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Railway Age 1990 September Tomorrows igh tech railroad Circumferential line Chic
Railway Age 1990 September
132 pages
Contents
High-Tech Railroading
Putting the pieces togetherp. 37
A new fleet takes shape p. 43
M/w: Coping with changep. 48
C&S: Easing into a new erap. 51
60 Transit's quest for qualityFormidable obstacles sometimes clutter the route to efficient operation. The problems include, but go far beyond, getting quality products at good prices.
76 More cities look at railAt a recent California conference on emerging commuter rail systems, new activity was reported all over the country, sometimes in surprising places.
91 Will Metra follow Sears?Chicago has long studied a circumferential rail system. The move of thousands of Sears employees outside the city could hasten the day.
99 Itel markets a mixed fleetIt's a highly diversified fleet, no longer dominated by boxcars, and Itel is implementing a diversified marketing program to keep the cars busy.
Comment
2 Inside
12 Lines on Labor
16 Watching Washington
18 Equipment Financial Trends
19 High Speed Currents
132 Perspective
Departments
7 Industry Outlook
8 Market Outlook
102 VTS Newsletter
110 Meetings
112 People in the News
115 100 Years ago
117 Products
122 Letters
131 Advertisers Index
Update
22 RGI scuttles Soo deal, looks to BN trackage rights
23 Symposium on train control
23 MK will acquire UP's Boise depot
23 Calgary will get new car shop
23 TT plans pool of heavy duty flats
24 Insurance group enlists in CRASH
24 ICC again studies grain-car adequacy
24 IC completes downsizing
25 Rates advance with fuel prices
25 Thrall brings in new managers
25 Quantum grows 35% a month
27 IMA is adding space and staff
27 Reliable power delivers for USPS
27 Intermodal image lags the reality
27 SFP unit pours first gold bar
27 Harmon seeking Cedrite partners
29 Crossing accidents: Fewer, deadlier
29 Knorr Bremse reunited with parent
29 NS and Union Tank win ARAM awards
29 National Railway buys Silvis shops
30 From GTW, the safety gospel
30 Conrail forms transloading group
30 Bethlehem wants to sell car division
31 Blue Line carries millionth customer
31 Amtrak woos corporate clientele
31 LIRR gets a "C" from customers
32 Grumman heads maglev project in New York
32 Chicago sees big accessibility bill
32 TGI selected for Malaysian monorail
33 DART plan avoids long-term debt
33 PAT eases the way for City Center
33 Maglev R&D: Three options
33 Task force to study transit economics
34 IG gives NYCTA a caution signal
82 Court upsets ICC's Amtrak/B&M ruling
82 Oregon LCV proposal dropped
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