PowerPoint Presentations for the 2013 Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana Convention Center, September 29 – October 1, 2013
Monday September 30, 2013
10:15 – 11:30 AM NTSB Rail Division Overview
Sponsor- Pat Ameen, MARTS Board of Directors and Vice President Industry Relations, Amsted Rail
Presentation was cancelled due to Federal Government Spending Restrictions
1:30 – 2:30 PM Interchange Rules Panel
Sponsor-Tom Stahura, Executive Director, Rules & Standards, Association of American Railroads
Presenters: Michael Reid, Member of AAR Arbitration and Rules Committee & Manager Cars System Mechanical, BNSF Railway Company; Harold Winters, Member of AAR Car Repair Billing Committee and General Mechanical Inspector – Compliance, CSX Corporation; Tom Mordock, Member of AAR Arbitration and Rules Committee & Consultant to GATX Corporation; John Kieras, Member of AAR Arbitration and Rules Committee and Director Railroad & Industry Relations, Union Tank Car Company; Steve Phebus, Member of the AAR Arbitration & Rules Committee & Chief Mechanical Officer, CSX Corporation; Jeremy Luna, member of the Car Repair Billing Committee & Senior Manager-Car Repair Billing, BNSF Railway
Moderator: Tom Stahura, Executive Director, Rules & Standards, Association of American Railroads
Presentations:
2:30 – 3:00 PM Update on CEPM
Sponsor- Jerry Bohacik, Marts Board of Directors & General Manager Railroad & Contract Services, GATX
Speakers: Jerry Vaughn, Manager PM Asset Services, Railinc; Chip Summey, Product Manager – Asset Health, Railinc
Presentation Not Available
3:45 – 4:30 PM New Safety Appliance Rules and Revisions
Sponsor – David Cackovic, MARTS Board of Directors and Chief- Technical Standards and Inspection, TTCI
Speaker, Richard Dawson, AAR Consultant
Presentation Not Available
4:30 – Adjourn for the Day
Tuesday October 1, 2013
8:00- 10:00 AM Protective Coatings Committee Presentations
Sponsor – James R. Molnar, MARTS Board of Directors and Union Tank Car Company
Speaker, Madelyn K. Harding, Legal Manager Regulatory, Sherwin-Williams; Karl Alexy, USDOT; Jay Grove, GATX
Presentation:
Transportation of Hazardous Commodities
Compliance with the new OSHA HAZCOM Standard
Coating Resin Update – Polyaspartic Coatings
Speakers, Liza Capino, Senior Scientist, Sherwin-Williams; Ahren Olson, Bayer Material Science LLC
Presentation:
Update on Waterborne Coating Technology (Reprised)
Speaker, Wayne Kurcz, Williams Hayward Protective Coatings
Presentation:
Waterborne Technology – Video Not Available
10:15 – 12:00 PM Wayside and On- Board Health & Performance Monitoring
Sponsor, Pat Ameen, MARTS Board of Directors and Vice President Industry Relations, Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
Presenters: Donald B. Loftis, Principal Software Engineer, Olin Corporation; Kambiz Nayebi, President & CEO, Beena Vision Systems, Inc; RB. Wiley, Principal Investigator Engineering Services, Transportation Technology Center, Inc; Nicole Fimple, Director Asset Health, Association of American Railroads
Moderator: Patrick T. Ameen, Vice President Industry Relations, Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
Presentations:
Onboard & Wayside Performance Detectors
Asset Health Strategic Initiative (AHSI)
1:30 – 3:00 PM AAR Technical Standards, MID & Research
Sponsor, David Cackovic, MARTS Board of Directors and Chief Technical Standards and Inspection, TTCI
Rule 59 Cushion Underframe Devices Updated
Speakers: Darrell Iler, Sr. Car Engineer, Canadian National Railway; David Cackovic, Chief Technical Standards and Inspection, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
Presentation:
Improved Field Manual Rule 59 Instructions
Rule 59 Cushion Unit Condition Indicators
Speakers: Pat Whelan, Director of Mechanical Engineering, BNSF Railway; John Deppen, Director, Engineering; End of Car Systems, Amsted Rail
Presentation:
AAR Technical Standards and MID Update
Speakers: David Cackovic, Chief Technical Standards and Inspection, Transportation Technology Center, Inc; Armand E. Ciccarelli, Director Mechanical Inspection, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
Presentation:
Coming Soon
3:45 – 4:15 PM Canadian National Cushion Units
Sponsor – Charles S. Dupin, Marts Board of Directors and Director of North American Sales, Miner Enterprises
Speaker, Darrell Iler, Sr. Car Engineer, Canadian National Railway
Presentation:
Canadian National Presentation
(See Bottom of page for two impact test videos)
4:15 – 4:45 PM Aluminum Extrusions From Start to Finish
Sponsor, Randall Thomure, Commercial Transportation Manager, Sapa Extrusions
Speaker, Randy Thomure
Presentation:
4:45 PM Adjourn 2013 MARTS Technical Conference