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Progressive Railroading 1987 December Railroad crossties Sound test for roller b
Progressive Railroading 1987 December
Features
SP's Electronic Culture 25
By Joe Graziani, vice president-management services, Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The demonstratable success of our Intermodal Container Transfer Facility in southern California is directly related to its broad application of advanced EDI."
The Computer Pervasion 30
As railroads gird for advanced train control, computers already exercise enormous influence, after rising from data processors to controllers of trains and car classification.
On the Threshold of ATCS 33
With basic system architecture complete, ATCS designers are focusing on the safety of the system as well as its components while they prepare final specifications.
Sound Detects Defective Bearings 36
Union Pacific tests reflect the theory that excessive acoustical noise patterns indicate roller-bearing defects that can be detected automatically by wayside equipment.
The New Focus on Railroad Crossties 40
CSX's Heavy-Haul Wood Ties 45
"Improve them or lose them."
An Intelligent Signal System 47
Signal systems can benefit from an intelligence level allowing them to monitor their own well-being and providing diagnostic assistance to maintenance personnel.
Rail Tunnel to Link UK, Continent 49
Attempted first in 1876, the boring of a rail tunnel through the English Channel is set to start early next year, for the first trains to run between London and Paris four years later.
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