Regional News

Each year, over 2,300 highway-rail grade crossing incidents occur across North America, many resulting in serious injury or loss of life. Despite an 81% reduction in collisions since 1972, U.S. Federal Railroad Administration data shows that highway-rail crossings and trespassing incidents remain the primary contributors to rail-related fatalities, accounting for over 95% of fatalities on the U.S. railroad network.

Keith Sheardown joins Network Rail Consulting (NRC) Canada in the role of Director, Infrastructure Maintenance.

Whether your program is Remote Condition Monitoring (RCM), Intelligent Infrastructure or Sensor Based Maintenance, the goal is the same: harnessing remote sensing with data collection and analysis to transform the way you operate and maintain rail assets. However, there are numerous pitfalls that can make you regret decisions taken early in the project development lifecycle.

Delivering reliable performance from assets is one of the key objectives of maintenance organizations. After all, organizations only own assets for the purpose of delivering their service and when they fail, the ability to serve customers is compromised. Despite this, many organizations struggle to maintain reliability and often become caught in a cycle of firefighting and reacting to failures instead of addressing the root causes.

Asset intensive industries such as railroads need to maintain good engineering control over their operations to demonstrate to themselves, funders, regulators, the public and other stakeholders that they can manage risk to the lowest practicable level.

Ever since Nolan and Heap completed their report into United Airlines in 1978, asset intensive organizations have sought to apply the principles of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), pursuing the goal of better safety and reliability and reduced costs.

This week, Network Rail Consulting (NRC) raises awareness of the Operation Lifesaver Canada Rail Safety Week 2025.

Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is pleased to announce Brian King has been appointed in the role of Associate Vice President, Washington, D.C.

Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is pleased to announce Steve Levene in the role of Regional Director, Canada.

Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is looking forward to attending Transportation Research Board (TRB) 104th Annual Meeting next week at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.