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Railway Age 1998 July Goodbye Conrail Hello competition
Railway Age 1998 July
72 pages
Contents
Supplement27TH ANNUAL CAR & LOCOMOTIVE REPAIR DIRECTORY(Special pull-out insert begins after page 36.)
29 GOOD-BYE, CONRAIL. HELLO, COMPETITION!STB's approval of the Conrail carve-up is an event of benchmark importance in the history of railroading.
37 MERGERS MARK A TURBULENT FIRST-HALFAnalysts ponder the implications of UP-SP, Conrail, CN-IC, and a possible union of unions.
40 PTC: THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE NEXT GENERATIONAAR, FRA, and Illinois DOT plan an industry-interoperable PTC system.
45 PASSENGER RAIL: HIGH HOPES, HIGH INVESTMENTGroundwork has been laid for continued rapid expansion.
49 IMPROVING THE RAIL/WHEEL INTERFACEAdvanced Rail Management's annual seminar provided a useful forum for discussion.
53 IS THERE A PEOPLE-MOVER IN YOUR FUTURE?A solid success at airports, people-movers have been slower to win a place in U.S. urban transit.
RAIL UPDATE 18Jake Jacobson's "Magnificent Seven"; CPR will assemble its own GM units; KCS orders GRS traffic control system; Ranchers fight DM&E expansion; Work progresses on active draft cushioning devices; UP: Big money eases big problems; O'Toole named Conrail President; Supply Side; World Update.
Transit Update 25TEA-21, a transit "home run"; ICE wreck under investigation; Radio-based train control system tested; CN conveys line to VIA Rail; New Denver line at half-way mark; Grand Canyon rail plan gets moving; Transit Briefs.
COMMENTARY
INSIDE4
FINANCIAL EDGE10
SHORT LINE/REGIONAL MARKETING ADVOCATE 14
IN TRANSIT16
WATCHING WASHINGTON17
POLICY PERSPECTIVE72
DEPARTMENTS
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK6
THE RAILWAY MARKET 8
INDUSTRY INDICATORS 9
PEOPLE57
75/150 YEARS AGO58
MEETINGS58
PRODUCTS59
LETTERS62
ADVERTISING SALES62
ADVERTISING INDEX63
COMPANY INDEX63
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY64
CLASSIFIED66
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