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Railway Age 1991 November Track structure Intermodal shippers want quality Short
Railway Age 1991 November
100 pages
Contents
1992 COMMUTER RAILROAD PLANNER'S GUIDE
How MBTA rebuilt ridership p. 33
A North American overview p. 56
Supplier profiles p. 63
25 Better railroading through R&D: Track for tomorrowHigh-tech track is the goal of an AAR R&T research program that is probing the whole right-of-way.
29 BN No. 7890: Ready to roll A locomotive fueled by a natural gas derivative has passed stationary tests; next come road trials.
71 BN America: Quality countsPremium third party service, close customer relationships, and emphasis on excellence have paid off.
75 How to manage energy risksDerivative hedging instruments-swaps, caps, and collars-can help maintain fuel price stability.
77 TroughTrain cars begin testsAs two prototypes of the five-unit cars start shakedowns, BN is already thinking of longer, lighter cars.
79 Short lines and regionals: "We're different"Warning that high-tech innovation will burden small carriers, ASLRA's Loftus calls for "benefit sharing."
86 Eastern Shore beats the odds In a recession, this short line has cut costs and improved service. EDI has played a key role.
89 BC Rail gets a lift from intermodal It would be "no big deal" for a Class I, but 35,000 loads a year is important to this provincial line.
Comment
2 Inside
9 Lines on Labor
10 Watching Washington
13 Financially Speaking
15 Financial Forum
91 In Transit
Departments
7 Industry Outlook
8 Market Outlook 30 Letters
92 People in the News
93 Products
94 Meetings
100 100 Years Ago
Update
17 UP traffic sets 122-year record
17 "Freakish" accident adds to SP woe:
17 Berwick sludge cars begin EPIC journeys
17 Conrail's Hagen sees "modest improvement"
18 New TCU pact covers 6,000 Amtrak workers
18 Will dredging tax sink car ferries?
19 Conrail develops satellite monitoring system for perishables
Short Lines and Regionals
20 Delaware & Hudson gets a $28 million track and signaling upgrade
21 Flohr urges changes in Railroad Retirement
Intermodal
23 Romar integrates five companies
23 Santa Fe expedites Chicago-Oklahoma City traffic
23 Sea-Land adds 400 reefer containers
Transit
22 Honolulu selects MK-AEG venture
22 Moscow Metro takes the capitalist line
22 It's fair sailing for Hudson ferries
22 Funds released for CalTrain purchase
22 BART begins work on $1 billion extensions
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