHSR as Examples 

Luke Sanders 

Bucknell University

Room 1:15 pm 1:40 pm 2:05 pm 2:30 pm 

Room B 

Room C 

West 

Room C 

East 

Meeting 

Room 

4-5 

Thursday, March 17 – 12:00 to 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch, Room A 

Session 13 Track 1-4 High Speed Rail Design and Construction 

Chair: Pasi Lautala, Michigan Technological University 

JRC2011-56004 

High Speed Rail design 

on the shared 

operation corridor by 

LCC assessment 

Miodrag Budisa 

Bloom Companies LLC 

JRC2011-56058 

GE ES44C4 

Suspension 

Adrian Gorski 

GE 

JRC2011-56021 

High Speed Rail - Track 

Construction Methods 

Blaine Peterson 

VAE Nortrak 

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JRC2011-56112 

Sensitivity Analysis of 

Track Maintenance 

Strategies for the High 

Speed Rail (HSR) Services 

Hamed Pouryousef 

Michigan Tech. University 

Session 14 Track 2-4 Vehicle/Track Interaction I 

Chair: Matthew Dick, Ensco, Inc. 

JRC2011-56064 

Application of Nadal 

Limit for the Prediction 

of Wheel Climb Derailment 

– Uses and Misuses 

Brian Marquis 


JRC2011-56066 

Effect of Vehicle Performance 

at High Speed 

and High Cant Deficiency 

on Track Infrastructure 

Requirements 

Brian Marquis 


JRC2011-56068 

Technical Publication 

IDOT Chicago - St. 

Louis Program Management 


Construction and Development 

Lessons 

Learned at 110mph 

Philip Pasterak 

Parsons Brinckerhoff 

JRC2011-56114 

Measurement of Track 

Profile Using Mid-Chord 

Offset with V/TI Monitor 

Matthew Dick 

ENSCO, Inc. 

Session 15 Track 6-1 Measuring Risk in Railroad Operations 

Chair: Grady Cothen, FRA Retired 

JRC2011-56046 

Risk Metrics for the 

Rail Transportation of 

Hazardous Materials 

in Tank Cars and 

Evaluation of Risk 

Reduction Opportunities 

Alan Bing 

ICF International 

JRC2011-56065 

Risk Metrics for Passenger 

Rail Transportation 

and Evaluation of Risk 

Reduction Measures 

Alan Bing 

ICF International 

JRC2011-56074 

Potential Scenarios of 

Concern for High-Speed 

Rail Operations 

Michael Carolan 

US DOT/ Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56091 

Preliminary Results of 

the Trespass Prevention 

Research Study in 

West Palm Beach, Florida 

Marco daSilva 


Session 16 Track 5-2 Commuter Rail Planning Case Studies 

Chair: Martin Schroeder, American Public Transportation Association 

JRC2011-56023 

State Rail Plans: The 

Integration of Freight 

and Passenger Rail 

Planning 

Kevin Keller 

HDR Engineering, inc. 

Thursday, March 17 – Afternoon Sessions 

JRC2011-56025 

Case Study Of Cluster 

Analysis In Intercity Passenger 

Rail Planning 

And Marketing 

Benjamin Sperry 

Texas Transportation Institute 

JRC2011-56056 

Identification of Potential 

Statewide Intercity Rail 

and Bus Transit Corridors 

in Texas 

Curtis Morgan 

Texas Transportation 

Institute 

Short refreshment break. Sessions begin again at 3:15 PM 

JRC2011-56117 

Walking the Long Path: 

The Continuing Development 

of Commuter 

Rail in Southeast Wisconsin 

Thomas Cornillie 

Independent Scholar

Thursday, March 17 – Afternoon Sessions 

Room 3:15 pm 3:40 pm 4:05 pm 4:30 pm 

Room 

C 

West 

Room 

C 

East 

Meeting 

Room 

4-5 

Room 

B 

Session 17 Track 1-5 Track Geometry Analysis and Design 

Chair: Conrad Ruppert, Amtrak 

JRC2011-56012 

Comfort Criteria, 

Equivalent Comfort 

Criteria And Applications 

Nazmul Hasan 

SNC-Lavalin Inc. 

JRC2011-56019 

Quantitative Nondestructive 

Evaluation of 

Railroad Tank Cars 

Gregory Garcia 

Transportation Technology 

Center, Inc. 

JRC2011-56040 

Disruption Management 

with Rescheduling 

of Trips and Vehicle 

Circulations 

Martin Lorek 

Braunschweig University 

of Technology 

JRC2011-56029 

Shared Corridors, 

Strange Bedfellows: 

Understanding the 

Interface Between 

Freight and Passenger 

Rail 

Mario Iacobacci 

AECOM 

JRC2011-56007 

Maximum Allowable 

Speed on Curve 

Nazmul Hasan 


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JRC2011-56031 

Prediction of Track 

Geometry Status Based 

on Grady Forecast- 

Kalman Filter Analysis 

Chaolong Jia 

Beijing JiaoTong University 

Session 18 Track 2-5 Tank Car Design I 

Chair: Grady Cothen, FRA Retired 

JRC2011-56028 


Semi-Analytical Approach 

to Estimate 

Railroad Tank Car 

Puncture 

David Jeong 

Copyright Complete 


JRC2011-56053 

Assessment of the 

Causes of Stub Sill Failures 

on Railroad Tank 

Cars 

Narayana Sundaram 

ENSCO Inc 

JRC2011-56075 

A Method to Characterize 

Cyclic Error in the Track 

Geometry Waveform 

Steve Chrismer 

Amtrak 

JRC2011-56043 

Testing Pressure Relief 

Valves Using Pressurized 

Water 

Thomas Kegel 

CEESI 

Session 19 Track 4-3 Capacity Modeling 

Chair: Fred Mottley, US DOT/RITA/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56051 

Analytical possibilities 

of doing capacity 

research in rail station 

areas 

Tobias Lindner 

Technische Universität 

Braunschweig 

JRC2011-56071 

High-Speed Passenger 

Trains on Freight Tracks: 

Issues on Capacity Analysis, 

Train Timetabling and 

Real-Time Dispatching 

Xuesong Zhou 

University of Utah 

Session 20 Track 5-3 Multi-Modal Operation 

Chair: Luis Maal, Federal Railroad Administration 

JRC2011-56095 

Engineering and 

Maintenance Costs 

Tradeoffs for Mixed 

Passenger and 

Freight Rail Corridors 

James Blaze 

ZETA-TECH 

JRC2011-56003 


Policies to Address Conflicts 

Between Passenger 

and Freight Rail Service 

in the US 

Sebastian Guerrero 

University of California, 

Berkeley 

JRC2011-56072 

Estimating Passenger Waiting 

Time on a High-Speed 

Rail Corridor with Medium- 

Speed Trains 

Kuilin Zhang 

Northwestern University 

JRC2011-56060 

Technical Railway Corridors 

by Public Transit Vehicles 

Alexandre Jocelyn Michel 

AECOM 

Thursday March 17, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Conference Reception & Banquet. 

Keynote Speaker Peter Appel, Administrator, Research and Innovative and 

Technology Administration, US Department of Transportation, Room A

Room 8:15 am 8:40 am 9:05 am 9:30 am 

Room 

C 

East 

Room 

C 

West 

Room 

B 

Friday March 18, 7:00 to 8:00 AM; Healthy Start Breakfast & Crepe Station, 

Room A 

Friday, March 18 – Morning Sessions 

Session 21 Track 1-6 Improvements in Rail & Track 

Monitoring and Performance 

Chair: David Read, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. 

JRC2011-56099 

Use of the Finite Segment 

Method in Modeling 

Railroad Track 

Structures 

Martin B. Hamper 


Chicago 

JRC2011-56107 

Vibration-based Energy 

Harvesting Systems 

for On-board 

Applications 

Clement Nagode 

Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute & State University 

JRC2011-56106 

Modeling Rail Flexibility 

Using Finite Element and 

Finite Segment Methods 

Martin B. Hamper 


Chicago 

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JRC2011-56096 

Flash Butt Wedge Repair 

of Rail Head Defects 

David Workman 

EWI 

Session 22 Track 2-6 Vehicle/Track Interaction II 

Chair: Khalad Zaazaa, Ensco, Inc. 

JRC2011-56110 

Experimental Studies on 

Aerodynamic Characteristics 

of Pantograph System 

according to The 

Pantograph Cover Configurations 

for High Speed 

Train 

Yeongbin Lee 

School of Mechanical and 

Aerospace Engineering/ 

Seoul National University 

JRC2011-56024 

Influences of Loading 

Conditions on Railway 

Wagon Overturning 

Safety 

Yongzhao Peng 

Beijing Jiaotong University 

JRC2011-56085 

Study on Materials and 

Structure of the Tube 

Wall of Evacuated Tube 

Transportation 

Yaoping Zhang 

Institute of Evacuated 

Tube Transportation, 

Xijing University 

Presentation 

Wayside-Detector Data 

Mining For Prevention of 

Mechanical-Caused Derailments 

Rapik Saat, Xiaopeng Li, 



Session 23 Track 5-4 Workforce Development 

Chair: Joseph Niegoski, American Public Transportation Association 

JRC2011-56055 

Railroad Industry 

Workforce Assessment 

– Next Steps 

Monique Stewart 

Federal Railroad 

Administration 

JRC2011-56101 

The Relationship Among 

Modifiable Health Risks, 

Safety and Fatigue: Implications 

for Fatigue Risk 

Management Systems 

Denny Holland 

Union Pacific Railroad 

JRC2011-56109 

Railway Education Today 

and Steps toward Global 

Education 

Pasi Lautala 

Michigan Technological 

University

Room 10:15 am 10:40 am 11:05 am 11:30 am 

Room 

C 

East 

Room 

C 

West 

Room 

B 

Session 24 Track 1-7 Tie and Fastening Systems 

Chair: Richard Reiff, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. 

JRC2011-56008 

Direct Fixation Fastener(DFF) 

Spacing 

and Stiffness Design 

Nazmul Hasan 


JRC2011-56054 

Deformation Behavior 

of Welded Steel Sandwich 

Panels Under 

Quasi-static Loading 

Michael Carolan 

USDOT/ Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56103 

Reconstruction of the 

November 30, 2007, 

Chicago, IL Rail Collision 

Patricia Llana, US DOT/ 

Volpe Center 

Friday, March 18 – Morning Sessions 

JRC2011-56042 

Investigation of the Influence 

of Abrasion as a 

Concrete Crosstie Rail 

Seat Deterioration (RSD) 

Mechanism 

Ryan G. Kernes 



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JRC2011-56050 

Investigation of Concrete 

Crosstie Rail Seat Pressure 

Distributions for Varying 

Fastening Systems and 

Loading Conditions 

Mauricio J Gutierrez Romero 

University of Illinois at Urbana- 

Champaign 

Session 25 Track 2-7 Tank Car Design II 

Chair: Gerald Anderson, TTCI 

JRC2011-56063 

A Physically Motivated 

Internal State Variable 

Plasticity and Damage 

Model Embedded with a 

Length Scale for Hazmat 

Railroad Tank Cars’ Structural 

Integrity Applications 

Fazle R. Ahad 

Mississippi State University 

JRC2011-56105 

Full Scale Tank Car Rollover 

Test - Survivability of 

Top Fittings and Top Fittings 

Protective Structure 

Robert Trent 

Sharma & Associates Inc 

JRC2011-56067 

Tie-Plate Cracking on 

Wood/Composite Ties: 

a Parametric Study 

Potchara Tangtragulwong 

Texas A&M University 

Session 26 Track 6-2 Accident Investigation and Analysis 

Chair: Michelle Muhlanger, US DOT/Volpe Center 

JRC2011-56120 

Accident-Cause-Specific 

Derailment Analysis to 

Evaluate Railroad Track Upgrade 

to Reduce Transportation 

Risk 

Xiang Liu 

University of Illinois at Urbana- 

Champaign 

JRC2011-56132 

Crashworthiness Analysis 

of the Glendale, 

California Rail Collisions 

David Tyrell, US DOT/ 

Volpe Center

CALL FOR PAPERS 

RAIL TRANSPORTATION DIVISION 2011 FALL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE 

September 21-22, 2011 – Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. 

The 4 th annual ASME Rail Transportation Division Fall Conference will be held in Minneapolis 

MN on Wednesday and Thursday, September 21-22, 2011. The conference is held the same 

week as the Railway Interchange 2011, which includes AREMA, RSI, REMSA, and RSSI. 

More information about the Railway Interchange 2011 can be found at: 

www.railwayinterchange.org 

You are invited to submit technical papers for presentation and discussion at the 2011 ASME 

Rail Transportation Division FTC. Papers are solicited from members of the railway supply 

industry, rail transportation companies, transit agencies, governmental agencies, academia 

consulting/engineering firms, technical organizations and others. Papers should cover a topic 

of current industry interest. Topics may include, but are not limited to: 

Positive Train Control / Communications-Based Train Control 


Track and Equipment Health Monitoring 

ECP Brakes 

Advanced Risk Reduction Data Analysis 

Passenger Equipment Crashworthiness 

Innovations in Tank Cars 

Heavy Axle Load Performance Issues 

Materials and Failure Analysis of Track and Equipment Components 

Locomotive and Freight Car Improvements 

New or Improved Mechanical Components 

Vehicle / Track Interaction 

System Safety and Emergency Preparedness 

Infrastructure and Capacity Enhancements 

The abstract due date will be published soon. Advanced conference registration is required 

for the lead authors of papers before final acceptance of papers for publication. For specific 

details and questions regarding submission of papers, please contact Matthew Dick at: 

dick.matthew@ensco.com 

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Onsite Registration Fees 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

Members/Authors/Session Chair Full Conference*** $380 

Members/Authors/Session Chair Single Day** $230 

Non Members Full Conference*** $450 

Non Members Single Day ** $350 

Students/Retirees Full Conference* $100 

Students/Retirees Single Day* $75 

Additional Reception/Dinner Tickets $50 

Additional RTD Conference Proceedings $50 

(Additional Dinner Tickets and Proceedings are available at the Registration Desk) 

* Conference fees do not include Proceedings or Reception/Dinner 

**Conference fees include Proceedings, but do not include Reception/Dinner 

***Conference fees include both Proceedings and Reception/Dinner 

Please note: Non-members who pay full conference rate will be eligible for one Free year membership 

in ASME. Fill out the application forms available at the Registration Desk. 

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