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William A. Wiedmann

Burns Engineering


Bill Wiedmann is the Chief Engineer of Communications and Signals for Burns Engineering in Philadelphia, Pa a position he has held for the past 2 years. Prior to being named Chief Engineer, Bill held the Directors position for 10 Years at Burns where he built the C&S group there from one to 51 employees. Bill had over 20 years’ experience working for Amtrak and SEPTA before moving into private industry as a railway engineering consultant. Bill worked for 10 years at Union Switch and Signal before joining Burns and is a member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE). Bill is currently the chairperson of AREMA Committee 37 for Signal Systems.