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National Rail Vehicle Training Consortium Finishes Its First Three Courses

Posted September 2016

The Center’s Rail Car Training Consortium has completed courseware for two courses in Auxiliary Power Supply and Battery Systems and one in Rail Car HVAC Maintenance. The courses - Course 104 Introduction and Overview, Course 204 Inspection and Maintenance, and Course 106 Introduction and Overview of HVAC Systems - are available for members to download from the TTN site here. For each course there are Participant Guides, Instructor Guides, PowerPoint slides, quizzes, and even take-aways and job-aids for participants.

A great team of subject matter experts from transit agencies and their unions put in phenomenal effort to mold and shape these courses. The teams include:

The Center is getting ready to pilot these courses in Charlotte and Boston.

If your location is interested in participating in this national courseware development effort and accessing these standards-based instruction-ready course materials for rail vehicle maintenance, please contact Center Deputy Director Xinge Wang at 301.565.4715 or   xwang@transportcenter.org.