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Railway Age 1991 August C&S Precision train scheduling San Jose goes all the way
Railway Age 1991 August
84 pages
Contents
Features
27 Precision train scheduling?100% reliability in freight service operations is not just a dream. But first, return on investment questions must be answered and institutional barriers overcome.
35 Golden Freight Car awardsFor innovative marketing, Golden Freight Cars go to Burlington Northern and South Carolina Central, with Santa Fe and the Susquehannah taking Marketing Achievement Awards.
45 CSXT plays it safeIn an extraordinary employee-safety turnaround, the railroad has climbed from near the bottom to close to the top in the rankings-and found that safety pays in more ways than one.
48 Video protection pays off at crossingIn a Jonesboro, Ark., experiment, cameras monitoring a BN crossing have detected or deterred violators, and reduced the cost of replacing broken crossing gates.
50 L&D: The proof is in the payoutLoss and damage continues to shrink,with only 37 cents per $100 of revenue paid out in claims in 1990. And rail intermodal is proving that it's just as safe as trucking.
55 Fitting workers to the workWith lower-back injury claims soaring, the AAR R&T Department's application of ergonomic principles to the workplace takes on new importance. And it's achieving results.
58 When heavy loads payBurlington Northern, among others, has demonstrated that when the economies produced by heavy axle loads outweigh increased maintenance costs, the bottom line brightens.
63 San Jose goes all the wayAll 20 miles of the Guadalupe Corridor light rail system are in operation, and daily ridership of over 23,000 exceeds forecasts. Planners are busily mapping extensions.
Comment
4 Inside
9 Lines on Labor
10 Watching Washington
12 Financially Speaking
14 High Speed Currents
61 In Transit
84 Perspective
Departments
7 Industry Outlook
8 Market Outlook
71 People in the News
73 Products
75 100 Years Ago
77 Letters
78 Advertisers Index
78 Advertising Sales
Update
17 Alcatel acquiring Rockwell division
17 Chrysler expands its managed fleet
17 ICC resolves a regulatory mystery
17 Railway Age hosts Soviet visitors
17 FRA proposes rule on event recorders
18B New AEI system offered by CMU
18B GE and Lord sign single-source pact
19 Campcar builder opens rail spur
19 ICC looks at grain car supply
19 CSXT restructures to improve service
21 Southern Pacific agreement with Locomotive Engineers raises questions
21 Partner sought by GM locomotive
22 Kilroy, a moderate, voted out by TCU
22 Ex-Evans plant to be reactivated
23 WC to acquire 102 miles of Soo
23 Barriger Library plans B&B centennial
23 CSXT completes P&LE line purchase
23 Conrail, NS win Dow safety award
23 Mexican rails buy UP's TCS system
24 For new Sprints, crews of two
24 Hub Group wins loss control award
24 SP inaugurates intermodal express
25 DART revises cost estimates
25 China seeks aid for rail transit program
25 3,000 expected at APTA conference
25 Work begins on Newark APM
25 From Europe, a new travelers aid
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