Railroad Expert Witness

This highly qualified expert has over 45 years of experience in the rail and transportation industry. After earning a BS in mechanical engineering and an MS in industrial engineering, he completed a program in urban transportation management at Northeastern University and the executive management program at the University of Pennsylvania. HE served as a manager in the financial planning and analysis department for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, ...

This highly qualified expert has 15 years of experience in the railroad industry. He has worked his way up through ranks starting as a conductor and then becoming a locomotive engineer, a train dispatcher, a coal coordinator, a director of dispatching, and a general manager all at Genesee and Wyoming. He currently works as a vice president of industrial switching at a major short line railroad holding company that operates nationwide....

This expert has 15 years of experience in the railroad industry. He earned his Associates of Applied Business from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. Today this expert is certified in both shielded metal arc welding and flux-cored arc welding. He started his career as a railroad conductor and then spent nearly a decade as a railroad engineer with CSX Transportation. Currently, this expert is a railroad carman with a transportation company in Kentucky, ...

This expert in railroad compliance earned his BA in psychology and economics and his MBA from Quinnipiac University. He then completed his JD at the Columbus School of Law. He has over 14 years of experience in law and finance, with specific experience in human resources and risk and compliance. He was previously the corporate controller for TK Inc. and then the chief operating officer for Future Solutions SPA. He then served as the chief compliance officer for NJ ...

This highy-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of railroad and construction safety. He earned his BS in safety and risk administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and is certified in OSHA 500/502 and certified in work zone traffic control. Formerly, he has held positions in site safety at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and North Anna Power Station, as a safety specialist for multiple firms, and as the corporate safety director ...

This highly qualified expert earned her BA in criminal justice and philosophy at the University of Hartford and holds several OSHA certifications. She worked for 10 years at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the senior claims investigator, OSHA compliance officer, and crew leader. She then began working at PSE&G first as an apprentice linewoman and then became a street lamp inspector. She currently works as a revenue integrity investigator at a utility ...

Mr. William E. Hill has more than 50 years of experience in Trains and Railroad Systems. Today, this expert holds an Amateur Radio License from the Federal Communications Commission. Formerly, this expert served as a Manager of the Railroad Training Program in the United States Army and as a Track Maintenance Manager at the Union Pacific Railroad Company with expertise in railroad operations and consulting. Currently, he serves as a Self-Employed Railroad Consultant....

Mr. James H. Rader has 48 years of experience in Railroad Transportation. He earned his AS in Business Administration from Northern Virginia Community College and his BS in Business Administration from Strayer University. Formerly, this expert served as the Staff Director and Specialist at the Federal Railroad Administration, as the Vice President at AllTranstek, LLC., and as the Senior Vice President of the Compliance Services Division at Watco Cos. L.L.C. Currently, ...

Mr. William R. Hughes has 49 years of experience in Transportation. Prior to beginning his career in the field, he held the role of Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps until he was honorably discharged. Subsequently, he served as a Police Officer before moving his way up to the position of Lieutenant for the Norfolk Southern Railway. Most recently, he served as the Supervisor of the Safety Environmental Department and as the Manager of Grade Crossing Safety for ...

Mr. Foster J. Peterson has 37 years of experience in Engineering and Railroad Safety. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Today, this expert is a Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor through the Federal Aviation Administration. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Managing Consultant with Engineering Systems, Inc. and as a Partner with Full Service Railroad Consulting, Inc. He also served as the Senior Director of ...

Mr. Lane S. VanIngen has 34 years of experience in Transportation Compliance and he earned his BS in Accounting from Bob Jones University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Level Special Agent and Inspector for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. He currently serves as the President of Transportation Compliance Experts, Inc., TSS Consortium and Testing Services, Inc., and TranSafety Services, Inc., where he also serves as a Consultant. Moreover, he is ...

This highly-qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in the field of railroad maintenance. He earned a BS in electrical engineering from Gannon University and has completed training in maintenance specialties electrical equipment inspections, mechanical equipment inspections, and welding inspections. He has formerly served as a power department manager and a railcar-stage II systems engineer at Port Authority of Allegheny County. In addition, he has served as a ...