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Coursework:
CE
4990 Introduction to Railway Engineering
Introduction
to Railway Engineering is a versatile railroad course developed
for all engineering disciplines that approaches the railway education
from practical point of view. Interactive classroom lectures and
regular assignments are complemented by several field visits that
allow participants to observe how the material presented during
the lectures is applied in the real world situations. Teaching
methods, grading policies and other detailed course information
is presented in Course Syllabus (pdf)
Topics
Covered:
Coursework
- Basic elements and roles of rail transportation
- Introduction to American railroad industry
and history
- Railroad organizations and economics
- Railroad safety
- Track - train dynamics
- Introduction to passenger rail and urban rail
transit
- Railroad track: Location, design, construction
and maintenance
- Railroad Operations: Motive power, terminal
operations, signals, and communications
Field
visits are
one of the highlights for the program. Participants get to experience
multiple aspects of the rail industry by observing the industry
activities in several industry facilities in the U.S.
and Finland
.
Field visits include:
Green Bay:
National Railroad Museum
Chicago:
Finland:
View General Index of Slide Show & additional
Video Clips of technical visits in Chicago and Finland (2004 and
2005)
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