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Railway Age 1991 April High speed rail planners guide Maintaining 72000 car priv
Railway Age 1991 April
72 pages
Contents
High Speed Rail Planner's Guide
Stop. Look. Listen p. 47The high speed planning scene is bleaker today than it was a year ago. Caution has replaced confidence. Fast-moving plans have stalled. It may be time for high speed partisans to pause, examine what has happened so far, and listen to those who have learned some hard lessons.
Where it's happening p. 56AA Railway Age gatefold map shows selected high speed corridors that are in advanced or preliminary planning stages and updates their status. The text describes extensions and new proposals.
24 Financial forum: "A more personal view of the business"Montana Rail Link's CFO, Tom Walsh, says it's different working for a railroad when the owner is within 100 feet of your office.
27 How Itel keeps 72,000 cars rollingIt's a young fleet, and Itel aims to keep it young with a network of first class shops for maintenance, repair, and upgrading.
33 A Railroader's Guide to WashingtonKey contacts in Congress, the Cabinet, government agencies, trade associations, Amtrak-they're all here, in the updated Railway Age/Unit Washington Guide.
43 Transit raises its voice To plea for a better break in the budget, transit leaders joined a citizens' group coalition in a Capitol Hill rally.
44 Do we really need more hazmat regs?Despite the railroads' excellent and improving safety record, there are proposals for onerous new regulations.
Comment
2 Inside
8 Lines on Labor
9 Watching Washington
10 Financially Speaking
12 High Speed Currents
72 Perspective
Departments
5 Industry Outlook
6 Market Outlook
58 People in the News
60 Products
62 Meetings
63 100 Years Ago
65 Letters
Update
13 Bethlehem building five-unit cars for Burlington Northern Trough Train
13 Mexico wins unit train grain rates in agreement with Southern Pacific
14 Mandatory AEI? Private car owners and smaller roads like the concept but not the cost
16 Railroad Milemaker adds Canadian data
16 Welch is New York's Man of the Year
16 Commuter locomotives ordered by LACTC
17 Comments sought on Sanitary Food rules
17 Long-range prospects bright for coal
18 Quantum called a "tremendous success"
18 PLM will expand rental trailer fleet
20 Hub's Bantam serves 74 traffic lanes
20 Intermodal Expo planners prepare for 5,000
21 Santa Fe, OOCL sign double-stack pact
21 CSXI offers incentive to first-time users
22 TTC's T-1 features redesigned interior
22 DeLeuw, Cather wins Kaohsiung contract
23 Honolulu moves ahead with transit project
23 Pittsburgh seeks dedicated funding
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