Overview

The key question currently being asked by rail maintenance leaders across the nation is how they can do smarter maintenance right now, by optimizing the technology and systems they already have and by better utilizing the resources they have on hand. To help the industry make informed decisions around how they can do better maintenance, our upcoming Passenger Rolling Stock Maintenance North America Virtual Congress, taking place online from April 27- 29, 2021, will provide participants with access to 3 entire days of transit agency and rail operator case studies from around North America, as well as additional benchmarking opportunities from case studies being presented by the UK’s Network Rail and other leading international rail operators, all of whom have faced the same challenges of lower ridership, and reduced revenues during Covid. This year’s Congress, taking place in a virtual setting, is not only talking about the overall benefits to fleet reliability and performance when transitioning from a reactive or time-based maintenance approach to a condition-based, predictive model. These have already been widely shared. Its looking in much closer detail at developing specific approaches for extending the life of equipment and assets - and how, practically, operators can optimize and automate all their systems and processes to be more lean; including both existing and new systems for braking systems, lighting systems, battery charger systems, batteries, and wheels. From obsolescence management; overcoming barriers to the adoption of new technology, strategies for implementing new technology, including funding pilots & trial programs, interoperability Issues and having to upgrade maintenance equipment for brand new rolling stock, this 2021 agenda has been extensively researched with the maintenance community from across North America to ensure it will bring the information needed and add value for the industry at this time.