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Railway Age 2001 May
64 pages
Contents
Departments
1 Industry Indicators
6 Industry Outlook
8 Market
53 People
55 100 Years Ago
55 Meetings
55 Advertising Sales
56 Company Index
56 Advertising Index
57 Letters
58 Products
59 Professional Directory
61 Classified
Commentary
4 From the Editor
10 Financial Edge
12 Point of View
14 Supply Side
64 Policy Perspective
Rail update16 Transit rail market stays strong during recession; Supply Briefs
Small-road update21 CN and Wisconsin Central file merger plan; Briefs
Transit update22 Long-term growth plans boost WMATA car orders; In Transit.
World update24 Russia welcomes U.S. suppliers; Briefs.
Features
27 How CN does it-That is, run a scheduled railroad. And why? As Hunter Harrison points out, "If we provide better service, we'll get paid for it."
31 Web worries-The prospect of doing business on the Internet excites some railroads, and leaves suppliers wary.
37 Working toward safer grade crossings-Accidents are down, and responsible authorities are testing new equipment, both simple and high-tech, to maintain the trend.
45 History repeats itself-Low-cost, low-tech streetcar systems serve a real purpose, not only as recreational and tourist attractions, but by drawing attention to modern urban rail transit.
49 First, the Northeast. Next . . . ?-High speed rail does not mean 150-mph Acela Express-like trains everywhere. It means increasing speeds to 110-125 mph from 79 mph or less that is now the max of trains like the Cascades Talgo.
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