Railway Age 1998 September 

136 pages 

Contents 

63 LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, UNLIMITED

Better technology, equipment utilization, and transportation planning are important factors. 

87 AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . 

Railway Age's Regional Railroad of the Year is the Texas Mexican. Short Line Railroad of the Year is the St. Lawrence & Atlantic.

93 GOOD TRANSIT IS GOOD BUSINESS 

Rail transit investment by the public sector tends to lead to private sector development. A community may get $4 back for each $1 invested.

101 KCS: RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME, RIGHT CEO 

A conversation with Kansas City Southern President and CEO Mike Haverty. 

105 ROLLER BEARING DEFECTS: PRECISION MONITORING FOR PRECISION COMPONENTS 

AAR is developing better methods to detect defects. The goal is fewer derailments and false hits.

111 How FEPASA SOLVED A LOCOMOTIVE PROBLEM

A U.S. locomotive remanufacturer successfully adapted Class I technology for Chile's newly privatized railway.

Rail Update 22

Top-heavy UP spreads the weight around; Thrall delivers first European car; Buying boom boosts builder backlogs; RailWorks goes public; STB CN/IC safety plan; OnmiTRAX will operate B.C. line; RailAmerica on a growth path; Regional/short line contest: Winners and near-winners; Supply Side; World Update.

TRANSIT UPDATE 56

Amtrak picks up trucker traffic; FRA dedicates "smart" crossing; Light rail is a Louisville option; Foundation plans station seminar; Cubic wins big London contract; Transit Briefs.

COMMENTARY

INSIDE 4

FINANCIAL EDGE 10

SHORT LINE/REGIONAL MARKETING ADVOCATE 14

IN TRANSIT 16

WATCHING WASHINGTON 20

POLICY PERSPECTIVE 136

DEPARTMENTS

INDUSTRY INDICATORS 1

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK 6

THE RAILWAY MARKET 8

PEOPLE 114

75/150 YEARS AGO 115

MEETINGS 115

PRODUCTS 116

LETTERS 123

ADVERTISING SALES 123

ADVERTISING INDEX 127

COMPANY INDEX 127

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY 128

CLASSIFIED 130