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Railway Age 2001 June
76 pages
Contents
Departments
1 Industry Indicators
8 Market
6 Industry Outlook
65 People
66 100 Years Ago
66 Meetings
66 Advertising Sales
67 Products
68 Company Index 68 Advertising Index
69 Letters
71 Professional Directory
73 Classified
Commentary
5 From the Editor
10 Best Practices
12 Point of View
76 Moving People
Rail update14 Will capital shortfall shrink the rail system?; Supply Briefs
Small-road update20 Open access stopped in Canada-for now; Briefs
Transit update22 Access issue threatens commuter rail start-ups; In Transit
World update24 France opens new TGV extension; Briefs
Features
27Fluid at last-Close cooperation, good communications, and trust are keeping freight and passenger traffic rolling free in the vital Chicago Gateway.
30But where are the profits?-Norfolk Southern and CSXT operations are back to normal after the flawed implementation of a costly merger. The challenge now is to increase business, reduce debt, and reward investor patience.
33Slow and steady toward fast and smooth-Suppliers of high-performance trucks are carefully testing current designs and gathering data to assure product quality.
37Windy City ramp-up-Chicago's sprawling passenger rail network is being modernized and expanded to handle surging ridership.
43Tie machines for tight work windows-Modern tie insertion/removal machinery has to do the job quickly, as well as efficiently and safely.
46CBTC: The jury is still out-Tremendous progress has been made in communications-based train control-but not enough to convince all the skeptics.
48Spray it on, let 'em roll-Performance of top-of-rail friction modifiers, a relatively new technology, can exceed traditional lubrication methods.
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