EW #947 Retired Federal Railroad Administration Signal and Train Control Specialist

He was born and raised in New York City and attended public and parochial schools, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and The US Department of Transportation Safety Institute. He is a Marine Corps Veteran and a life member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars. His railroad background includes nearly 42 years combined industry and regulatory experience in railroad signal circuit design, signal system project planning and installation.

He is an expert in all wayside signal, rail/highway grade crossing, Positive Train Control, Communication based and on board locomotive Automatic Cab Signal/Train Control (ACS/ATC) applications in both electric and non-electric propulsion systems.

His Federal service included extensive accident investigation training and has participated with the National Transportation Safety board investigating causal factors of major accidents in New England, New York, and New Jersey. He has received training in high speed rail (French TGV), and Magnetic Levitation applications. He supervised federal inspectors monitoring installation and deployment of the nine aspect Automatic Civil Speed Enforcement (ACSES) high speed rail system and four quadrant grade crossing installations on the Northeast Corridor between New Haven, CT and Boston, MA. He has also supervised federal inspectors enforcing Signal and Train Control rules to the regulated railroad community since 1978.

EW #947  was also a member of the Positive Train Control standards working group promulgating new federal regulations prior to deployment and implementation of this system in the 21st century. He completed Labor law certification courses at Cornell University and has assisted with FELA cases for the Brotherhood of Railroad signalmen.