News & Events
In the News
Amtrak is being offered $80 billion for upgrades, as part of Biden’s infrastructure plan, but experts say modernizing America’s railways may cost far more [Business Insider | 2021]
University of Delaware’s Big Data conference explored analytics trends in a rail context [Progressive Railroading | 2020 ]
Train safety technology hasn’t quite reached the station [Roll Call | 2019 ]
Climate change will ruin train tracks and make travel hell [ Mashable | 2019 ]
Frozen Train Tracks? Set ‘Em on Fire [ The Atlantic | 2019 ]
How to Derail a Runaway Train (And Save Australia) [ Wired | 2018 ]
Why Have There Been So Many Train Crashes Lately? [VICE | Feb. 8, 2018]
Amid spate of Amtrak mishaps, critics point to political inertia [CS Monitor | Feb. 8, 2018]
Officials: Amtrak train was on wrong track [i24 TV | Feb. 5, 2018]
Spate of Amtrak Crashes ‘Unusual,’ Railroad Expert Says [NPR | Feb. 5, 2018]
Lack of Positive Train Control haunts another deadly collision [NBC News | Feb. 5, 2018]
Amtrak derailment and the future of U.S. infrastructure [WHYY | Dec. 21, 2017]
Expert: New Route May Have Distracted Engineer Before Crash [NBC News | Dec. 20, 2017]
Amtrak Inquiry Will Focus on Driver Distraction and Excessive Speed [The New York Times | Dec. 19, 2017]
Expert: Deadly Amtrak Accident Was Preventable [Associated Press | Dec. 19, 2017]
6 Killed in Deadly Amtrak Derailment [NBC News | Dec. 18, 2017]
USDOT awards $300M for UTC grants [RT&S | Dec. 6, 2016]
Germany’s NASA Crashes a Train to Keep You Safe [Wired | Aug. 24, 2016]
Amtrak deaths preventable if safety rules followed [The News Journal | Apr. 10, 2016]
Amtrak Crash Shows U.S. Anti Rail-Collision System May Have Gaps [New York Times | Apr. 5, 2016]
Amtrak Trying to Determine if Workers Were Authorized to Be on Tracks [New York Times | Apr. 4, 2016]
Two Workers Die as Amtrak Train Strikes Backhoe [NBC10 | Apr. 3, 2016]
NTSB: Train was traveling more than twice speed limit before crash [WBAL-TV | Feb. 1, 2016]
UDaily Stories
Building the future of railroads: Zarembski recognized for contributions to track engineering [January, 29, 2018]
RR Big Data: Conference addresses big data in railroad maintenance planning [December 19, 2016]
Converting ‘mountain’ of data into railroad maintenance planning information [December 14, 2015]
Railroad Engineering and Safety Program to host international conference on big data, railway maintenance [December 4, 2014]
Past Railroad Engineering Events
March 7-8, 2018 – Operations and Operations Management for Passenger Rail
March 21-22, 2018 – Big Data in Railroad Track Engineering Short Course
April 16-20, 2018 – Management Essentials for the Railroad Industry
December 13-14, 2018 – “Big Data” in Railroad Maintenance Planning Conference
March 20-24, 2017 – Management Essentials for the Railroad Industry (32 professional development hours awarded for full participation)
December 15-16, 2016 – “Big Data” in Railroad Maintenance Planning