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Progressive Railroading 1983 May BN upsurge in comminications & signaling CN Coa
Progressive Railroad May 1983 Vol 26 No 5
CONTENTS
Signs of the Times 9
Washington Vignettes 19How Conrail Compares
Progressive Railroading's Profiles 21J. S. FADALEConrailC. N. MARSHALL
From the Publisher's Notebook 23"A Helluva Way to Run a Railroad"
Editorial 25Hollow Howl
Upsurge in Communications and Signaling 27By R. E. Anderson, chief engineer-signals and communications, Burlington Northern. Today electronic technology is in the vanguard of new opportunities in railroading that existed only in the imagination a few short years ago. The leap in both new products and ideas underscores the fact that further changes in both technology and company requirements must be anticipated. Warning: Many problems remain before new technology can be adopted
Santa Fe's Division Centers Upgrade Dispatching 37On this railroad, the division superintendent is considered the key operating officer for day-to-day operations. And that is why a newly developed concept will concentrate the vital functions of communications and crew calling along with train dispatching at the division level
CN Track-Changing Demands, Changing Responses 40For CN Rail's engineering department, the question of how to respond on behalf of its track plant to the changing demands of the Eighties became a question of utmost importance. It suggested two areas: Control of costs through increased utilization of technology-a stress on productivity; and a commitment to protect the investment made in the '70's-a shift in priority to preventive maintenance
HEAVY HAUL TECHNOLOGY 63,000 Tons a Week! 45Wisconsin Power & Light Co. regularly runs seven unit coal trains per week. The consists comprise 105 100-ton rotary dump gondolas that travel over 2,000 miles from mines in Montana and Wyoming. Recently, a costly lag in the trip times of the trains called upon the utility's resources to resolve problems in operations and maintenance
Locomotive Plant "With a Future" 49In GE's diesel-building plant at Erie, Pa. it's like one big machine tool doing all the precision cutting on the intricate surfaces of a huge engine frame-automatically. It's also the way the company is betting on the future of motive power assembly: By converting to a degree of production automation so far unmatched anywhere
Hand-Held Device Speeds Damage Reporting 50With the use of a pushbutton-type hand-held microcomputer, not only has the process of verifying motor vehicle claims been speeded up by Norfolk & Western forces, but the number of claims themselves is said to have been sharply reduced
Low Temperature Protector 52A new slant on the drive to get a better handle on fuel costs takes the familar avenue of diesel shutdown. This new concept combines principles of heat transfer with the action of the locomotive's circulatory system
New Products-Materials 54
People in the News 57
Meetings 58
Advertisers' Directory 58
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