Understanding the Purpose of an Organisation and Its Operating Environment.

Rail industry is profitable and growing industry. In North America, five companies are dominant and

railroad has allowed the rail industry to provide a more tailored service to its customers. It has also

We are committed to investing for the future, which includes our infrastructure, facilities, rolling assets such as locomotives and rail cars, and technology. We invest about $1 billion every year to maintain and upgrade our infrastructure, to ensure safe, reliable service for our customers.” (Sanborn, 2016, p. 1) Ms. Sanborn is very right on this subject as long as money is being allocated properly. Utilizing lean thinking techniques and implanting a Six Sigma program where the upper management is committed to the goal of constant improvement, waste reduction, and total quality management is a necessity. (Wisner, Tan & Leong, 2012) One of the processes that needs reassessed is that of track maintenance. Normally a large crew with many pieces of equipment will work replacing railroad ties, ballast (rock) and sometimes the rail itself. The difficult part is that trains may need to run on alternate schedules or be rerouted a whole different direction for sometimes several weeks while track work is being done. Having the latest technology in equipment coupled with highly trained employees can make a huge difference in productivity. A second aspect is a refocus on the customer. This means delivering rail cars when there needed, and damage free. Talking with the customer to

Railroad Terminals. With a railway station within walking distance to McBride Financial Services, precautions must be made to mitigate derailing of train cars. Railway cars contain a great deal of mass. When you combine that with velocity, you obtain force. A runaway rail car could obtain enough force to destroy sections of McBride Financial Services. With that in mind, it is essential that McBride invest in precautionary measures. This could include crafting railway dunes to prevent railway cars from colliding with McBride’s structures.

In today’s society, it is evident individual's needs, wants, and behavior have quickly adapted and evolved over the years, but so have business organizations. What once started in 1922, as a simple creation to fulfill John A. Macdonald's promise to unite the new country of Canada by building a transcontinental railway, has now transformed into what is recognized as the Canadian National Railway Corporation, with a market cap of $55.9 billion just over 100 years later (Forbes). It is important to understand CNR’s key to success is based on several factors such as; maintaining and constantly improving their formal design

(i) There is no shared platform for different train services in the URT corridor. A platform can only accommodate one train at a time and no overtaking can occur at any point of the line.

principally in the U.S. and the U.K. The Rail segment's key competitive factors are quality,

Rail- Unifor regards rail transportation as one of its important membership and hence contain over 9000 members in this sector. These members work for CN Rail, VIA Rail passenger service, Canadian Pacific and Ontario Northland Railway. (Unifor website)

The Norfolk and Sothern railway has been honored as the safest railway in the world. This railway has held the safety honor bell longer than any railway company. It has as many as twenty thousand route miles in twenty two states across the United States. Since the early 1800s there have been hundred maybe thousands of small railway companies, over time many of these small companies merged to create what is now known as the Norfolk and Southern railway. “Some of the small railway companies that merged to create this railway are “The Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western railway in 1982” (Norfolk and Southern Corp, 1).

In 'Nord Express' we see: a black, shiny, metallic railway train with steam coming out from the front of the train; some cable lines on the right 1/3 of the graphic design; the words 'Nord Express' in capitals on the top centre of the poster;

Operate locomotives to transport freight or passengers between stations or to assemble or disassemble trains within rail yards. Confer with conductors or traffic control center personnel via radio phones to issue or receive information concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains. Interpret train orders, signals, or railroad regulations that govern the operation of

The construction and designing of this extended Meto Line were predicted to cost (baseline cost) of $755 million. This cost estimation includes the purchasing property and new LRVs. Sponsors of the NAIT LRT project were the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada and City of Edmonton. The baseline schedule and milestones of this project are mentioned in the appendix of this paper. Thales Computer –Based Train Control system are responsible for operating the NAIT LRT. While construction on the $665 million (expected cost was $755 million) project was completed on schedule, there have been issues incorporating the new Communication-Based Train Control system with the current LRT signalling system. Mario Peloquin, Vice President, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions Inc. says he appreciates everyone’s patience as crews work to complete the work. The current signalling system is one of the reasons for the delay of this project.

Sydney Trains is a train operator owned by the New South Wales Government and operates all suburban passenger rail services in Sydney, Australia, maintains the New South Wales Metropolitan Rail Area, and maintains all but a handful of operational railway stations in the state. Sydney Trains is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) statutory authority.

NRT Systems: Holds responsibility for the design and integration of all NRT Business systems into the NRT management network

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