Course Summary:

Maintaining, Rehabilitating, and Upgrading Conventional Railroad Track

Course #K815
December 2-4, 2009
Pyle Center*, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisconsin
Course Fee: $1095 Discount Is Available

Benefits

You will have many opportunities to interact with and learn from our experienced instructors who will teach in basic understandable terms and use real-life examples and case studies to help you apply what you learn. Also you will receive a comprehensive and complete set of course notes and references for use back home in your office. These materials will enable you to learn in the future as you work with track and structure maintenance. They are not available for sale to those not attending the course.

Topics

Overview of Track Structure
Subgrade and Drainage
Ballast and Cross Ties and Track Maintenance
Timber Ties
Rail
Bridges and Culverts
Turnouts
Road Crossings
Planning and Programming Track Maintenance and Rehabilitation–Proven Techniques

Audience

Railroad managers
Plant engineers
Superintendents
Contractors
Engineers
Industry/tech suppliers and sales representatives
Inspectors
State and federal officials
Maintenance supervisors
Consultants

You will benefit most from this mid-level course if you are not an expert in the track and structure maintenance field; but are currently working with railroads (or plan to be), desire to develop a basic understanding, and want to expand your experience-based knowledge to tackle your next project.

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 20 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 2 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

General Information

Fee Covers Notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.

Cancellation Policy No-Penalty Cancellation To cancel your enrollment, you must notify us promptly. Please consider re-enrolling in a future course. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.

Accommodations We have reserved a block of sleeping rooms ($106/single; $116/double, including airport shuttle, pool and exercise room) for course participants at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club, One West Dayton Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 800-356-8293 or 608-257-6000 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code #12000. Room requests made later than November 13 will be subject to availability.

We have reserved a second block of sleeping rooms ($112/single; $127/double, including parking and Madison Taxi's silver cab from the airport) for course participants at the Campus Inn, 601 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. To reserve a room, call 800-589-6285 or 608-257-4391 and indicate that you will be attending this course under group code #86461. Room requests made later than November 10 will be subject to availability.

Course Location This course will be held at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI. 608-262-1122

Course Discount Team Discount Fee: $895 each, if two or more people from the same organization enroll in the course. Save $200 per person.

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Course information is subject to change.

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