Samuel Caliciotti

About Samuel Caliciotti

Presently, Mid-Career at RailPros; Metropolitan Railway Club - Executive Committee, American Association of Railroad Superintendents, International Association of Railway Operating Officers Retired from - Superintendent Operations, AMTRAK - New York; 46 years of Rail Operations in the Greater New York area. Maintained Locomotive Engineer status throughout most of those years. Locomotive and rail vehicle control and technology my passion. Supervised and trained Locomotive Engineers & Train Operators as well as the supervisors that provide oversight to their operation. Most recent time at AMTRAK;*Responsible for AMTRAK - NY Transportation regarding projects such as Gateway Portal Bridge, Gateway North River Tunnels, Penn Station South, East Side Access, Moynihan Station, Brookfield Development, Sunnyside Expansion Phase 1 and others.*Liaison for AMTRAK - NY Transportation for operational issues with LIRR, MNCR, SEPTA, NJTRO and CONRAIL Shared Assets.*Participant in Regional Outage Committee, with weekly review and planning for multiple work projects and related track outages to facilitate coordination of the more than 1300 train movements with portions of track, DC third rail and overhead Catenary systems out of service. this process involved AMTRAK, MTACC, LIRR and included NJ Transit trains in Penn Station NY and approach environs.*Past President of Metropolitan Railway Club of New York, now serving on Executive Committee *Successfully participated in or managed multi-agency projects over the years in co-operation with NJ Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Commuter Rail and SEPTA.*Chairperson -Tunnel Life Safety and Equipment Compatibility Task Force; a multi agency task force for inter-operability of LIRR, NJTRO and AMTRAK equipment during rail based emergency rescue movements within the 7 tunnels comprising the Penn Station New York area. Trained ICS and TEEX emergency response multiple disciplines.*Extensive experience in electrified (AC & DC) Heavy and Light Rail operation, management and planning. Please click the link below to see the RailPros video!

Experience

1. Director of Locomotive and Rail Operations Support

   RailPros

   Oct 2018 — Present · 3 Penn Plaza East - Suite A - Newark, NJ, US

   RailPros, established in provides professional engineering, field services and training services to intercity/commuter & public transit agencies; Class 1, Regional and Shortline freight rail companies. The firm has over 675 professionals with an in-depth understanding of the rail industry. Approximately 80% of our professional staff have previous railroad experience, a ratio none of the big house firms can match in a rail specific project. Recently since 8-2021 we are a third party Rail Operator in the East Side Access project, Test train Operations, Dispatch and Electric Traction control. My specific duties beyond training all three disciplines was oversight of Test Train Operators, EIC onboard and responsible to pilot Governor Hokul\'s first train in on 10••••21. We still continue with Dispatch, ET and training.Consider some of our services, … ENGINEERING/CONSULTING; Planning/Conceptual Design - Final Design/Engineering - Project Management - Program Management - Construction Management - Systems Integration …. FIELD SERVICES; Flagging (RWIC/EIC/CIC)- Track Inspection - C&S Inspection/Testing - Third Party Permitting -Utility Observation - Real Estate & ROW Management - Public Project Coordination …. TRAINING SERVICES; Rail Safety Courses - Compliance Training - Technical Training - Instructor-Led - Online Courses - Custom-Built Programs.We have 16 offices nation wide and we\'re ready to address your needs! We are professional a organization and take pride in our integrity, remember; Rail isn\'t part of our business, it IS our business!SAM. 50 Years + in the Rail Industry!

Skills

• Locomotive
• System Safety
• Light Rail Vehicle Specialist
• Contract Negotiation
• Rail Operations
• Process Scheduler
• High Speed Passenger
• Engineering Management
• Light Rail
• Freight Transportation
• Dot Regulations
• Railway Systems
• Locomotive Engineer Certification
• Strategic Planning
• Passenger
• Civil Engineering
• Signalling
• Supervisory Skills
• Train Handling / Operational Compliance Specialist; Heavy & Light Rail
• Road
• Engineering
• Rail Safety Coordinator
• Transport Economics
• Transportation Engineering
• Electric Locomotive Technology
• Metro
• Passenger Transportation