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2009 Principles Course Program Agenda
Tentative listing - please check back for updates to this section.
  Monday, May 4, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 pm Registration for Principles Course
   
  Tuesday, May 5, 2009
7:00 - 7:50am Continental Breakfast & ExpoZone Exhibits
7:50 - 8:00am Introductory Remarks & Welcome
Gordon Bachinsky, President, Advanced Rail Management
8:00 - 8:50am

Session 1
Basics of Rail Production and Rail Metallurgy Richard Stock, Manager R&D Projects, Voestalpine Schienen GmbH
8:50 - 9:40am Session 2
Wheel/Rail Profile Design Fundamentals
Eric Magel, Chief Engineer, Rail Division, NRC-CSTT
9:40 - 10:10am Refreshment Break & ExpoZone Exhibits
10:10 - 11:00am Session 3
Understanding the importance of Neutral Rail Temperature
Richard Burchill, Special Projects Manager, IDERS
11:00 - 11:50am Session 4
Effects of Wheel/Rail Interaction - Surface Irregularities and Damage
Wolfgang Schoech, Manager of External Affairs, Speno Inernational
11:50am - 1:10pm Luncheon & ExpoZone Exhibits
1:10 - 2:00pm Session 5
Wheel & Rail Adhesion, Lubrication and Top of Rail Friction Management
Joe Kalousek, Principal Consultant, Joe Kalousek Consulting
2:00 - 2:50pm Session 6
Understanding Conventional Pneumatic Braking Systems
Michael Zenert, Manager Field Service & Training, Wabtec Corporation
2:50 - 3:20pm Refreshment Break & ExpoZone Exhibits
3:20 - 4:10pm Session 7
Things That Go Bump in the Turnouts - Turnout Maintenance on Heavy Haul & Transit Applications
Gary Wolf, President, Rail Sciences Inc.
4:10 - 5:00pm Session 8
The Relationship Between Conicity, Gauge, Steering, and Curvature
Gordon Bachinsky, President, Advanced Rail Management Corp.
5:00pm Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00pm Heavy Haul Seminar Welcome Reception & ExpoZone Exhibits
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