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Rail Collaboration: “CN Engineering Challenges”

David Ferryman, Vice President System Engineering for Canadian National Railway visited Michigan Tech on Tuesday, April 2nd, and led a discussion concentrating on “CN Engineering Challenges”. CN is one of the greatest supporters of Michigan Tech’s Rail Transportation Program and Mr. Ferryman visited Michigan Tech to review the facilities and to discuss future collaboration and activities with students and faculty.

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Dr. Pasi Lautala, Director of the Rail Transportation Program, Michigan Tech and David Ferryman, Vice President System Engineering for Canadian National Railway

Donates $500,000 to Rail Transportation Program

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Spring 2013 Newsletter

Summer Youth 2013- Save the Date
July 7-13

Full Scholarships Available!

Information and Application

Join us on the two campuses this summer for a weeklong exploration into rail and intermodal transportation. Classes are held at both Michigan Tech and the University of Wisconsin-Superior with site visits to rail yards, museums and ports in Michigan and Minnesota.

This is a full scholarship program. 

Information and applications are available on the Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program site. 
http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/explorations.php.

For questions, please contact Pam Hannon, prhannon@mtu.edu, 906-487-3065 or Pasi Lautala, ptlautal@mtu.edu, 906-487-3547.

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Rail Transportation Program at Michigan Tech
 


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


2012 Annual Report

Rail Transportation Program
at Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech Tapped for National Rail Research, Education Center
Michigan Technological University’s Rail Transportation Program is one of seven members of a research university consortium that has received the US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) first multi-million grant to a University Transportation Center focused solely on rail transportation.

NURail Center Website

Contact Information

If you are interested in the Rail Transportation Program at Tech, please contact Pasi Lautala (906-487-3547, (ptlautal@mtu.edu) or Bill Sproule (906- 487-2568, wsproule@mtu.edu), or Pam Hannon (906-487-3065, prhannon@mtu.edu).

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1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan, 49931 - 1295, USA
Phone: 1-906-487-3547
Fax: 1-906-487-2943
Email: rail@mtu.edu

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