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Railway Age 1985 April Amtrak under siege Double stack trains economics
Railway Age 1985 April
98 pages
Contents
Features
37 Amtrak under siegeThe Reagan Administration's arguments for zero-budgeting Amtrak make neither economic nor social sense. They also reflect an astonishing about-face at the DOT.
45 The great yard swapWhen a Duluth rail yard got in the way of an Interstate highway, MnDOT embarked on the largest track relocation project on record, including building a whole new yard.
55 Montana rail finds new life in TexasWith the help of L.B. Foster, a Texas utility made significant savings by using relay cwr for a new 35-mph lignite coal line.
57 Galesburg gears for growthAn increasingly busy traffic hub for BN, the Galesburg yard is getting $73 million worth of modernization, including a new locomotive shop.
62 APL Linertrains stack up profits Having made "a real breakthrough with merchandise business in the rail industry," APL is buying three additional trainsets.
70 New power control for Metro-NorthA computerized supervisory control system operates both traction and signal power from headquarters in New York.
77 Trolleys try for New York comebackThe light-rail revival so far hasn't been felt in New York, but now there are proposals for four LRT lines in the area.
Update
25Ford to test robotic trailers
25 Tank container goes intermodal
25 Extra-long trailers for XTRA
29 Technology and the bottom line
29 Mexico to spend $1 billion
30 New market-dominance guidelines
31LIGHTNET starts its second leg
31NMB prepares for busier days
32 A deregulation success story
32 Grain rates down since Staggers
32 Crossing safety in Minnesota
33 Gunderson gets Twin-Stack orders
33 Chinese components at Pueblo
34 Seaboard cuts coal rates
34Conrail adds lumber terminal
34 BN's 24th utility contract
67 Radar probes old tunnels
67 Mobile substation for MBTA
67 Payroll tax funds Paris trains
68 Composite contact rail tested
68 VIA Rail plans big car order
Comment
6 Inside
19 Watching Washington
20 Lines on Labor
65 In Transit
98 Publisher's Perspective
Departments
8 Meetings
15 Industry Outlook
16 Market Outlook
82B People in the News
84 Revenues & Expenses
86 Products Report
92 New Literature
94 100 Years Ago
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