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Railway Age 1990 June Rail transit returns to Los ANgeles Preventive freight car
Railway Age 1990 June
74 pages
Contents
Features
27 Conrail's Hagen: "Railroads can compete with trucks"To win highway traffic, the industry must offer "a better product-seamless transportation," says Conrail's CEO. But one railroad can't do it alone: "One thing we've got to get rid of in the railroad business is the not-invented-here syndrome."
34 "Preventive" payoff is big for BNWith its "total package of freight car preventive maintenance," BN is getting greater productivity from a smaller fleet and far fewer rejections of cars by shippers.
42 Tie tests: Price vs. costCrossties and fastening systems are coming in for more attention as axle loads get heavier. One conclusion: Premium materials don't cost-they pay.
46 L.A. Blue Line ready for ridersRail transit will return to LoS Angeles when the L.A.-Long Beach Blue'Line opens in July. It's a textbook model of light rail efficiency.
51 ABB enters Canadian raceA "Sprintor" version of Sweden's tilting X2 is proposed for 150-mph service in the Quebec City-Montreal corridor.
52 For Grand Central, a grand planTo restore the landmark terminal to its original architectural integrity-and to enhance its commercial value-a $400 million renovation is proposed.
55 BN and Amtrak try RoadRailerWorking with Boise Cascade, Burlington Northern will use RoadRailer to feed double-stacks. Amtrak will test the hybrids in mail service.
Comment
8 Inside
11 Watching Washington
12 Lines on Labor
16 Equipment Financial Trends
74 Perspective
Departments
13 Industry Outlook
14 Market Outlook
56 People in the News
57 Vehicle Track Systems Newsletter
61 Products
65 Literature
67 100 Years Ago
68 Meetings
73 Advertising Sales
73 Advertisers Index
Update
18 Joint venture project to speed waste-by-rail
18 AEG adapts maglev to mining operations
18 Truck revenues up, earnings down
19 FM Industries buys Freight-Saver line
19 SFSP will spin off realty, energy units
19 GE delivers first locomotives to CN
22 RoadRailer interest spreads in Europe
22 KCT buys two Santa Fe lines
22 Chinese-built "Mikado" makes its debut
22 BN locomotives honor ex-presidents
22 Wisconsin Central bucks the trend
23 New Itel contracts cover 1,900 cars
23 Class I employment sinks to 213,771
23 L&D payout rises first time since '79
23 UP offers shippers new EDI program
24 In Washington, maglev is the magic word
25 Three states order high speed study
25 TGV Atlantique hits record 320 mph
25 APTA creates panel on high speed rail
26 North Carolina gets new Amtrak service
26 JFK people mover in holding pattern
26 Maryland MTA buys CR line for light rail
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