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RT&S September 2025 Issue Highlights Hands-On Experience at the TTC

September 2025 – RT&S

The September 2025 issue of Railway Track & Structures features a full article on ENSCO’s Derailment Investigation and Prevention Workshop at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC). The story, “Hands-On Experience Building at the TTC,” showcases how participants investigated mock derailments, examined real-world component failures, practiced critical photography techniques, and gained deeper insight into both track and rolling stock factors.

Attendees described it as the most comprehensive derailment training they had experienced, combining classroom instruction with real-world fieldwork and mentorship. The article offers readers a preview of what to expect at the next Derailment Investigation and Prevention Workshop, scheduled for March 24–26, 2026.

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ENSCO Appoints Veteran Facilities Leader Brian Sieger to Support Modernization at the Nation’s Premier Rail Testing Center

September 2025 – ENSCO

ENSCO, Inc. has appointed Brian Sieger as Facilities Manager at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado. With more than four decades of facilities and project management experience, Sieger will oversee the upkeep, safety, and functionality of the TTC’s extensive infrastructure. His leadership will support the continuous delivery of complex testing and training programs while advancing modernization efforts of this national rail-testing asset.

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Four Best Practices for Using AI to Prevent Rail Trespassing

September/October 2025 – Mass Transit

Trespassing remains one of the leading causes of rail-related fatalities in the U.S. In this column, Acacia Reber, Head of Brand Strategy & Engagement at ENSCO, outlines four best practices transit agencies can apply when adopting AI-enabled trespass detection and prevention strategies. Drawing from research conducted at the Transportation Technology Center, the article highlights how agencies can leverage AI for hotspot analysis, secure federal funding, prioritize high-impact interventions, and measure results over time. The piece underscores TTC’s continued role in supporting innovative safety research that makes rail corridors safer nationwide.

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The Future of Rail Safety: TTC’s Grade Crossing Testbed

August 2025 — Mass Transit

The Transportation Technology Center (TTC), operated by ENSCO, was recently featured in Mass Transit for its work on the new Grade Crossing Testbed. This innovative research environment is designed to improve safety at one of the most dangerous intersections between railroads and communities.

By combining advanced technologies such as AI-enabled sensors and Connected Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) with human factors research, the Testbed provides a unique setting to study real-world scenarios safely and effectively. The results will help shape future policies, design standards, and community safety programs nationwide.

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Derailment Investigation, Prevention, and Detection in Rail Transportation

August 2025 – Railway Age
The August 2025 issue of Railway Age features ENSCO’s approach to derailment analysis and prevention, spotlighting insights from a TTC-hosted workshop on root cause investigation and safety innovation. Authors Gregory Holtman and Matthew Dick examine the value of simulation tools, hands-on field training, and autonomous inspection technology in reducing derailments and improving rail system reliability.

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Derailment Investigation, Prevention, and Detection in Rail Transportation

July 2025 – RT&S
The July 2025 issue of Railway Track & Structures features ENSCO’s Matthew Dick discussing how poorly maintained rolling stock can accelerate track deterioration—and how vehicle and infrastructure health must be treated as an integrated system. The article highlights truck steering mechanics, maintenance factors like two-point contact and worn profiles, and the value of testing tools at TTC, including the Wheel Rail Mechanism Loop.
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Meet Our Keynote Speaker

Gerhard “Gery” Williams is Executive Vice President, Service Delivery & Operations, serving in this role since July 2022. Gery leads an organization focused primarily on safely and reliably delivering Amtrak services to customers, operating and maintaining the company’s core railroad assets – including infrastructure and rail car and locomotive fleets – and driving process improvement and efficiencies across the Amtrak network.

Service Delivery & Operations (SD&O) consists of the Transportation, Mechanical, Infrastructure Maintenance & Construction Services (IMCS), Customer Service Stations, Onboard Services and Food & Beverage, California Operations, Operations Integration and Network Support functions.

Gery had served as Senior Vice President, SD&O, since January 2022 and was responsible for the newly created IMCS group, which encompasses engineering production and maintenance functions. He also led day-to-day core service delivery across the SD&O organization, driving continuous improvement to safety, customer service and productivity. 

Prior to joining Amtrak in June 2017 as Vice President and Chief Engineer, he had spent almost three decades at CSX Transportation. Gery held a wide range of senior leadership roles, including Vice President, Mechanical Operations; Chief Mechanical Officer – Locomotives; AVP Network Operations – Locomotive Management; and Division Manager. In his last position at CSX as VP, Mechanical Operations, he reported to the Chief Operating Officer and directed a team of 3,800 employees responsible for the maintenance and repair of a combined fleet of 70,000 locomotives and rail cars. Early in his profession, Gery held various positions including trainmaster, manager of safety and terminal manager.

Across his long railroad career, Gery has consistently demonstrated collaborative and data-driven leadership and an ability to manage complex transportation, mechanical and engineering challenges successfully, with safety and efficiency.

Gery graduated from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Gery M. Williams III

Gery M. Williams III

Executive Vice President,
Service Delivery & Operations