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Instructor: Gary Wolf

Gary Wolf has roughly 55 years of experience in the rail industry, including 17 years at Southern/Norfolk Southern Railway, 26 years as consultant and owner of Rail Sciences Inc., and the last 12 years in private consulting practice. Gary began his career in 1970, in the mechanical engineering department of Southern Railway, but since 1975, Gary has focused on the analysis and prevention of derailments. He has investigated nearly 4,000 derailments worldwide and trained 7,000 railway professionals in the techniques of derailment investigation. In addition, Gary also practices in the areas of train operations, testing/instrumentation, vehicle dynamics, wheel/rail interface, and track maintenance and assessment. Gary is one of the principal authors for the International Heavy Haul Association’s Handbook for Managing Wheel/Rail Interaction in the Heavy Haul Environment. Gary authored Chapter 8 dealing with derailment investigation. In addition, he has presented over 130 technical papers dealing with derailment analysis, train operations, wheel/rail interaction and vehicle dynamics. In 2017, Gary was the recipient of the Stephen Marich Annual Lecture Award given for the advancement of railway industry technical knowledge. The award is sponsored by the Institute of Railway Technology in Melbourne, Australia. In 2023, Gary also received the Art Worth Award, given by Wheel Rail Interaction Seminars, for his teaching, research, and impact on railway safety. And in 2023, Railway Age magazine named Gary one of the rail industries’ influential leaders. Gary has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University and a Master of Science from Georgia Tech. Gary is currently a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), Air Brake Association and the International Association of Railway Operating Officers (IAROO).

Curriculum

11 Chapters · 36 Lessons

  1. 1

    Opening

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      Information Before Beginning the Course

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      SEMINAR HANDOUT

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      Opening - Part 1

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      Opening - Part 2

  2. 2

    L/V

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      L/V - Part 1

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      L/V - Part 2

  3. 3

    Derailment Dozen - Step 1: Identify Point of Derailment (POD)

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      Step 1: Identify Point of Derailment (POD)

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    Derailment Dozen - Steps 2 & 3

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      Steps 2 & 3

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    Derailment Dozen - Steps 4 & 5

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      Steps 4 & 5

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    Derailment Dozen - Step 6: Collect & Preserve Critical Evidence

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      Step 6: Collect & Preserve Critical Evidence

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    Derailment Dozen - Step 7: Measure Track Geometry & Inspect Track Structure

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      Step 7a - Part 1

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      Step 7a - Part 2

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      Step 7b - Part 1

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      Step 7b - Part 2

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      Step 7c - part 1

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      Step 7c - Part 2

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      Step 7d - Part 1

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      Step 7d - Part 2

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      Step 7d - Part 3

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    Derailment Dozen - Step 8: Measure First Truck & Car to Derail; Inspect Car

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      Step 8 - Part 1

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      Step 8 - Part 2

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      Step 8 - Part 3

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      Step 8 - Part 4

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      Step 8 - Part 5

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      Step 8 - Part 6

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      Step 8 - Part 7

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      Step 8 - Part 8

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    Derailment Dozen - Step 9: Analyze for Human Failure; Train Handling/Train Make-Up

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      Step 9 - Part 1

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      Step 9 - Part 2

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      Step 9 - Part 3

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      Step 9 - Part 4

  10. 10

    Derailment Dozen - Steps 10-12

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      Steps 10-12

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    BONUS SEGMENT - Modes

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      Modes - Part 1

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      Modes - Part 2

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      Modes - Part 3

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      Modes - Part 4

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Enroll now in Wolf Railway Consulting's online course to gain valuable insights, practical skills, and expert knowledge in derailment investigation and prevention.  During roughly 17 hours of online training, you will: Learn how to properly:             Gain an understanding of: - Inspect equipment                   - Why wheels derail - Measure track geometry        - How to find the POD - Gather key information          - Different rail failure modes - Determine root causes           - Human error derailments - Develop corrective action     - Types of derailment modes *Corporate large quantity discounts available, so please call our office before signing up online. *All purchases are processed through PayPal, but customers are not required to have a PayPal account. Customers can check out as a guest using a valid credit card.

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What People Are Saying

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Employees across departments learned to recognize the signs of potential issues on the railway, understand their causes, and learn about science-based best practices to enable us to continue to provide the safest experience for our riders. This seminar added to the extensive knowledge our frontline employees already rely on every day, and we thank Gary Wolf for sharing his decades of experience with our team.
Commuter Rail Operator

 

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Gary, we do appreciate your dedication & willingness to teach railroads like ours to hopefully eliminate derailments by catching them way before those bad ingredients collaborate then build up to serve a heaping plate full of wheels on the ground.
Industrial Railroad Owner

 

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Your seminar dives deep into both the theory, and practical application, of techniques required to investigate derailments. Having all the operating departments in the same room should help us work as a team at future derailments.
Class 1 Railroad

 

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