Engineering Maintenance
Maintain facilities at the highest level.
The overall performance of the nation's railroads requires every facility to be in the best possible health. Building, inspecting, maintaining and repairing the inner workings of a railroad are subjects NARS takes as seriously as you.
Our more than 30 courses in this area provide a wide range of engineering and maintenance training, development and recertification services, including training in:
- Safety
- General railroad rules and requirements
- People and team skills
- Work equipment maintenance and operation
- Track and bridge inspection and maintenance
- Welding: basic, frog and rail/Thermite
Engineering maintenance employees work on an open-air track lab outfitted with rails and ties. The area also has a fully operative locomotive crane. Training is also conducted in laboratory settings, including a state-of-the-art welding shop.
Our training can help you broaden and sharpen employee capabilities and help advance careers. For example, employees in pursuit of welding expertise are trained to American Welding Society standards and have the opportunity to earn a formal Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in welding. Students in other areas of facilities engineering and maintenance combine varied certifications to gain and enhance skills specifically vital to their current or next job on the railroad.
Employee Engineering class 2012 Schedule
Bridge Inspection
March 26 – 30
November 26 - 30
This class covers the fundamentals of timber, concrete and steel bridge inspection. Individuals who would take this course would be Engineers, Roadmasters, Contractors, etc. This training will enable a bridge inspector to identify required maintenance items and major structural deficiencies that require speed restrictions or prohibit traffic until remedial action has been taken. Class includes a pre-test on Monday, followed by class material the remainder of Monday and all day Tuesday, with Field trips and inspections of various structures Wednesday and Thursday concluding with a final exam on Friday.
No prerequisite; One week duration; Minimum class size 6
The proper methods of inspecting, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing GE Dash 8 and Dash 9 locomotive electrical systems.
One week duration
FRA Track Safety Standards
February 13 – 17
March 26 – 30
April 9 – 13
April 16 – 20
May 14 – 18
June 4 – 8
June 11 – 15
July 9 – 13
July 16 – 20
August 13 – 17
August 20 – 24
September 9 – 14
September 24 – 28
November 5 – 9
December 3 – 7
Material covers each segment of the FRA Track Safety Standards part 213.1 through 213.241(e)7, and appendix A and B. Focus heavily on subpart A (class of track), subpart B (vegetation and drainage) subpart C (track geometry) and subpart D track Structure. Students are equipped with the skills to correctly measure non-complying conditions to determine proper class of track, prescribing the proper remedial action to protect track conditions as required by part 213. One week duration; minimum class size 6