2011 - CALGARY, CANADA

“Excellence in Heavy Haul Operations”

The 2011 IHHA specialist technical session (STS) was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the theme of Railroading in Extreme Conditions.  The conference was oversubscribed for an STS, with 604 delegates from 27 different countries, who chose from 4 parallel streams totaling 110 oral presentations of papers and 52 posters.  A trade exhibition running in parallel to the conference had booths from 42 different exhibitors from the supply and services community around the world. Delegates had the opportunity to visit the host Canadian Pacific’s yard and  intermodal facilities and the Network Management Centre and to travel through mountain railroading territory to British Columbia aboard a vintage steam train.