Railroad 101

Equipment

April 9, 2013

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

Established by Section 305 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA)

The Committee’s charge:

o “…to design, develop specifications for, and procure standardized next generation corridor equipment.”

o PRIIA defined corridors as being 750 miles or less (not long distance equipment)

Equipment acquired with HSIPR funding must conform to the specifications developed by the NGEC.

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

Committee is authorized to:

Determine the number different types of equipment required

Establish a pool of equipment to be used on corridor routes funded by participating states

Subject to agreements between the States and Amtrak, use the services provided by Amtrak to design, maintain, and remanufacture equipment

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

Amtrak and the States Participating on the Committee may enter into Agreements for the:

Funding, procurement, remanufacture, ownership, and management of corridor equipment—including equipment currently owned or leased by Amtrak

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

Executive Committee

AmtrakFRAStates (11)

Amtrak, FRA, host freight railroads, equipment manufacturers, states, other passenger railroad operators

TechnicalSubcommittee

FinanceSubcommittee

Structure andFinance Sub-Committee

AdministrativeTask Force

JointProcurement

Task Force

Specification ReviewPanels

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

• Determines need for specification• Writes and approves Requirements

document

Technical Sub-CommitteeExecutive Board

•Forms technical working groups•Approves timelines

Technical WorkingGroups (TWG)

Functional groups (electrical, structural, etc.)create initial draft specification. 3-4 months

Draft Public Comment

•Specs. Posted•Industry comments to TWG•Comments posted

Technical Sub-Committee

Face to Face Meeting to• Discuss comments received• Incorporate accepted comments• Vote to accept specs. as revised

Review Panel

Executive Board Specifications Posted

• Reviews specifications to assure compliance with requirements document• Recommends Executive Board Approval

Approves Specification

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

Committee first met in January of 2010. Since then, developed specifications for:

Bi-Level cars (July 2010)

Single level cars (February 2011)

Single level trainsets (March 2011)

Diesel Electric Locomotives (July 2011)

Diesel Multiple Units (September 2012)

Dual-Mode Locomotives (under development)

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

The first procurements are underway:

Bi-Level Cars—130 Carso Multi-state procurement led by California

California—42 cars Mid-West led by Illinois with Missouri, Michigan, and Iowa

o Request for Proposal Issued o Notice of Intent to Award to Sumitomo Corporation of America and Nippon

Sharyo of America was issued in September, 2012o Contract executed at end of November, 2012o Bids came in 30 percent under Engineer’s Estimateso First cars scheduled for delivery mid-2015

Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee

The first procurements are underway: cont’d

Diesel Electric Locomotive—35 unitso Multi-state procurement led by Illinois

Mid-West led by Illinois with Missouri, Michigan, and Iowa 21 units Washington State—8 units California—6 units

o Request for Proposal scheduled for release in Summer 2013 o Contract Award/Execution scheduled for early 2014