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Railway Age 1985 May Transit's trauma igh technology at the head end
Railway Age 1985 May
94 pages
Contents
Features
34High tech at the head endDespite severely reduced business levels, the diesel-electric builders have invested heavily in a new generation of locomotives that could dramatically change the power picture.
42Computers come to the aid of Santa Fe supersFive new Division Operations Centers, equipped both for computer-aided dispatching and computer-aided crew calling, will give superintendents important new work tools.
46Double-stacking: A maritime viewA Maritime Administration officer explores the implications, for both the ocean-shipping and railroad industries, of the trend toward double-stack container trains.
58Special Report: Transit's traumaThe White House has proposed drastic cuts in funding as a deficit-reduction move-but transit people see an ideological thrust that could deeply hurt the industry.
63Ac traction: When? Where?Already accepted in Europe, ac traction may soon find applications in North America, in both passenger and freight railroading. Tests are already under way.
Update
23 $5-10 billion market for new control systems
23 Union Pacific shores up communications
26 C&NW: Fight trucks with trucks
26 CP, CN to upgrade CS
27 Hardin seeks UTU, BLE merger
28 San Antonio signs with C&NW, UP
28 Evansville to get new terminal
31 Tank-car safety course
31 rank-container service expanding
32 Steel goes intermodal
32 Two buyers eye ICG trackage
32 Conrail, Chessie woo brick business
53 Chicago to host high speed parley
53 GRS teams up with Matra
53 Sacramento drives the first spike
53 BART traffic is up sharply
56 Los Angeles picks LRT consultants
56 Legislators try to stall Westway
Comment
6 Inside
19 Watching Washington
20 Lines on Labor
50 In Transit
94 Publisher's Perspective
Departments
8 Meetings
15 Industry Outlook
16 Market Outlook
71 Letters
81 People in the News
83 100 Years Ago
85 Products Report
89 New Literature
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