International Ballroom

Luncheon Speaker – Mr. Edward R. Hamberger – President, AAR

MONDAY AFTERNOON – September 22, 2008

  Remaining Meetings in Williford Room “C”

    1:30 PM        AAR Advanced Technology Safety Initiative

                              Presentations by:

                              Lisa Stabler, AVP Quality & Reliability Engineering, BNSF Railroad & ATSI/EHMS SC Chairman

                              Alan McDonald, Director Equipment Data Systems, Railinc Corporation

                              R. B. Wiley, Principal Investigator Engineering Services, Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

                              Tom Stahura, Executive Director, Rules and Standards, AAR

    2:30 PM        Wheel Defect Consortium

                              Presentation by:

                              David Cackovic - Chief Technical Standards and Inspections TTCI 

                              Scott Cummings – Senior Engineer TTCI

     3:30 PM         Coffee Break

     3:45 PM       Freight Car Fatigue

                              Presentation by:           

                              David Cackovic - Chief Technical Standards and Inspections TTCI 

                              John Colburn - Trinity Rail

     5:00 PM         Adjourn for Day

TUESDAY MORNING – September 23, 2008

    7:00 AM          Continental Breakfast in Southeast Hall

    8:30 AM         MARTS Business Meeting

                               Report of the MARTS Audit Committee

                               Report of the MARTS Nominating Committee

                               Election of new MARTS Officers

    8:45 AM         Remote Monitoring     

                               Panel Members:

                               Panel Leader – Randy Thomure, Vice President Marketing, TrinityRail

                               Robert Fronczak - Assistant Vice President Environment & Hazardous Materials, AAR

                               John Felty - National Sales Manager, RF Trax

                               Ken Sherman - Vice President Marketing, Intellitrans

                               Don Loftis - Principle Software Engineer, Olin C/A Logistics and Advanced Automation

    9:45 AM             Coffee Break

 10:00 AM           Protective Coating Committee

                                Conserving Paint Materials in the Manufacture of Railcar

                                Presentation by:

                                James Molnar - Manager, coatings R & D, Union Tank Car Company

                                Technology Advances in Curing Railcar Coatings

                                Presentation by:
                                Allan McKellar - VP Sales, CCI Thermal

                                Electrostatic Paint Application for Railcars - Pros and Cons, An Update

  Panel Members:                                                                      

                                Moderator: Bob Aamodt - Director of Coatings, Trinity Industries

                                Bob Lind, Director of Engineering, Industrial Products Division, Graco

                                Jim Molnar, Manager Coatings R & D, Union Tank Car Company

                                E. J. Johnson, Director, Transportation Group, Carboline Company

 Tank Car Risk Reduction through Quality Assurance

                               Presentation by:
                               Scott Hoose - Hazardous Materials Inspector, Region 4, FRA - USDOT

12:00 Noon            Lunch

TUESDAY AFTERNOON – September 23, 2008

  1:30 PM            AAR Interchange Rules and Systems Update To include Interchange Rules Panel, Paperless Billing

                             And Damaged and Defective Cars

                               Panel Members:

                               Tom Jellison – Greenbrier Companies and member of AAR Arbitration Committee

                               Tom Stahura – AAR

                               Michael Reid – BNSF and member of the AAR Arbitration Committee

                               Tom Mordock – GE Rail Services and member of the AAR Arbitration     Committee

                               Rich DeWitt – TTX and member of the AAR Car Arbitration Committee

                               John Kieras – Union Tank Car and member of the AAR Car Repair billing Committee

 Steve Beckwith - UP Railroad

 Jim Pinson - RailInc

 Pete McGinley - GE Rail

   3:00 PM              Coffee Break

   3:15 PM           Castings          

                              Presentation by:

                              Jon Hannafious – TTCI

                              Dan Moseng - Manager, Mechanical Engineering, BNSF, member of the AAR Coupling System and Truck Castings Committee  

   4:00 PM              Coffee Break

   4:15 PM          Truck Hunting

                              Presentation by:

                              Harry Tournay – Scientist, TTCI

 5:00 PM              Adjourn 2008 Technical Conference

WEDNESDAY ALL DAY – September 24, 2008

No meetings on Wednesday in order that the membership will have suitable time to visit Outdoor and Indoor Exhibits.

 Agenda as of August 1, 2008

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