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Railway Age 2000 May
72 pages
Contents
Departments
1 Industry Indicators
8 Market
10 Industry Outlook
57 People
58 Meetings
58 Advertising Sales
59 Products
62 Professional Directory
64 Advertising Index
65 Classified
Commentary
6 From the editor
12 Financial Edge
16 Point of View
72 Policy Perspective
Rail update18 Management shakeup (again) at CSXT; Washington Watch; Supply Side.
Transit update30 Light rail on the waterfront off to a good start; In Transit.
World update32 Spain's high speed race; Briefs.
Features
35 Get ready fora great ride--Amtrak's long-awaited Ace/a Express is poised for a summer debut. You'll find it worth the wait.
44 Why STB called time-out on mergers- "We have moved from an era in which the focus was on shedding excess capacity [to] a point where we're struggling with inadequate capacity."
47 Relative peace-Though some dark clouds loom, there's a sense that the deep chasms traditionally separating railroads and their unions at bargaining time are more shallow than at any time in recent memory.
49 Building safety into m/w equipment-Railroads want improved safety and suppliers are responding.
52 No ordinary hump yard-Keeping the railroad fluid through fast, efficient car handling is a hallmark of Union Pacific's Jerry R. Davis Yard.
55 Protection pays off-Railcar interior linings and coatings and exterior paints inhibit corrosion, maintain product purity, and help keep the environment clean.
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