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Progressive Railroading 1981 August Family Lines Taliaferro Contract rates Loss
Progressive Railroading 1981 August
Signs of the Times 9
Washington Vignettes 17
What's Next for FRA?
Progressive Railroading Profiles 19
C. DEAN BARTON, Missouri Pacific RONALD W. DRUCKER, Chessie System
From the Publisher's Notebook 23
Does It Serve Safety? Contrast in Productivity
Editorial 25
Reprieve for Conrail?
Effective Priorities for L&D Prevention 27
By L. K. Taliaferro, Director-Fire and Hazardous Materials Control, The Family Lines Rail System. One cannot reasonably expect that the solutions applied to today's problems will last forever and that there will be no need to adjust our priorities. Rather, there is a demand for constant analysis of L&D statistics in order to prudently set priorities on prevention activities that will be cost effective
Loss and Damage: Lowest in 30 Years, 32
That's the ratio of payout against revenues. The number of claims filed last year dropped to its lowest point in 47 years! Score another one for the AAR's systematic commodity-by-commodity approach to solving L&D problems as payout-to-revenue nears the 1.00% barrier
Tune-up for Power Assemblies 37
Utilizing five employees and a 65 x 165-ft. work area at its Topeka shop, the Santa Fe is saving over $0.7-million each year by rebuilding the power assemblies of GE locomotives
A New World for Signaling Design 38
At General Railway Signal, designers of CTC signaling and rapid transit systems no longer turn out designs, piece by piece, at huge drawing boards. Instead, they have direct access to design information via a central computer that is not only setting new highs in productivity but is helping also to upgrade safety and reliability
Utilities Study C&S Interference 43
Electric power stations are looking more and more at railroad rights-of-way to string their transmission lines. In many cases, however, such lines play havoc with the railroads' adjacent communication and signal systems. A new research effort will seek to determine the scope of the problem and means for compatibility
Contract Rates-Opportunity or Trap? 45
By Tom Richards, Manager-Rail Carrier Consulting, A. T. Kearney, Inc. The proper use of contracts often necessitates that railroads completely restructure their marketing departments, a change that usually affects the other departments within the organization
Multi-Pronged Weed Control 49
On the Ilinois Central Gulf, rolling stock plus hi-rail truck equipment are providing a comprehensive vegetation control program for main and branch lines that is also yielding improved track inspection efficiency, drainage, and safety
New Products-Materials 51
People in the News 56
Meetings 57
Advertisers Directory 58
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