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Railway Age 1981 May 25 Buy or leaseCN rail looks west
Railway Age May 25 1981 Vol 182 No 10
CONTENTS
FEATURES26 The new breed of freight cars: A material differenceJust a few weeks after introduction of the filament-wound Glasshopper, Santa Fe and Alusuisse have unveiled the Algola-a lightweight gondola (40,700 pounds) with body shell and center sill made entirely of aluminum.
32 Buy-or lease? Reducing the guessworkThere's a time to buy, and there's a time to lease; within each alternative there are options, and options within options. This article offers guidelines designed to help both railroads and private investors reach a decision.
48 Marketing-minded CN Rail looks westOperating efficiency is a major factor in CN's prosperity; skillful marketing is another. Marketers see the biggest opportunities for growth in the western provinces, but a shortage of expansion capital is a problem.
60 L&N: A new look for manual blockThe board at Flomaton, Ala., generally resembles its CTC counterpart-but it's actually an ingeniously contrived "Manual Block Visual Display Board" that earned $50,000 in employee-suggestion awards for its designers.
NEWS
4 Short and Significant
9 RoadRailer: A different kind of test
111 NWS Enterprises: "A partnership"
14 Chessie: A new multi-mode concept
14 Conrail, Amtrak bills get moving
14 Rate of return: How 36 roads fared
19 End of the line for Auto-Train
19 Canadian firm plans auto service
81 The impact of dereg on managers
87 The Railroad Market
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