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
Amtrak, FRA, host freight railroads, equipment manufacturers, states,
other passenger railroad operators
Executive
Committee
Technical
Subcommittee
Specification
Review
Panels
Finance
Subcommittee
Structure and
Finance SubCommittee
Amtrak
FRA
States (11)
Administrative
Task Force
Joint
Procurement
Task Force
Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee
Executive Board
• Determines need for specification
• Writes and approves Requirements
document
Draft Public Comment
•Specs. Posted
•Industry comments to TWG
•Comments posted
Technical SubCommittee
•Forms technical working groups
•Approves timelines
Technical SubCommittee
Face to Face Meeting to
• Discuss comments received
• Incorporate accepted comments
• Vote to accept specs. as revised
Executive Board
Approves Specification
Technical Working
Groups (TWG)
Functional groups (electrical, structural, etc.)
create initial draft specification. 3-4 months
Review Panel
• Reviews specifications to assure
compliance with requirements document
• Recommends Executive Board Approval
Specifications Posted
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
Diesel Multiple Units
(July 2011)
(September 2012)
 Dual-Mode Locomotives
(under development)
Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee
The first procurements are underway:
 Bi-Level Cars—130 Cars
o 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, 2012
o Contract executed at end of November, 2012
o Bids came in 30 percent under Engineer’s Estimates
o First cars scheduled for delivery mid-2015
Next Generation Corridor Equipment Committee
The first procurements are underway: cont’d
 Diesel Electric Locomotive—35 units
o 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