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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Paul Clegg\, Retired Director of Network Transactions\
 , Canadian Pacific Railway\n\nAbstract:\n\nThe topics will include the fol
 lowing:\n\n· Why is standard gauge such an unusual measurement 4&#39; 81/2&quot;?\
 n\n· Backward compatibility - air brakes\n\n· The MacDonald Tunnel - ven
 tilation for more than exhaust gas\n\n· Hybrid Locomotives - generating e
 lectricity from coal rolling down hill\n\n· Distributed Power - NASA meet
 s the railroad\n\n· Efficiency of the steel wheel &amp; continuous profile\n\
 n.\n\nBio:\n\nPaul Clegg\, Calgary\, Alberta\, is the retired Director of 
 Network Transactions for Canadian Pacific Railway.\n\nRegistration is opti
 onal\, but we want to know who to expect.\n10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in 
 at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) to check connection and say hello.\nAll IEE
 E members are welcome\, especially those Life Members that don&#39;t have a lo
 cal Affinity Group.\n\nWe are looking for speakers for the rest of the yea
 r\, contact Carl Zanon &lt;sczanon@shaw.ca&gt; if interested.\n\nSpeaker(s): Pau
 l Clegg\n\nAgenda: \n9:45 AM Zoom opens\n10:00 AM Welcome and speaker intr
 oduction\n10:05 AM Speaker\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/40
 9861
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409861
ORGANIZER:cguelke@telus.net
SEQUENCE:4
SUMMARY:Vancouver TALK 23: Some Insights on Railway Technology
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409861
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 ground: white\;&quot;&gt;Paul Clegg\, Calgary\, Alberta\, is the retired Director 
 of Network Transactions for Canadian Pacific Railway. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p clas
 s=&quot;western&quot;&gt;Registration is optional\, but we want to know who to expect.&lt;
 br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM P.D.T. You can log in at 9:45 AM (12:45 PM Montreal) t
 o check connection and say hello.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;All IEEE members are welcome
 \, especially those Life Members that don&#39;t have a local Affinity Group.&lt;s
 trong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;We are looking for speakers for the rest of th
 e year\, contact Carl Zanon &amp;lt\;sczanon@shaw.ca&amp;gt\; if interested.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b
 r /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;9:45 AM Zoom opens&lt;br&gt;10:00 AM Welcome and spea
 ker introduction&lt;br&gt;10:05 AM Speaker&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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