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Railway Age 1979 April 30 Coal questions begging for answers
Railway Age April 30 1979 Vol 180 No 8
CONTENTS
FEATURES
24 Coal: Questions begging for answers
Railroads are spending millions of dollars to boost their coal-hauling capacity, but murky government policy makes it hard to predict how much demand for this fuel is really going to grow.
27 As Consumers Power grows, so does its need for rail transport
Doubling a coal-fed power plant's size and shifting to low-sulphur coal require expanding the leased-car fleet and lengthening train hauls.
38 Railroading for Profit, Part II: The Track
How can yesterday's roadway be improved and maintained to meet the needs of today's heavier trains? Chief engineers of five railroads suggest some answers and how they can be put to work profitably.
48 Who should pay to keep branch lines in service?
In this month's traffic poll, shippers propose a number of ways to finance light-density branch lines, with abandonment or storage a last resort.
54 Reclaiming freight cars saves MoPac a bundle
MP does more of the work in its own shops, right down to the trucks.
58 Railview: "A short step down a long trail"
ICC Chairman O'Neal describes deregulation of fresh produce traffic as a loosening of bonds to see how railroads use this exemption.
NEWS
4 Short and Significant
9 Southern and NW: Strength in union?
9 EPA broadens noise-control rules
10 Watching Washington
14 1978 net income: Up, but not much
14 Shippers finance freight-car repairs
18 Rail transit tackles the snow problem
77 The Railroad Market
COMMENT
3 Inside
DEPARTMENTS
77 Carloadings
72 Industrial Traffic
84 New Literature
73 100 Years Ago
20 Lines on Labor
66 People in the News
83 Products Report
72 Suppliers
82 Guide to Advertising
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