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Railway Age 1985 March High tech on the right of way Amtrak gets ready
Railway Age 1985 March
98 pages
Contents
Features
31 High-tech maintenanceTraditionally conservative engineering departments have been slow to enter the computer age, but the net result of their efforts is a high-tech roadway.
37 Trains give NASA a boostRailroads in general-and the 42-mile Kennedy Space Center Railroad in particular-are helping NASA keep costs down as it puts space vehicles up.
42 Trailers/containers: Sizing up the fleetSuppliers are moving quickly to respond to changing demands. The trend is toward longer trailers, short double-bottom units, and stacked containers.
45 A Railroader's Guide to Washington The updated Railway Age/Unit Rail Anchor listing covers the 99th Congress as well as other key contacts in the nation's capital.
68 Amtrak's CETC: A long, hard roadSoftware was the toughest problem confronted by designers of the integrated control system, which is now ready for phase-in at Philadelphia.
75 Track-Train Dynamics Newsletter Eight companies have submitted initial concept proposals for the High Productivity Integral Train Project; two are in the component-testing stage.
Update
23 NS-Conrail: Just the beginning
23 New satellite tests planned
23 Chessie's third concrete-tie test
24 Intermodal Expo gains momentum
24 DASH 8 fleet logs million miles
25 Bethlehem adapts to change
25 Seaboard orders 45 diesels
26 Conrail net tops half a billion
26 ICG takes to open road
26 Texas crews lay fiber optic cable
27 Soo Line closes deal for Milwaukee
28 BN-Seattle pact for intermodal
29 UP upgrades North Platte branch
29 ARTBA backs AAR on Staggers
61 Houston looks at light rail
61 A.C. test program advances
65 A people-mover for JFK?
65 German high-speed program
65 BART ridership rises
65 Sacramento revises plans
Comment
8 Inside
19 Watching Washington
20 Lines on Labor
57 In Transit
98 Publisher's Perspective
Departments
13 Meetings
15 Industry Outlook
16 Market Outlook
74 100 Years Ago
80 People in the News
90 Products Report
93 New Literature
95 Classified Advertising
97 Advertisers Index
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