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Articles in May, 1991 issue of Railway Age

• Chicago conferees get the latest scoop on equipment - Rail Equipment Finance '91
  by Anthony Kruglinski
• Conrail Mercury, Hub and IBM: have they cracked the code? - even computerized, intermodal transportation still is not profitable; includes related article on the Hub Group's usage of the AS 400 computer
  by F.K. Plous, Jr.
• A rebound for rebuilders? Locomotive rebuilding/remanufacturing has been hurt by war and recession; but the long-range outlook is bright for broadly-based companies that offer quality products
• CN opens high-tech OMC: the Montreal-based Operations Management Centre combines sophisticated technologies to coordinate train movement anywhere on CN's network - Montreal, Canada
  by Jessica Stern
• How the FRA's "system safety" concept could work - Federal Railroad Administration
  by Donald M. Itzkoff
• Intermodal's future: perils and promise
• New Orleans thinks big: the Crescent city has developed a bold strategic plan for intermodal - a plan that promises great benefits for the port, its railroads, and warehouse and dray operators - New Orleans, Louisiana
  by Douglas John Bowen
• Quantum's pace quickens - Quantum intermodal transportation service is very successful
  by Gus Welty
• Iron Highway fills a gap - new railroad freight loading concept could multiply business by ten
• Day 5,500 on the Metro: fifteen years after Washington's Metro Rail system went into operation, some of the major players recall how they helped to bring plans for a world-class system to reality - Washington D.C
  by Luther S. Miller
• TT equips for growth: the heavy-lift double stack car will help intermodal penetrate new markets; after several years of prototype testing, Trailer train has placed production orders with two builders - Trailer Train Co
• After national issues, many local ones remain - Congress forbid the rail strike, but did not solve problems
  by Gus Welty
• In a narrow ruling, Supreme Court backs ICC and railroads - Interstate Commerce Commission
  by Gus Welty
• From the GATX, the Arcticar - General American Transportation Corp.'s cryogenic railcar