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Railway Age 1985 January High tech railroading Keeping wheel in shape
Railway Age 1985 January
70 pages
CONTENTS
Features
27High-tech railroadingNow (or soon to be) working on the railroad are such space-age tools as microchips, laser beams and satellites-and there's more to come.
31Fiber optics: An inside trackIn both on-line communications and bottom-line profits, fiber optics will play a big role in tomorrow's railroads. The only question is how big.
36Just-in-time railroadingA GTW line in Lansing, Mich., has become an extension of an Oldsmobile assembly line-or has the auto plant become an extension of the railroad?
39Keeping wheels in shapeThe average railroad wheel endures incredible abuse during its 250,000-mile lifetime. How can the abuse be minimized and wheel-life increased?
56Moving people: A busy yearDespite the threat of more federal funding cuts, enough rail passenger activity is already under way in the U.S. to keep the wheels turning.
59For Transit America, a running startThe former Budd Transit Division has a healthy backlog, a new name, and a new game plan for penetrating a greatly expanded marketplace.
Update
21 More western coal under contract
21FRA adopts UP's voluntary program
21ACE project test program begins
21 Soo Line forms holding company
21Piggy Packer weighs as it loads
22 Bethlehem tools up for longer rails
22 British company buys EMD units
23New container car from old G85s
23Bechtel honored for bridge
24 EMD exhibit features high-tech
24State takes over Alaska Railroad
25 Fords move faster in BN operation
25 Conrail packages rail-barge service
25 Outlook brightens for short lines
49 West Germans fund Texas study
49Santa Clara plan hits SP snag
49Amtrak will test 3-phase AC
49 Vancouver orders Swiss monorail
49 New Mexico studies "rapid rail"
Comment
5 Inside
19 Watching Washington
20 Lines on Labor
47 In Transit
70 Publisher's Perspective
Departments
8 Revenues and Expenses
13 Meetings
15 Industry Outlook
16 Market Outlook
55 Advertising Sales
61 People in the News
64Products Report
66 New Literature
67 Professional Cards
68 Classified Advertising
68 Advertisers Index
69 100 Years Ago
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