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Railway Age 1996 September Freight cars: The market is healthy, innovators are b
Railway Age 1996 September
155 pages
Contents
59 Freight cars: The market is healthy, innovators are busyWith business at comfortable levels, carbuilders are adapting to changes in the order mix and working on such new designs as the UniversalCar and the AllRailer.
73 How a shrinking industry is coping with growthHow do you stuff an expanding volume into a shrinking container? Not easily, and not inexpensively either, as most major U.S. railroads have been finding out.
89 CBTC for transit: New York leads a revolutionToronto has successfully demonstrated the concept, but NYCT may be the first North American rapid transit property to implement it in a major way.
95 Canada sharpens its focus on short linesCentral Western, RailTex, and Iron Road are the shining stars of Canada's latter-day short line movement. Now, with a new set of rules, there could be new players.
105 E-p braking: Wired or wireless?As the viability of e-p braking grows, so do the number of available technologies. Here's one company attempting to cover all the bases-wired or not.
111 How chlorate got its own carConventional hopper cars couldn't meet the exacting demands of hauling sodium chlorate in dry form. A brand new aluminum/steel design filled the bill.
113 VIA: Farewell to steam-heated carsA $58 million rebuilding and head-end power conversion program on 33 cars is expected to yield VIA a $1.5 million reduction in operating costs.
24 Rail UpdateDigiCon/BNSF control center; first-quarter ROI; Evansville Terminal; Thrall EuroSpine; The Supply Side.
46 Transit UpdatePortland's low-floor LRVs; Amtrak's Flexliner; NYCT's new subway cars; DART start-up; Transit Briefs.
COMMENTARY
4Inside
12 Lines on Labor
14The Financial Edge
16 Policy Perspective
16B Short Line Marketing Advocate
17 Watching Washington
22North America In Transit
DEPARTMENTS
6Industry Outlook
8 The Railway Market
9Industry Indicators
118 R&T Headline News
122 75/150 Years Ago
126 People
124 Meetings
130 Products & Literature
147 Advertisers Index/Ad Sales
148 Professional Directory
149 Classified
155 World Update
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