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Articles in August, 2004 issue of Railway Age

• Gottlieb Skanska, Inc
• Long-travel side bearings
• Portec: record results and an acquisition
• Remote control transmitter
• Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
• Intermodal: a high speed conveyor belt
• Obituary
• CN upgrades Track-Asset Management
• Connecticut closes in on new commuter railcars
• TTX enlarges and modifies a busy fleet
• Holland L.P., a supplier of electric flash-butt welding equipment, has acquired British Columbia-based E.O. Paton International Holdings
• Minneapolis, the 'City of Lakes,' may rebill itself as the 'City of Rail' with the opening of the Hiawatha Light Rail line
  by Marybeth Luczak
• Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Website directory
• CPR, NS: A new Northeast plan
• Interborough rapid transit instruction car
• Freight cars, new
• New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
• Mechanical: higher availability, longer trains
• Portec Rail Products, Inc
• Wabtec sees stronger equipment market
• CN safer, faster, smarter
  by Greg Gormick
• Railroad cost of capital declines again
• Germany-based Cattron-Theimeg Europe has been awarded a contract to supply locomotive remote control systems to Belgium Railways and the Swiss Railway System
• Pioneer Friction Ltd
• KS Engineers, P.C
• Meetings
• "Good railroading" lops 4.6 points off CN op ratio
• state ownership/operation of railways?
• Traffic originated
• MTA Metro-North Railroad
• eAX drives safety, productivity gains; in-service data shows dramatic improvement in productivity—boosting the bottom line while improving safety
• Patrick B. Loftus, corporate secretary of TTX Co., has been promoted to the additional role of VP-Law and Government Affairs
• UP traffic, revenues at record levels; profits aren't
• Bush backs New York rail link
• Will event recorder upgrades be required?
• Harsco Track Technologies , the railroad track maintenance division of Harsco Corp., will supply a Stoneblower advanced-technology track surfacing machine to Australia's Queensland Rail
• Who's watching your crossing? Inspection and testing of grade crossing warning systems—always an onerous task—is getting easier, thanks to the efforts of suppliers
  by Tom Judge
• S & C Distribution Co
• Amtrak has a plan—where's the money?
• Stub-end pencils, and spreadsheets
  by William C. Vantuono
• Transportation Security Administration
• C&S: the need to simplify
• L.B. Foster Co
• Diesel-fume detector
• Thompson Industries, Inc
• NJ Transit
• Happy 150th, Horseshoe Curve
• … With RailAmerica CEO Charles Swinburn
  by Marybeth Luczak
• Engineering: Catch problems before they happen
• Pricing initiatives fortify Greenbrier results
• Amtrak
• Connecticut DOT
• Grade crossing safety under scrutiny
• Making "black holes" disappear
  by Paul Pascutti
• Metro Transit
• DMJM+Harris
• Congress delays spending bill … again
• Don't miss an opportunity to secure funding
  by Howard Capito
• IT: "deep, rather than broad"