Joint Rail Conference extends deadline for paper abstract to Oct. 17

Joint Rail Conference 2011 is a multidisciplinary North American railroad conference encompassing all aspects of rail transportation and engineering research. The conference is a cooperative effort of the six co-sponsoring organizations and will be held March 16-18, 2011 at the Pueblo Convention Center in Pueblo, Colo.

Papers and presentations
are being solicited on railroad civil, mechanical, electrical and systems
engineering, as well as safety, planning, design, operations, maintenance and management.
The conference theme is Shared Corridors, Shared Interests and will cover freight
and passenger rail, encompassing commuter, regional and intercity systems.
Topics include, but are not limited to: Railroad Infrastructure Engineering, Service
Quality & Operations Research, Rail Equipment Engineering, Planning and
Development, Signal & Train Control Engineering and Safety and Security.

Abstracts due October 17,
2010.

Additional information
about abstract submission and JRC 2011 is available at: http://www.asmeconferences.org/JRC2011/.