Michael Roney, P. Eng. IntPE is an international consultant in railway engineering and management through his company, Iron Moustache, and has recently completed projects in Australia, China, India, South Africa, Scandinavia and USA. He retired in 2013 as General Manager, Track and Structures and Chief Engineer with Canadian Pacific, where he was responsible for track and structures standards, rail maintenance, bridge design, geotechnical groups and track inspection processes.

He had a 32 year career with Canadian Pacific, in engineering, materials and systems management and maintenance-of-way. He has also worked with the National Research Council of Canada as General Manager of their Rail Division, with BHP’s Melbourne Research Labs and with Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, where he has a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering. He is past Chairman of the International Heavy Haul Association and past Chairman of CPCS Transcom Limited.

Mr. Roney is a past president and life member of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association and is on the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Editorial Board for the Journal of Rail and Rail Rapid Transit.

In 2019, Michael Roney was inducted into the IHHHA’s International Heavy Haul of Fame for “lifetime vision and dedication to the Advancement of Heavy Haul Railroad Technology, Engineering and Operations”