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Articles in April, 1991 issue of Railway Age

• Transit raises its voice: backed by a broad-based coalition of citizens' groups, state and local leaders are demanding more for mass transit, less for highways; sharply higher gas taxes could produce the funds
  by Jessica Stern
• Stop. Look. Listen: To date, many high speed planners have toiled in a field of dreams; it's time to pause, look hard at the mistakes others have made, and listen to those who have learned - the hard way - that in mega-projects determination is no substit
  by Gus Welty
• Helpful hints from railroad financial pro's - column
  by Anthony Kruglinski
• Bethlehem building five-unit cars for Burlington Northern Trough train - Bethlehem Steel Corp. Freight Car Div., Burlington Northern Inc.; open hopper freight cars
• Mandatory AEI? Private car owners and smaller roads like concept, not the cost - Automatic Equipment Identification for railroad cars
• MRL's Tom Walsh: "A more personal view of business." - Montana Rail Link Inc.'s chief financial officer - interview
  by Tony Kruglinski
• That's an energy policy? - editorial
  by Luther S. Miller
• From UTU and TCU, a big assist for the Chicago Belt - United Transportation Union, Transportation Communications Union, Belt Railway Company of Chicago - column
  by Gus Welty
• New hazmat regulations: the rail record in handling hazmat is good: one release in 13 million miles traveled; that may be one too many - but does it justify a raft of costly new regulations? - hazardous materials
• Union Pacific's "Quality Conference." - column
  by Robert G. Lewis
• Are the federal safety regulators straining at gnats? - railroad safety - column
  by Gus Welty
• Far sighted unions help advance the high speed cause - railroads
  by Donald M. Itzkoff
• How Itel keeps them rolling: Itel has a young fleet that it wants to keep that way; maintaining, repairing, and upgrading 72,000 cars require first class shops - and that's where Itel is putting its money - Itel Corp.; railroad cars