Locomotive Maintenance

Officers Association

Technical Program Schedule

Held in Conjunction with RSI/CMA 2018

September 9-11, 2018 NASHVILLE, TN

Sunday, September 9

Railway Interchange2018General Schedule

8:00 AM – 6:00 PMEvent Registration

4:00 PM – 6:00 PMExhibit Hall Open& Reception

Monday, September 10

Railway Interchange 2018General Schedule

7:00 AM – 5:00 PMEvent Registration

8:00 AM – 9:00 AMBreakfast

8:00 AM – 1:00 PMCMA Technical Sessions

8:00 AM – 1:00 PMExhibit Hall Open

11:15 AM – 12:45 PMLunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PMGeneral Session and Keynote Speaker – Mr. Ron Batory, FRA Administrator

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CMA Technical Sessions

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibit Halls Open

4:00 PM – 6:00 PMReception and Concert

LMOAConference Schedule

8:30 AMFacilities, Material and Support Committee – Chair Bob Harvilla, PowerRail, Inc.

  1. Efficiency Improvements in Paint Booth Design-Jerry Trostle, Pneu-Mechanical Systems
  2. PTC Installation on the Belt Railway of Chicago-Nick Chodorow, Belt Railway
  3. Designing the Bricks and Mortar for Locomotive Maintenance-Don Graab, Norfolk Southern Retired

10:00 AM30 Minute Break-View Exhibits

MONDAY MORNING CONTINUED

10:30 AMMechanical Maintenance Committee – Chair Mark Duve, Norfolk Southern Corporation

  1. New Procedure to Check GE-FDL Cam Timing-John Hedrick, Southwest Research Institute
  2. Compressed Air Loss-Jeff Brunson, Linkup International
  3. Basic Maintenance Practices for High Pressure Common Rail Systems-Dennis Nott, Northwestern Consulting and Jeff Cutright, LJC Consulting
  4. Locomotive Shore Connection Heating Systems Update-Mark Duve, Norfolk Southern Corporation
  5. EPA Review-Allen Duncan and Peter Smith, EPA

NoonLunch Break

1:00 PMGeneral Session and Keynote Speaker-Ron Batory, FRA Administrator

3:00 PMState of the Union Address – President Dwight Beebe, Temple Engineering

3:15 PMFuel, Lubricants and Environmental Committee-Chair Corey Ruch, BNSF

  1. Proposal to Change Net Heat of Combustion for AAR RP-589 Locomotive Fuel Economy Calculations-Steve Fritz, Southwest Research Institute
  2. SCR Systems for Locomotive NOx Control-Kelle Ravn, Cummins
  3. X-Ray CT Scanning of Diesel Fuel Injectors-Keith Bartels, Southwest Research Institute

5:00 PMAdjourn for the day

Tuesday, September 11

Railway Interchange 2018 General Schedule

7:00 AM – 11:00AMEvent Registration

7:30 AM – 11:00 AMExhibit Hall Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM – 12:00 PMCMA Technical Sessions

11:00 AM – 5:00 PMExhibitor Move Out

LMOAConference Sessions

8:30 AMLMOA Business, Acceptance Speech - Newly Elected President Ian Bradbury, Peaker Services, Inc.

8:45 AMLocomotive Software and Systems Committee-Chair Tom Mack, VeRail Technologies

  1. The Locomotive as a Data Center-Aldo Ferrante, ITG Technologies
  2. An Update on Hybrid and Battery Locomotives-A History Forged in Fire-Tom Mack, VeRail Technologies, Incorporated
  3. Best Practices for Locomotive Software Updates-Adam Bennett, RJ Corman Railpower Locomotives
  4. Future of Remote Controlled Locomotives (RCL) Systems-Viktor Gvelesiani, ZTR Control Systems

10:15 AM15 Minute Break

10:30 AMElectrical Maintenance Committee-Chair Keith Mellin, Peaker Services Inc.

  1. Keep your Locomotive Running-Understanding Slip Ring Maintenance-Gary Lozowski and Doug Johnson, Morgan Advanced Materials
  2. Still Stuck in the Middle-PTC and theShortlinesRevisited-Joe Whitmer, Dakota, MissouriValley & Western Railway, Peter Scholtens, Integrity Rail Products and Rodney Myers, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
  3. Condition Based Maintenance-Eugen Grecu, ViaRail Canada
  4. Troubleshooting a One Way Serial Link on EMD SD-70M using EM 2000 Randell Honc, Southwest Research Institute
  5. Battery Temperature Performance Study with Strategies to Optimize Charging and AESS -Sid Bakker, Transportation Parts Supply Co (TPSC) and Jason Fox, Union Pacific Railroad
  6. Lost is Transition: Ground Relay Failures on AR20 Equipped Locomotives-Jason Smith, Union Pacific Railroad
  7. Locomotive LED Headlight Evolution-Byron Ziegler, Smart Light Source Company-TENTATIVE

LMOA Annual Conference in Conjunction with RSI/CMA 2018

LMOA will reconvene at RSI/CMA 2019Rail Expo & Technical Conference,Minneapolis, MN

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