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Penn State Altoona students Michael Kozik and John Yohn experiment with the Positive Train Control Prime Simulator, recently acquired by the college's Rail Transportation Engineering program.

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Penn State Altoona students Michael Kozik and John Yohn experiment with the Positive Train Control Prime Simulator from PS Technology.

From left, Tyler Talarico-Yunker, Dakota Kistler, and Stephen Harvey, now RTE graduates, were among the first students to test virtual reality headsets new to the program in 2018.

Brian Daniel of Leica Geosystems Teaches RTE students to use Leica SafeLoad© Measurement system to measure freight cars at Norfolk Southern’s Rose Yard in Altoona, PA

Students Danielle Cyran, Brice Barrett and Ross Bernard taking manual freight car measurements during RTE Railroad Mechanical Practicum Course

Student Dakota Kistler taking track alignment measurement at Everett Railroad for RTE Track Lab

RTE Students Dakota Kistler and Tyler Talarico-Yunker using surveying equipment at Everett Railroad for the RTE Railroad Track Location, Construction and Maintenance Course