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InterBering, LLC
BERING STRAIT TUNNEL & RAILROAD
CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT CORPORATION
English
Connecting people and continents.
April 28, 2012
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America - Asia - Europe
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By Ed Peters, South China Morning Post, Oct. 4, 2020.
Louis T. Cerny
Railroad Consultant
Professional Biographical Sketch
Louis T. Cerny graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana with a BSCE in 1964 and an MS in 1965. Many of his graduate courses were taught by W. W. Hay, author of the textbook Railroad Engineering and a leading academic in the railway field at that time. During his undergraduate summers, Mr. Cerny worked for the Illinois Department of Highways, assisting engineers on various projects, including a major highway-railway intersection in Cicero, Illinois.
In 1965, Mr. Cerny began working for the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway (EJ&E), a company with approximately 3,500 employees at the time. He progressed through engineering and supervisory roles involving track and bridge design, and maintenance supervision. His work included the design and completion of a 70-foot steel bridge in January 1966 and the detailed rating of numerous bridges. In the 1970s, he oversaw a $3 million project to construct a new yard and other track modifications for a Basic Oxygen Furnace in Gary, Indiana. He is a co-recipient of a U.S. patent for a system controlling car speeds in classification yards.
In 1975, Mr. Cerny became Vice President – Chief Engineer of the Columbus and Greenville Railway, a 168-mile line in Mississippi. Despite poor track conditions, he provided reliable service and managed a $4 million federal rehabilitation program from concept to construction. In 1978, he took the position of Vice President of Operations for the Erie Western Railway, a 186-mile line in Indiana.
In 1979, Mr. Cerny was appointed Executive Director of both the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA, now AREMA) and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Engineering Division.
As AREA Executive Director (1979–1994), he managed daily operations of the 3,800-member organization, overseeing railway engineering practices across North America and contributing to the AREA Manual of Railway Engineering and Portfolio of Trackwork Plans.
From 1979 to 1997, as Executive Director of the AAR Engineering Division, Mr. Cerny served as the industry liaison with federal regulatory agencies on track and bridge matters. He led negotiations for two major revisions to the Federal Track Safety Standards (effective in 1982 and 1998), and helped establish federal regulations on track worker lodging and bridge worker safety. He averaged over 5,000 miles of track inspection annually, gaining in-depth knowledge of the North American railway network.
After retiring from the AAR in 1997, Mr. Cerny founded a consulting practice serving major U.S. railroads, law firms, short lines, and international clients. He continues to publish articles in Railway Track and Structures and advises on projects worldwide. His recent work includes line design and evaluations in foreign countries and participation in revisions to federal track safety standards. He serves on several FRA Rail Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) groups, including track, concrete ties, and rail integrity.
Mr. Cerny served on AREA Committee 9 from 1967 to 1979, holding positions of Secretary, Vice Chairman, and Chairman. He was a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Guided Inter-City Passenger Transportation and led U.S. engineering delegations to China in 1983 and 1984, delivering lectures there in 1985. He also served as President of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association Materials and Service Division in 1986 and 1987. He has been listed in Who’s Who in America annually since 1986.
Mr. Cerny is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois and Mississippi. He is the author of numerous technical articles and has presented at many industry conferences. His experience includes inspection of high-speed rail projects in the U.S., China (including the Maglev), and France (TGV).
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ASPECTS OF RAILROAD TECHNOLOGY AS RELATED TO A RAILROAD FROM ASIA TO NORTH AMERICA VIA A TUNNEL UNDER THE BERING STRAIT.
Speech by Louis T. Cherny, as delivered at the August 17-19, 2011 conference on "North-East Russia Infrastructure Integrated Development" in Yakutsk, Russia.
NO TECHNICAL LIMITS TO BERING STRAIT PROJECT.
These remarks were delivered by Louis T. Cerny, then executive director of the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA), at a meeting on the Bering Strait proposal to build a tunnel across the Project, in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 1992. The speech remains highly relevant today, as international support grows to implement this great infrastructure project.
Published by EIR on July 6, 2007.