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Progressive Railroading 1987 October Communication & Signaling Conrail boxcar co
Progressive Railroading 1987 October
Features
Marketing . . . The Driving Force 29
By Charles N. Marshall, senior vice president-marketing and sales, Consolidated Rail Corporation. "The Staggers Act has given us the opportunity to succeed or fail; how we use its tools will determine our future"
C&S Looks to the Future 34
Technological advances will receive attention at annual C&S Division meeting. RSSI exhibit will feature range of products
Thrall Puts Growth into Freight Cars 36
Acquisitions and broad-scaled improvement put Thrall on leading edge of car development
Loss & Damage Payout Drops Again 41
Continued decline in railroad's L&D payout attributed to heightened awareness of problems and industry-wide effort
Pittsburgh Gains Controls 43
Demand for light-rail service grows despite glitches partly due to same signal system that brought state-of-art operation to Allegheny County Port Authority
D&RGW Takes First ATCS Steps 47
Using components of GRS's Railstar version of advanced train control, D&RGW looks at potential application for dark territory
Service Specialists 49
MDT's new role provides services that are essential to both carriers and shippers
Photovoltaic Systems for Track Signals 52
Why Not a Hot-Wheel Detection Network? 53
Major supplier of hotbox detectors proposes similar attack on overheated wheels, seeing most caused by abnormal braking
New Combination Card 55
Special interlocking system for bulk commodities does not alter boxcar configuration
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