Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association

Technical Program Schedule

September 29 – October 1, 2013

Indiana Convention Center

100 South Capitol, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 USA

Sunday, September 29

8:00am – 6:00 pm Registration Open

10:00am – 6:00pmExhibits Open

12:00pm – 1:30pmExhibit Hall Lunch

4:30pm – 6:30pmExhibit Hall Reception

Monday, September 30

8:00am – 8:00 pm Registration Open

7:45am - 9:15 amOpening Session

10:00am – 8:00pmExhibits Open

9:30amShop Safety, Processes & Equipment Committee

Chairman, Bill Peterman, Peterman Rwy Technologies

  1. Seven Absolutes of Safety at BNSF-Ron Hennessey, BNSF
  2. Proper Shop Torque Procedures
  3. Automated Train Washing-Criteria, Equipment and Recycling of Water

10:15amBreak – View Exhibits

10:45amDiesel Material Control Committee

Chairman, Fred Miller, Relco Locomotives

  1. Recycling of Material-Michael Hartung, Norfolk Southern
  2. The Latest in Developments in Bar Coding-Rail Industry-Ron Delevan, Morgan AMT-National Carbon
  3. Material Solutions for Implementing PTC-Eric Armstrong, Miller Felpax and Brian Marty, Metro East Industries

12:00pmExhibit Hall Lunch

1:15pmState of the Union Address-Business Matters

LMOA President, Brad Queen, BNSF

1:30pmDiesel Mechanical Maintenance Committee

Chairman, Ian Bradbury, Peaker Services, Inc.

  1. After-treatment (DOC/DPF/SCR) Maintenance Update-Dennis Nott, Northwestern Consulting and Robert Wullschleger, New York Atlantic RR
  2. GE Generator Alignment-Best Practices-James Sherbrook
  3. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)-Tom Kennedy, Union Pacific Railroad
  4. Design and Maintenance Updates for Trucks-Tom Casper, Hadady Corporation and Casey Shepherd, Arkansas & Missouri RR
  5. Re-powering Locomotives-Doug Berry, MTU; Mark Duve, Norfolk Southern; Dennis Nott, Northwestern Consulting and Tim Standish, EMD
  6. Logic Traps in Problem Solving-Ian Bradbury, Peaker Services, Inc.

3:15pmBreak- View Exhibits

3:30pmFuel, Lubricants and Environmental Committee

Chairman, Dwight Beebe, Temple Engineering

  1. Locomotive Filters 101-Pete Whallon, Clark Filter, and Jonathan George, Parker Filtration Canada
  2. Task Force Formed to Discuss Problems Being Experienced in the Fuel Market

Use of B20 in Locomotives

Potential of Use of Different Elastomers (Buna Rubber, Viton, etc.)

Standardized Fuel Testing Procedures

Fuel Forum

Storage and Handling of BioDiesel Fuel

  1. Railroad’s Changing Fuel Supply: Diesel No 2 (high-sulfur, low-sulfur and ultra-low sulfur) Biodiesel, Fischer-Tropsch and Blends-Dennis McAndrew and Corey Ruch, BNSF Railway

5:30pm – 7:30pmExhibit Hall Dinner, Reception

Tuesday, October 1

7:00am – 4:00 pm Registration Open

8:00am – 4:00pm Exhibits Open

8:00am – 9:30amExhibit Hall Breakfast

8:30amPresident’s Acceptance Speech

Newly Elected President Dave Rutkowski, Providence & Worcester RR

8:45am New Technologies Committee

Chairman, Tom Mack, Motive Power and Equipment Solutions

  1. Locomotive Data Acquisition Recording Systems (LDARS) and Crash Hardened Memory Modules (CHMM)-Connie Nordhues, Siemens
  2. Remote Monitoring of Locomotive Systems-Joe Whitmer, Motive Power and Saad Bendriss, Amtrak
  3. Natural Gas Locomotives-Tom Mack, Motive Power and Equipment Solutions and Taral Shah, GE Transportation
  4. Extending Battery Life-Dave Brooks, ZTR

10:00amBreak- View Exhibits

10:30amDiesel Electrical Maintenance Committee

Chairman, Tom Nudds, ZTR

  1. Battery Maintenance-Recommended Practices-Shane Sledge, Norfolk Southern, Hugo Schmitz GNB and Chris Adams, TPSC Rail
  2. Megger and HY-POT Safety-Keith Mellin, Peaker Services, Inc
  3. User Friendly Diagnostics-Am Soora, ZTR Control Systems
  4. Positive Train Control-On Board Segment, Update and Recommendations-Jason Fox, Union Pacific, and Bob Ralph, Norfolk Southern

12:00pm Adjourn LMOA 2013 Session

Reconvene at 2014 RSI/CMA Convention in Montreal, Quebec

12:00pm – 1:30pmExhibit Hall Lunch

Exhibits Open until 4:00pm

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Questions? Contact LMOA: Ron Pondel, Secretary/Treasurer -