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Railway Age 1989 December The challenge of the 90s
Railway Age 1989 December
66 pages
Contents
Features
THE CHALLENGE OF THE 90sThe challenge of the '80s was survival. The challenge of the '90s will be growth. Four industry leaders describe how they think railroads must respond to that challenge.
Strength through unityp. 28By James A. Hagen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Conrail
Harnessing new technologyp. 30By Michael R. Haverty, President and Chief Operating Officer Santa PP Railway
A labor-management partnershipp 31By Gerald Grinstein, President and Chief Executive Officer Burlington Northern, Inc.
Leveling the playing field .. p. 32By Richard E. Briggs, Executive Vice President Association of American Railroads
1990 RAIL FINANCE REVIEW AND DIRECTORYA special section, prepared by Railway Age Financial Editor Anthony D. Kruglinski, examines four main areas of railroad financing, and lists some of the major players in this multi-billion-dollar field. This section begins immediately following p. 34 in our regular pagination.
Banking railroads-avoiding the minefields p. F5
Investment banking-railroad style p. F9
When "finance" means extra effort p. F16
Equipment lessors-obvious options p. F19
39 Locomotive leasing, the right wayDespite the mixed reviews given to motive power leasing to date, a strong case can be made in favor of both short and long term equipment lease programs.
42 The Florida field narrows to oneThe Florida High Speed Rail Corporation, a consortium led by ABB, is the sole remaining applicant for the franchise to build a Miami-Orlando-Tampa system.
Comment
6 Inside
16 Watching Washington
19 Lines on Labor
21 Equipment Financial Trends
66 Perspective
Departments
11 Industry Outlook
12 Market Outlook
41 Letters
47 Vehicle Track Systems newsletter
53 People in the News
54 Products
56 100 Years Ago
56 Advertising Sales
57 Meetings
65 Advertisers Index
Update
23 Bethlehem starts work on all-purpose cars
23 Miner's C.R. Barney is new head of RPI
23 Griffin Wheel closes Bensenville plant
24 ASF acquires List truck technology
24 Dempsey: Spare us the platitudes
25 5,000th plastics hopper car delivered
25 CN unveils new inter-modal cars
25 BN offers generic tracing program
26 UP will increase spending on plant
26 Productivity awards go to NS and BMWE
35 Morrison Knudsen is low bidder on new cars for CTA
35 OB Transit, SAB in joint venture
37 Amtrak to reroute Broadway and Capitol
37 New York learns a costly lesson
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