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Eighth Annual Railroad Night February 19, 2013 |
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Dr. Pasi Lautala, Director of the Rail Transportation Program, Esmeralda Salinas, CN, Erik Cznarik from CN, Adam Johnson, Michigan Tech
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CN Donates $500,000 to Rail Transportation Program
February 14, 2013—
CN, North America’s Railroad, announced today it has donated $500,000 to Michigan Technological University's Rail Transportation Program to create the CN Endowed Fellowship in Rail Transportation. This brings CN’s total funding to the program to $750,000.
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Trains Magazine visits campus and the RTP's 8th Railroad Night ~ "we
recently visited Michigan Tech to talk about the railroad engineering program. It's a big program, that is getting bigger, and you'll be amazed at the experiences these students have already had with internships, reverse engineering, and job prospects"
See the video produced by Trains Magazine here |
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Robert C. VanderClute,
Sr. Vice President Safety and Operations,
Association of American Railroads;
2012 Recipient of Railway Age’s W. Graham Claytor Jr. Award
for Distinguished Service to Passenger Transportation and Jim Wrinn, Editor, Trains Magazine |
Railroad Night: It was a night of an official blizzard declaration, and over 100 of 175 registered showed up |
Nick Norman, BNSF, has the honors of leading the Safety Talk for 2013 |
Dr. Daniel Fuhrmann, ECE Department Chair, Michigan Tech gave the University Welcome |
Robert C. VanderClute (left), Brian Sykes, Norfolk Southern, and Dr. Pasi Lautala, Director of the Rail Transportation Program (right) |
Dylan Anderson, President of Railroad Engineering and Activities Club Delivers REAC Report |
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See all of the 2012 Rail Night Slide Show here.
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Archive of Previous Rail Nights
For more information on the event, please contact Pasi Lautala (ptlautal@mtu.edu).
Pasi Lautala, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Rail Transportation Program
Research Assistant Professor
Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
DOW 815
p. 906-487-3547
ptlautal@mtu.edu |
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