Project Team

In the early planning stages, several parties may be needed for proper railroad coordination:
  • Railroad company point of contact.
  • Local government point of contact
    (if applicable)
    .
  • Consultant (if applicable).
  • District project manager.
  • District design engineer.
  • District railroad coordinator.
  • Area engineer.
  • RRD
     contract specialist.
  • Bridge Division
    point of contact
     (bridge projects only).
  • Traffic Division point of contact (signal, signage, and preemption projects only).
The railroad company point of contact determines which
additional
 contacts from the railroad company may be needed for coordination.
Departments
 the railroad company may include are real estate department, legal department, track design, structural engineers, environmental engineers, maintenance, local operations, and flagging.
Consultants with previous track design experience should be used on any projects involving track design (typically underpass projects). Familiarity with both American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way
Association
 (AREMA) and individual railroad company track standards
are essential when evaluating the consultants
.