SCOTT, JIM C.

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Scott & Associates	101 Rose Trace Court
Railroad Operations Consultants	Blountville, Tennessee 37617
P. O. Box 5289	E-Mail: JimmyCScott@embarqmail.com
Kingsport, Tennessee 37663-0289
(423) 279-9349	Nora, Virginia Office : (276) 495-1001
(423) 279-9459
Cell: (423) 817-1516

Railroad Operations Consultant. Twenty-three years experience in the Transportation Department of the CSX Transportation Co., L & N Railroad and Seaboard System Railroad. Employed as Brakeman, Conductor and Locomotive Engineer. Supervisory positions included Road Foreman of Engines, District Road Foreman and General Road Foreman. Expertise in railroad operations, train operation, derailments, operating rules and regulations, safety and training programs. Extensive knowledge of locomotives and air brake systems, passenger train service, FRA Regulations and Track Safety Standards and Inspection Programs. Currently F.R.A. Certified Locomotive Engineer, as per 49 C.F.R. part 240. Services available to both plaintiff and defendant. Consultation and development of factual aspects of train operations, stop distances and train dynamics using the Illinois Institute of Technology Train Simulator. Associates Degree-Business Administration

Current contract with Alion Science, formally a division of the Illinois Institute of Technology, for the use of their train simulator; the train simulator is a common and accepted method for training or re-training locomotive engineers.

 

Creekside Ltd., LLC

180 Tyler Lane

Carrollton, GA 30117

Phone: (770) 876-0186 Fax: (770) 834-7290

Email: creeksideltd@gmail.com

Thirty years experience with seven different railroads and thirty different territories in three different, but equal departments make me uniquely qualified as an expert in the matters of track engineering, with crossings and turnouts as a focal point. My experience as a road conductor and yard foreman provides my expertise in freight, local and yard train operations. My experience as an instructor speaks as an expert on the CSX operating rules, safety rules and overall transportation operations.

SOBEK, JAMES S., P.E.

Wolf Technical Services, Inc.

9855 Crosspoint Blvd, Suite 126

Indianapolis, Indiana 46256

(317) 842-6075

(800) 783-9653

Fax: (317) 842-6974

www.wolftechnical.com

E-Mail: jsobek@wolftechnical.com

LIGHTING/VISIBILITY/ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION. Applying the equations of physics and mechanical engineering to perform accident reconstruction. Specializing in lighting/visibility issues using the sciences of optics, photometry, day/night photography and videography. Employs computer models of railroad headlamp illumination, target/background contrast, veiling glare, vehicle dynamics, time-speed-distance equations, etc. to determine object illumination levels, line-of-sight motion, target visibility and crew reaction times. Measurement and computation of ambient and active illumination onto target bodies. Influence of fog, rain and other factors on optical performance of train illumination systems. His professional experience includes 20 years with the U.S. Department of the Navy, designing missile guidance systems. He is an inventor of DSMAC (Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator), the precision electro-optical guidance system used on the Navy's TOMAHAWK cruise missile. Mr. Sobek holds a Degree in Physics from Thiel College and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana. In addition to NARSCI, he is a member of the Michigan Association of Traffic Accident Investigators (MATAI), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Illumination Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), the Canadian Association of Traffic Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists (CATAIR) and two on-line discussion groups; RTA Investigators and INCR (International Network of Collision Reconstructionists).



 

83 Pinedale Street

Southbridge, Massachusetts 01550

(508) 765-5064

E-Mail: jimsott@bellatlantic.net

Website: www.pvbci.com

Mr. Sottile was born and raised in New York City and attended public and parochial schools, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the U.S. 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 experience in railroad signal circuit design, signal system project planning and installation. He is an expert in all wayside signal, rail/highway grade crossing, and on board locomotive automatic Cab Signal/Train Control (ACS/ATC) applications. His Federal service included extensive accident investigation training and has participated with the National Transportation Safety Board investigating casual factors of major accidents in New England, New York and New Jersey. He is experienced 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. Mr. Sottile 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 at Cornell University and has assisted with FELA cases for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.