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Articles in Oct, 2006 issue of Railway Age

• Transit ridership report
• Greenbrier expands railcar repair business
• The $307.3 million Northstar commuter rail project linking Minneapolis and Big Lake was cleared to begin final design by the FTA
• 2006 preliminary railroad accident/incident data
• VAIA Car
• Commuter cars the next generation: from DMUs to multilevels, commuter rail agencies have more choices than ever before, with state-of-the-art communications systems standard
  by Marybeth Luczak
• HDR, Inc
• GE Equipment Services, Rail Services, has promoted Kareen Gray to EVP-Sales and Service
• Are the order books open? Not for 2007
  by David Nahas
• STV Group
• Light rail interurbans? There are opportunities to take LRT design and operating doctrine beyond the mundane, to high performance
  by Alfred E. Fazio
• Gross & Janes Co
• IANA
• Welcome to the 2007 Railroad Financial Desk Book
  by Tony Kruglinski
• Gross & Janes Co
• Netherlands Railways purchased an additional 110 MINIVOX portable public address systems from Torrance, Calif.-based Anchor Audio, Inc
• Union Pacific
• Wabtec Corp
• Hydraulic-powered post drivers
• At midyear, Class I rate of return climbs again
• "We're not as cyclical as people think"
  by William C. Vantuono
• Bombardier Transportation and March Networks of Canada have partnered to develop an advanced, onboard mobile security system for passenger railcars
• For the record
• Railroad accident rates drop in year's first half
• Department of Homeland Security
• Capitol Corridor: it just keeps growing and growing
• A concrete way to build track: can substantially reduced maintenance outlays compensate for higher initial costs?
  by David N. Bilow
• RailComm
• Railway Equipment Co
• Leasing competition is fierce. Here's why
• Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
• Ireland's Railway Procurement Agency selected a Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc
• Kansas City Southern
• TTX Co
• Indicator system for mobile cranes
• Nordco
• Chicago plan: relief at last?
• Moving toward: movement planning: it's one of the most useful tools available in next-generation CAD systems as the industry rides a wave of modernization
  by William C. Vantuono
• DMJM Harris
• Long Island Rail Road
• Let's be in it for the "short-haul," too
  by George C. Betke, Jr.
• Traffic originated
• AREMA presents joint Hay Award
• Dallas Area Rapid Transit
• Tri-Rail launched an onboard video security system last month that not only records rider activity but allows conductors to monitor cars in real-time
• New York: CBTC "ready to go"
• The little engine that did
• Portec Rail Products, Inc
• Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc
• 2007 locomotive outlook
  by Dave Scott
• Short line and regional traffic index
• L-3 Communications
• Transport for London awarded a $425 million contract to Bombardier for 152 Class 376 Electrostar electric multiple-unit cars plus an associated Train Services Agreement for the East London Line and North London Railway
• Balfour Beatty Rail
• Federal Transit Administrator
• Website directory
• Heartland project progresses with highway funding
• Florida East Coast Railway
• NJT, Amtrak restructure NEC agreement
• FTD awarded a contract to Timken for an integrated roller bearing and housing assembly for the PROTOS low-floor multiple-unit regional train, which is available in diesel and electric versions
• Anacostia & Pacific
• Simmons Machine Tool Corp
• Meetings
• Small roads: to acquire or not to acquire
  by Roy H. Blanchard
• Peters tapped as new DOT secretary
• Keystone Corridor ready for 110-mph trains
• Switch heater activation system
• NJ Transit
• Indian Railways will use wireless communications technology from Nortel along its 466.6-mile, 90-station line connecting the Uttar Pradesh state business centers of Ghaziabad and Mugalsarai
• BNSF Railway
• Southwest Signal Engineering Co
• Metal Ties: By H.T. Porter, Chief Engineer, Bessemer & Lake Erie
• Railroad financial desk book: 2007 Directory: firms included in these profiles have advertisements elsewhere in this publication or have purchased space in this section
• Words of optimism—and caution
• Derailment and Dragging Equipment Detector