CARROLA, ANDY ALANIZ

Tavormina & Young

1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 1750

Houston, Texas 77056

(713) 333-3070

E-Mail: acarrola@tavorminayoung.com

Investigator. Employed 18½ years with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Experienced in Casualty Management and Freight Claims. Law firm is serving as Designated Counsel for U.T.U. B.S.B.A. and MS Degrees.




 

CORLEY, WILLIAM GENE Ph.D., P.E., S.E.

Senior Vice President

Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc.

5400 Old Orchard Road

Skokie, Illinois 60077

(800) 522-2CTL Fax (847) 965-6541

E-Mail: gcorley@CTLGroup.com

Railroad construction, bridge safety, bridge design, track structure performance, fatigue of metals and fatigue of rolling stock components; forty years experience; testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants. Author of over 160 articles on structures and failures; has served as senior staff in this internationally recognized research laboratory where he has managed railroad related testing and research. He has led major investigations, including the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9-11 Attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center and major train wrecks. Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Structural Engineer, Senior Vice President of Corporation, Member of numerous professional organizations, including the National Academy of Engineering and Arema Committee 9-Seismic Design. International experience in Structures, Bridges Transportation Systems, Fire Resistance and Construction.



 

COVELL, NICHOLAS A.

Railroad Safety Consultant/Expert Witness

Covell Consulting LLC

2194 Pebblestone Lane

Lincoln, CA 95648

(916) 408-8837 Home

(916) 412-3312 Cell

E-Mail: niccov@sbcglobal.net

Web Site: http://www.nickcovellrailroadsafetyconsultant.com

Mr. Covell is a railroad safety consultant/expert witness with expertise in Railroad Operations and Railroad Operating Practices.

Mr. Covell has substantial railroad operating experience having worked as a Brakeman, Conductor and Locomotive Fireman and Engineer. He has experience in Commuter Passenger Operations as well as in Freight and Yard Operations.

Mr. Covell retired from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in March 2003. He had 15 years experience with the FRA as an Operating Practices Inspector and Regional Operating Practices Specialist.

As an FRA employee Mr. Covell has worked extensively with Railroad Operating Rules, Federal Hours of Service Law, Railroad Drug and Alcohol Regulations, Railroad Radio Rules, the Blue Signal Protection of Workers Regulation, the Engineer Certification Rule and the Accident Reporting Rule. He has performed many inspections and served as Team Leader on inspection audits involving all of these regulations.

Mr. Covell is experienced in Railroad Accident Investigation and was given a letter of commendation from the FRA for an accident investigation. He was a certified Operation Lifesaver Presenter in Wyoming and has attended a class on Grade Crossing Collision investigation.

Formal classroom training that Mr. Covell received with the FRA includes Railroad Accident Investigation, Basic Railroad Operating Practices, Alcohol and Drug Compliance, Fatigue Countermeasure Seminar (NASA), Railroad Accident Reporting, Train and Yard Operations, GCOR and Control Systems Review (Train Dispatching), Basic Investigation Skills, Railroad Operating Methodologies, Accident Investigation Fundamentals, Operating Practices Investigations and Reporting, Train Handling Techniques and Railroad Operating Rules.