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Railway Age 1977 September 12 V178 #17 Freight car trucks Concrete ties
Railway Age September 12 1977 Vol 178 No 17
CONTENTS
FEATURES
MECHANICAL
Freight-car trucks: The search-and need-for improvementsp 24
ENGINEERING
Why DOT opted for concrete ties in the Northeast Corridorp 32
C&S EXHIBITS
Where to stop, look, and listen in Minneapolis Sept. 26-28p 40
MOVING PEOPLE
Heavy obstacles to light railp 62
Philadelphia: Air conditioning a fleet of 17-year-old cars?p 68
Apprentice-training: The route to take at BNp 46
BN: A giant new facility for transshipping taconitep 54
The Hoosac Tunnel-a century-old landmark in railroad engineeringp 58
Locomotive maintenance: Unit availability at least possible costp 80
NEWS
D&RGW, ATSF, EJ&E team up on coal movep 9
Car orders top 35,000 in 7 monthsp 9
Hazardous materials: A computerized guidep 9
Better crossing warnings urgedp 9
Needed: More rail consolidationp 9
North American adds another shopp 9
Profit-strategy program setp 9
The Rock gives birth to The Little Rockp 10
First half '77, fair; second half, cloudy . p. 12
$195 million for NE Corridor C&S workp 16
A call for transit standardizationp 72
Parsons to manage Baltimore constructionp 72
New Haven ridership upp 72
First mag lev train due in '79p 72
OPINION
INSIDE No bucks for trucks?p 3
LINES ON LABOR Richman, poorman?p 11
WATCHING WASHINGTON More for less, more or lessp 16
DEPARTMENTS
Advertising Sales Offices p. 109
Carloadingsp 103
Marketp 103
Moving Peoplep 72
New Literaturep 11C
100 Years Agop 9
People in the Newsp 87
Product Reportp 104
Revenues and Expenses.... p. 76
Short and Significantp9
Suppliersp 96
Transitp 96
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