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Articles in May, 1995 issue of Railway Age

• MK Rail will build Iron Highway train - wins contract from CSX Intermodal - Brief Article
• Santa Fe - orders 26 diesel-electric locomotives from General Electric Locomotive Group - Brief Article
• Agreement: a mild, modest, and somewhat shaky hope - railroad labor-management relations
  by Gus Welty
• New orders swell Greenbrier backlog - Greenbrier Industries - Brief Article
• Safetran Systems' electronic division - wins contracts to provide equipment for Tasmanian Railroad and Madrid, Spain - Brief Article
• Short line tests recycled-plastic ties - OmniTRAX uses Eaglebrook Plastics ties to test new ties - Brief Article
• As Amtrak shrinks, how will its mail contracts fare?
• "It's a war zone out there." - Commuter Line Grade Crossings; includes related articles
  by William C. Vantuono
• CSX Transportation - executive appointments - Brief Article
• London Underground - awards train supply & maintenance contract to GEC Alsthom - Brief Article
• Siemens - completes first railcar of 16 for Durener District Railway along with its subsidiary Duewag AG - Brief Article
• NS and Hanjin form service partnership - Norfolk Southern to provide line haul and terminal service to Hanjin Shipping - Brief Article
• Harris Corp., Controls Division - contracts with General Electric Transportation Systems and Electro-Motive Division of General Motors for LOCOTROL systems - Brief Article
• CP Rail - contracts with Harmon and General Railway Signal - Brief Article
• AAR's Tech Center tries to keep a valued customer - American Association of Railroads Transportation Center provides services to Federal Railroad Administration
• ABC Rail Products Corp - to acquire wheel mounting arm of General Electric Railcar and Parts Service Corp - Brief Article
• Koppers Industries - acquires tie-treating facility from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co - Brief Article
• Peter E. Stangl to head Bombardier Transit Corp - new president comes from Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York - Brief Article
• Nippon Sharyo develops diesel railcar for North American market - specifications for the car are given; it was also developed by Sumitomo - Brief Article
• Easing the way for BN-Santa Fe - Burlington Northern's merger with Santa Fe - Railroad Mergers
  by Gus Welty
• Herzog Services Inc - selects ESCO Equipment Service as sole representative for Ultrasonic Rail Testing services - Brief Article
• The Egyptian National Railway - awards $68.7 million contract for 45 diesel-electric locomotives to ABB Henschel - Brief Article
• Bay Area Rapid Transit District - awards contract to AEG Transportation Systems to rehabilitate 200 cars with options for 239 more for $330 million - Brief Article
• Chicago Transit Authority - contracts with Gibson Electric Co for three new traction power substations for $10 million - Brief Article
• How to uncouple demurrage charges from car-hire - railroad logistics
  by Roy H. Blanchard
• MK Rail cuts back and refocuses - MK Rail Corp. makes changes at its Boise, Idaho, locomotive shop - Brief Article
• Union Switch & Signal - acquires business assets of Ventura Projects - Brief Article
• RailAmerica buys Canadian trucker - RailAmerica Inc. purchases Steel City Truck Lines Ltd. for $2 million and stock - Brief Article
• Real estate revenues - the New York, New York, Metropolitan Transit Authority recorded $79 million in real estate revenues during 1994 - Brief Article
• "Preload" enhances cushioning - train loading technique
  by S.K. Punwani
• Century Precast Railroad Products Division, The Century Group - executive appointments - Brief Article
• Hanover Transport Authority - awards $339 million contract for articulated light rail vehicles to Linke-Hoffman-Busch and Siemans - Brief Article
• UP moves ahead with distributed power program - Union Pacific to equip 300 locomotives with radio-controlled distributed power systems - Brief Article
• Metro-North - awards $430,000 contract to Microphor for 19 sewage handling systems - Brief Article
• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - awards $21 million to Conrail for track work and installation - Brief Article
• Johnstown seeks to acquire Transcisco - Johnstown American Industries Inc - Brief Article
• Dellner Ccouplers - expands facilities - Brief Article
• Union Tank Car - expansion success - Brief Article
• Amtrak readies for high speed on the Northeast Corridor - contract for high-speed trains to provide faster Metroliner Service expected to be awarded in summer 1995 - Brief Article
• Grain: on the move again
  by Gus Welty
• Algoma Central - executive appointments - Brief Article
• J & D Supply Inc - recent opening of railcar parts seller - Brief Article
• China's Ministry of Railways - expects $4.5 billion in foreign financing for railroad upgrading program - Brief Article
• Canadian refinery switches from water to rail - Ultramar Canada Inc. to move products on Canadian National Ultratrain - Brief Article
• Western Fuels Association - takes delivery 360 aluminum coal cars from Johnstown America - Brief Article
• Financial transactions: five suggestions for ethical conduct - Column
  by Anthony Kruglinski
• Ed Moyers accepts Railroader of the Year award
• Harmon Industries - wins contract with BHPIO - Brief Article
• Pioneer studies new acquisitions - Pioneer Railcorp - Brief Article
• Prototype wheelchair lifts - Amtrak purchased two lifts manufactured by Stewart & Stevenson Power Inc - Brief Article
• How much hype, how much hope? - development of the Interline Service Management program - includes a related article on the Railroad Industry Service Council
  by Gus Welty
• ACF Industries Inc - forms affiliate American Railcar Industries Inc.; also executive appointments - Brief Article
• GEC Alsthom Transport - subcontracts air conditioning for French National Railway cars to Soprano - Brief Article
• Chile's National Railroad - Empresa de los Ferrocarilles del Estado sells stake