Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association Technical Program Schedule

Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association

September 29 – October 1, 2013

Indiana Convention Center

100 South Capitol, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 USA

8:00am – 6:00 pm Registration Open

10:00am – 6:00pm Exhibits Open

12:00pm – 1:30pm Exhibit Hall Lunch

4:30pm – 6:30pm Exhibit Hall Reception

Monday, September 30

8:00am – 8:00 pm Registration Open

7:45am - 9:15 am Opening Session

10:00am – 8:00pm Exhibits Open

9:30am Shop 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
   

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
   

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.
   

3:30pm Fuel, Lubricants and Environmental Committee

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
   

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

Standardized Fuel Testing Procedures

Fuel Forum

Storage and Handling of BioDiesel Fuel

3. 
   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
   

8:00am – 4:00pm Exhibits Open

8:00am – 9:30am Exhibit Hall Breakfast
8:30am President’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
   

10:00am Break - View Exhibits

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 – 1:30pm Exhibit Hall Lunch

Exhibits Open until 4:00pm