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Progressive Railroading 1979 November How China runs its railroads Piggyback Coa
Progressive Railroading 1979 November
Signs of the Times 9
Washington Vignettes 19
FRA Stand on Deregulation
Progressive Railroading's Profiles 23
JEREMY T. WHATMOUGH, Conrail
ROBERT L. KESSLER, Western Coal Transportation Association
From the Publisher's Notebook 25
Why L&N Got Its 22 Percent
Amtrak Rival? by Carl H. Wesselmann, Editor
New Roles for Intermodalism 31
By F. James Wright, vice president-traffic, Santa Fe Railway. The industry's annual growth rate of 12.1 percent in piggyback traffic since 1975 indicates the opportunity is at hand for rail management to establish intermodalism as a distinct and unique element in the transportation service market and not merely as an adjunct to other rail operations
Intermodalism in the '80's 38
The railroads are at a pivotal stage in the development of piggyback. Although the challenge appears to be an increasingly tougher one in sustaining recent solid growth, there are two important factors on the horizon that should insure continuance: the fuel shortage and the imminent introduction to revenue service of new technology
UP Automates Crew Calling 51
After a long period of planning, the Union Pacific will centralize at its Omaha headquarters the crew dispatching function of each of its three districts. Replacing the old manual plug boards are electronic displays that keep track of 120 crew originating/terminating points
Car Cycles, Maintenance Stymie Coal 70
Apart from the still unclear demand picture, railroads and the coal-buying utilities are uncovering unanticipated problems as the result of the growing unit train runs. As aired recently at the annual meeting of the Western Coal Transportation Assn., attendees learned also that none of the problems is beyond solution
New Environment Seen for the '80s 77
An A. T. Kearney report finds that not only is it inevitable, but deregulation is already taking place. Ahead is further deregulation that is likely to have an enormous impact on existing transportation patterns
Metal Shaper on Rail 83
A new form of recontouring system actually machines a worn or deformed rail head just as if the rail section were removed from the track and run through a shaping machine
Good-bye Ma 'n Pa Shops 84
FreightMaster's Quick-Car operation is bringing together the latest equipment, methods and training for what promises to be a comprehensive one-stop repair service for private fleets available nation-wide
New Line of Powerful Locomotives 91
After more than five million miles of in-service testing, the new "50-Series" diesels will bring new fuel-efficient-high adhesion ratings to confront the increased freight-hauling needs of the '80's
New Products-Materials 96
People in the News 102
Meetings 104
Advertisers' Directory 106
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