Modern Railroads 1982 December Amtrak Conrail BN
Modern Railroads 1982 December
NewsFront
Conrail vs New York Dispute Settled 11
Rail service to southern New York restored
New Pier, Rates to Philadelphia 12
Bid to capture more coal traffic
Bonds for Trains in Minnesota 12
Voters approve constitutional admendment BN to Stay in St. Paul 12
Operations, however, moving to Kansas City No Pole Line for Up 14
New 87 mile line
BN Seeks Business from Backhaul 14
Lumber, fertilizer, sunflower seeds
Features
The State of the Industry 36
Despite recession, rails' long term future is bright
De-regged Traffic Only Plus in Recession Picture 42
Intermodal, fresh fruits are up
It's Unique: Saving Fuel and Double Track 46
Fuel saving reaches new levels of effort
Strange Times for Car Builders and Buyers 50
lants are shut down, orders lean, but 1983 will be better Bracing for the Coming Upswing in M/W 52
Suppliers will have their hands full in 1983
A Better Break for Amtrak 55
Commuters caught in no-mans land
Technology News
Trouble Shooting by Remote Control 59
Computer-aided maintenance tool
New Arc-5 Intermodal Car to Trailer Train 59
Thrall Car delivers prototype car
Departments
Insight 19
Santa Fe Intermodal R&D Ahead of Pack
Washington 23
RPI Starts Transit Campaign Letters 27
Readers make their views known In the Market 33
BART awards $10 million contract Calendar 33
Meetings and conferences
As I See It 35
Future is Bright, but not Automatically Product News & Lit 60
New products for the industry Classified Ads 65
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