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AREMA Conference Schedule FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 19 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration for REMSA World Rail Expo Exhibitors Only East Lobby Area SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration and REMSA World Rail Expo Registration East Lobby Area FRA 214: Roadway Worker On-Track Safety Workshop Room 151 D 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Workshop Registration 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshop Committee Meetings 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. Opening General Session Ballroom E-J 8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Presentation of Colors, Invocation Robert J. Boileau, PE AREMA Senior Vice President, BNSF Railway Safety Briefing Philip G. Pasterak, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff 8:10 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. President’s Address Larry L. Etherton, PE, AREMA President Norfolk Southern Railway Company REMSA Greeting 8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Jonathan D. Reilly, Harsco Track Technologies 8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. RSSI Greeting Phillip C. Hess, Rails Company AREMA Headquarters Report 8:35 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Charles H. Emely, PhD, Executive Director/CEO 8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. AREMA Scholarships Winners Announcement 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Federal Railroad Administration Report The Honorable Clifford C. Eby, FRA Administrator 9:20 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Presentation of Dr. William W. Hay Award for Excellence Michael W. Franke, AREMA Treasurer and Chair, Hay Award Committee, Amtrak 9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Member-Get-A-Member Campaign Winners 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break Ballroom A-D Sponsored in part by URS Corporation; Racine Rail; Design Nine, Inc.; Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.; Georgetown Rail; Atlas Railroad Construction; Unit Rail Anchor Company, Inc.; and Wabtech 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Track Presentation Union Pacific’s Railroad Frazier Canyon Slide William E. Van Trump, Union Pacific Railroad 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Structures Presentation Replacement of Amtrak’s Thames River Movable Bridge James Richter PE and Peter Finch, Amtrak, and Michael Martin, PE, URS Washington Division 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REMSA World Rail Expo Open Exhibit Halls A-C 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Communications & Signals Presentation U.S. Automated Railroad Infrastructure Trespass Detection System Performance Guidelines Marco P. daSilva, US Dept. of Transportation Volpe Center 11:30 a.m. - Noon Maintenance Presentation Great Salt Lake Causeway: Recent History and Current Maintenance Program Paul M. Dannelly, Union Pacific Railroad, Frank W. Pita, PE, LHG and Carol Ravano, PE, Jacobs Assoc. Noon - 12:30 p.m. Engineering Services Presentation Environmental Review, Permitting, and Stakeholder Coordination for the Addition of a Third Main Track Through Cajon Pass in Southern California Robert E. Brendza, BNSF Railway, Jeffry Rice, AICP, URS Corporation; Brian Kovol, REM, Tryck Nyman Hayes, Inc. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Passenger & Transit Presentation Railway Track & Structures September 2008 17 Committee 24 Rooms 250 A (Main), 250 B-C (Breakouts) Committee 27 Room 151 G (Main), 151 A-C, E (Breakouts) SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 21 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration and REMSA World Rail Expo Registration East Lobby Area Noon - 6:00 p.m. REMSA World Rail Expo Open Exhibit Halls A-C Environmental Permitting Issues in Railroad Construction Projects Room 251 E Seminar Registration 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Seminar Committee Meetings 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Noon - 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Committee 5 Rooms 150 G (Main), 150 A-B (Breakouts) Committee 24 Rooms 250 A (Main), 250 B-C (Breakouts) Committee 10 Room 251 D Committee 11 Room 251 B Committee 17 Rooms 250 D (Main), 250 E-F (Breakouts) Committee 16 Room 150 D Committee 12 Rooms 151 G (Main), 151 A-D (Breakouts) Committee 18 Rooms 150 F (Main), 150 E (Breakout) Committee 33 Room 151 E Committee 6 Room 150 C Committee 14 Room 251 A MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 22 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration and REMSA World Rail Expo Registration East Lobby Area 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom A-D Sponsored in part by Atlas Recruiter; Progress Rail Services; Railworks; Unit Rail Anchor Company, Inc.; and Herzog Contracting Corporation Musical Entertainment Sponsored by NORDCO www.rtands.com http://www.rtands.com

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Railway Track & Structures - September 2008 Contents On Track Industry Today Supplier News AREMA News NRC News TTCI R&D Larry Etherton Rounds Out Successful Term as President of AREMA Remote Bridges Present Challenges New Mexico Rail Runner Express Making Tracks for Santa Fe Products and Literature People Calendar Sales Representatives Advertisers Index Website Directory Professional Directory Classified Advertising Chicago Perspective

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