Dr. Jerry G. Rose, P.E.

University of Kentucky
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
261 Raymond Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0281
Phone: (859) 257-4278
Email: jrose@engr.uky.edu

Principles of railroad location, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operation with emphasis on track structure design and analysis, bridges and bridge loading, drainage considerations, track geometry effects, and operating systems analysis.

Instructor: Jerry G. Rose

Teaching Assistance: Bei Su: S016 CE Building: 257-4278

E-Mail: beisu625@yahoo.com

Textbook

W.W. Hay, Railroad Engineering , 2nd Edition. Wiley Interscience (1982). Copies are available on reserve in the Engineering Library

References

1. American Railway Engineering Association, Manual of Standard Practice. AREMA (1997). Available on CD-ROM in Kentucky Transportation Center Library.
2. J.H. Armstrong, The Railroad: What It Is , What It Does, 4th Edition, Simmons- Boardman (1998). Available on CD-ROM in Kentucky Transportation Center Library.
3. Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts (latest edition). Class handouts.
4. Federal Railroad Administration, Track Safety Standards (latest edition). Class handouts.
5. Various recently published journal and magazine technical articles. Class handouts.