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Progressive Railroading 1981 May Queensgate Yard a timesaver One-spot car shops
Progressive Railroading 1981 May
Signs of the Times 9
Washington Vignettes 18
Washington on Edge
Progressive Railroading Profiles 23
DOUGLAS D. HAGESTAD, Illinois Central Gulf
HARVEY A. LEVINE, Association of American Railroads
From the Publisher's Notebook 27
Will Conrail Conk Out?
Editorial 31
How Deregulation's Survivors Will Stack Up
Digital Systems Upgrade Signals and Communications 35
By George W. Kearney, director-signal and communication, Chessie System. With greater application of digital electronics, the railroads can expect higher utilization and enhanced control of facilities as well as a greater centralization of maintenance than ever before possible
TCX for Dispatchers 45
At Columbus, Ohio, the Chessie has set up a dispatching center that also features a communications system that not only gives operators great flexibility in handling calls but serves to underscore the railroad's determination to continue its communications under the control of microprocessor technology
Queensgate Yard a Timesaver 50
At 3.2-miles long and housing 70 miles of track including 50 classification tracks, the Chessie's new terminal at Cincinnati is the largest single capital improvement project in the railroad's 153-year history
Track Buckling Can Be Overcome 57
Magnified by the growing use of CWR, this defect is now receiving concentrated attention by AAR researchers in an attempt to determine the limits of control
TDOP Rates New Truck Designs 61
The long-running analysis of three-piece and unconventional trucks known as the Truck Design Optimization Project has reached a temporary pause with a look at the newer systems, particularly the radial units, and under what circumstances railroads can use them profitably
A Century of Innovation 66
Union Switch & Signal's beginnings as a major railroad industry supplier came with the purchase of the Robinson patents on closed track circuitry in 1881 and still basically in use. Since then, the company has been at the forefront of systems development that has gone a long way toward keeping the railroads competitive. It now marks its centennial with a number of new, state-of-the-art developments
New One-Spots Boost Production 75
Two shops-one on the Union-Pacific and one on the Family Lines-are the latest in highly mechanized designs to take the delay out of car repair
Easily Serviced Rail Lubricators 78
More than 5,000 of these systems are working automatically on U.S. and Canadian main lines. Besides inhibiting rail wear, they also feature low maintenance
New Products-Materials 80
People in the News 86
Meetings 87
Advertisers' Directory 90
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