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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Railroad Operations experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Railroad Operations landscape.
Expert Witness #246516
This expert is a transportation and traffic engineering expert with extensive multi-modal experience in planning, design, engineering, safety, security, construction, maintenance, operations and management, who has served as a litigation consultant for many years. This expert holds a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, a Master's Degree in Transportation Planning, and a Ph.D. in Transportation Planning and Engineering.
This expert has written and edited numerous reports, studies, articles and columns for major publications, journals, newspapers and scholarly periodicals. This expert is a Professional, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow, Transportation Education and Safety Committees), Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, Institute of Transportation Engineers, American Society of Safety Engineers, National Association of Railroad Safety Consultants and Investigators, American Society of Transportation and Logistics, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (Committees 11 and 12, Facilities and Structures Subcommittee), American National Standards Institute, ASTM International (Committee F13 - Pedestrian/Walkway Safety), American Public Transportation Association, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and The Charter Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK).
This expert has the background and experience to be ideally suited to contribute important information at every stage in the litigation process. This expert has the ability to explain complex issues in layman terms, suggest strategies, investigate and uncover facts, perform literature reviews, research, and prepare safety evaluations. This expert is frequently consulted at the initial stages of a potential litigation for impartial input that can make the crucial difference between success and failure. As a transportation and traffic expert, this expert is able to assess the technical merits of a case and advise the client if the action is worth pursuing.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #259208
This expert has been in the Railroad Industry for many years, primarily in the Engineering Department of inter-city and freight railroads. This expert's duties have included the construction, maintenance, and inspection of track including all the structures that go along with that (including at-grade crossings). This expert has been involved in the construction of at-grade crossings, inspected at-grade crossings for compliance with local, state, federal laws, and internal standards of care.
This expert has been designated by rail transit authorities on behalf of the plaintiff in the past and has served as the expert on more than one case involving a bicyclist being injured while traversing an at-grade crossing.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #268781
This railroad operations expert is a senior leader of a transportation consulting firm with decades of experience in railroad operations, management, and logistics. As a consultant, this expert has performed numerous logistical studies to assist with supply chain optimization. As an industry expert, a consulting firm associated with this expert developed a key railroad costing model based on contemporary operations and financial data. This expert is an experienced litigation consultant and expert witness.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #280233
This railroad operations and logistics expert holds an M.A. degree focused on freight logistics, including truck, maritime, and rail modal competition. This expert's career began with over 5 years as a state and metropolitan planning organization goods movement planner, including some passenger rail assignments, followed by a number of years of business model consolidation and M&A assignments with a federal railway organization. This expert was assigned a federal task involving a rescue plan for several failed northeastern railroad companies.
This expert spent over 20 years in strategic planning inside a major freight railroad, including strategic due diligence assignments supporting legal work. This expert served for a number of years as board chair of a railway telematics RFID organization and completed a number of years of consulting work, along with over 15 years of international and domestic civil engineering and economic analysis work involving railroads across North America, Western Europe, Asia, and West Africa. Most recently, this expert has worked as a business analysis opinion journalist for industry publications, with over 100 business assessment columns published.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #280497
This railroad operations expert has held senior executive leadership roles in transportation consulting for railroad and logistics providers and has over 50 years of experience across railway operations and logistics, including planning and construction of new rail systems, network management, and capital asset planning.
This expert has also held field, terminal, and system operations roles for multiple railway companies and is an experienced expert witness.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #284146
This railroad safety, regulations, and operations expert leads a highly experienced consultancy providing consulting and testifying expert services in railroad track safety and the application of Federal Railroad Administration regulations, specializing in 49 CFR Part 213 Track Safety Standards and 49 CFR Part 214 Railroad Workplace Safety. This expert also provides training in related railroad safety, maintenance-of-way rules, and Federal Railroad Administration regulations, as well as track safety audits, technical consulting support from accident and incident response through case analysis, and report preparation.
This expert managed a federal railroad safety agency's track division and was responsible for continuously monitoring the Track Safety Standards and Railroad Workplace Safety regulations to ensure they appropriately addressed current industry safety issues. This expert was also responsible for appropriate regulatory interpretation and the consistent application of regulations by field inspectors.
This expert has supervised the implementation of national and regional enforcement policies and programs to determine railroad compliance with federal safety laws, regulations, and standards. This expert has supervised regional accident investigations, special investigations and studies, and waiver, violation, and complaint investigations. As a track specialist, this expert ensured uniform and consistent application of railroad safety laws, standards, and regulations and provided accurate and consistent technical guidance in accordance with railroad safety laws, standards, and regulations.
Start Railroad Operations Expert SearchExpert Witness #284157
This railroad safety practices and accident investigation expert is a retired federal railroad safety agency employee with over 30 years of service, including over 5 years in a regional leadership role, and has over 40 years of combined railroad industry experience. This expert has held several railroad safety and leadership roles, including senior leadership, railroad safety administration, and safety board service, with responsibilities involving organizational and industry special projects, regulation development and rollout, accident, injury, and fatality investigations, railroad safety initiatives, parallel programs, and nonprofit safety organizations.
This expert currently leads a successful consultancy providing consulting and testifying expert services in railroad safety and has extensive training and involvement in significant accident, fatality, and related safety incident investigations. This expert has presided over dozens of derailment, collision, and fatality investigations of varying size and scope annually. Areas of expertise include general railway operations and safety, operating practices, shared passenger rail right of way, hazard identification and mitigation, community safety, roadway worker and bridge worker safety, complex case analysis and management, and railway accident, fatality, and injury investigation.
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