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Railway Age 2002 August
48 pages
Contents
Departments
1 Industry Indicators
6 Industry Outlook
8 Market
40 People
40 100 Years Ago
40 Meetings
40 Advertising Sales
41 Company Index
41 Advertising Index
42 Products
43 Professional Directory
44 Classified
Commentary
4 From the Editor
10 Best Practices
48 Point of View
Rail update12 UP's second quarter jump; New STB chairman.
Small-road update14 Tex-Mex chooses BLE; RailAmerica buy-backs.
Transit update15 With a Gunn at its head, Washington acts.
Features
17Making the grade-Suppliers of grade crossing warning systems and surfaces continue to improve technologies to help make crossings safer.
22Special trackwork for special needs-TTCI and the railroads are examining new designs and materials that should add more MGT to the service life of special trackwork.
28Blazing trails-New services, new equipment, new facilities, new technologies-New Jersey Transit has them all. To keep expanding to meet rising demand, the agency will need a larger, steadier source of growth capital.
34When form follows function-What is it that sets outstanding designs apart from the mundane? What can good design contribute to a passenger rail system? Leaders in industrial design and architecture offer their viewpoints.
37Where's the beef?-It's quite possibly moving over BNSF in a satellite-monitored, temperature-controlled trailer or jumbo reefer. Frozen fries, apples, and cheese are among other perishables BNSF is bringing back to rail.
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