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Railway Age 1991 July Midyear report Freight equipment Portland Railroads
Railway Age 1991 July
124 pages
Contents
Features
26 Midyear report: Is the worst over?Probably not. But while short-term prospects are bleak, long-term indicators are bullish and the market views railroads as attractive investments.
95 Rethinking the freight carIn the second installment of our R&D series, Keith Hawthorne, the AAR's assistant vice president, research and test, describes the search for improved technology, from new car concepts to longer-lasting components.
103 Intermodal: Portland plays to winThe Port of Portland has played historic strengths and added new ones, including critical access features for rail carriers, in its aggressive quest for intermodal traffic.
106 Crossties: A new challengerRailFast, a gauge-retention system for wood crossties, has been successfully tested, and the manufacturer is looking toward a pilot manufacturing program.
107 Advanced train communicationsAdvanced train control systems may come slowly, but railroads are moving fast on train communication systems. Steps now being taken will ultimately result in time- and money-savings.
31 20th Annual Car & Locomotive Repair Directory
110 Less is more at VIA Rail Despite years of challenge and adversity, Canada's passenger railway retains considerable vitality.
Comment
2 Inside
8 Lines on Labor
9 Watching Washington
11 Financially Speaking
14 High Speed Currents
109 In Transit
122 Perspective
Departments
5 Industry Outlook
6 Market Outlook
112 People in the News
114 Products
115 100 Years Ago
116 Meetings
124 Advertisers Index
Update
15 Santa Fe spins off North Orient line
15 Siemens and Krupp pool rail resources
15 CSX moves toward managed housing
15 FRA issues rule on engineer training
15 Productivity and survival
16 Train pacing cuts fuel cost on CSX
18 PDS opens Calgary shop
18 Safety on NS: A good record
20 CN introduces domestic stacks
20 American President opens new terminal
22 RoadRailer forges U.S.-Canada link
23 Secaucus Transfer wins design funding
23 Chicago-Twin Cities will get new study
24 From Morrison Knudsen, something new
24 ConnDOT wins award for rail marketing
24 France aims for 3,000-mile TGV network
24 NJ Transit restudies Newark Airport extension
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