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Articles in June, 1995 issue of Railway Age
- Long Island Rail Road - Frederic R. Harris Inc. signed on to provide construction management services - Brief Article
- Toronto Transit Commission - awards contract to Alcatel Contracting for $13.5 million Canadian for designing and installing a new radio communications network
- Haverty succeeds Edwards at KCS - Kansas City Southern Railway names Michael Haverty as new president and chief executive - Brief Article
- Harmon Industries - 1st qtr 1995 financial results - Brief Article
- Conrail, NS join in new intermodal service - Norfolk Southern; service between Atlanta, Georgia and Kearny, New Jersey - Brief Article
- Pioneer Railcorp splits two for one - stock split - Brief Article
- For the St. Louis area - Bi-State Development Agency capital projects for St. Louis, Missouri, local transit system for FY1996 - Brief Article
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San Diego gets it together - rail transit - includes related article on new rolling stock
by William C. Vantuono -
Tools for the 21st century - railroad simulation models
by Som P. Singh - HAL revenue service update - heavy axle loads effects on tracks - Vehicle Track Systems Newsletter
- Sasib Railway - acquires Railway Telephony Division of Philips SpA - Brief Article
- Danish State Railways - $1.6-billion investment program for 1995-98 - Brief Article
- RENFE and SNCF - France and Spain sign pacts to improve passenger train services between the countries - Brief Article
- Freight car backlog at 16-year high - 48,194-car backlog as of April 1, 1995 - Brief Article
- Maryland Mass Transit Administration - gives $4 million contract for track extension engineering services to De Leuw, Cather and Co
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Does anybody here know how to play this game? - railroad management-labor dispute - Column
by Gus Welty - SP accelerates a.c. power program - Southern Pacific to get 282 propulsion locomotives from General Electric this year, 76 more than in original contract - Brief Article
- Edgewater Steel - reformed after bankruptcy as Oakmont Steel, but will continue to use old name - Brief Article
- Amtrak improves on-time record - Amtrak's on-time performance improved to 79.2% in the first quarter of 1995, up from 66% in the first quarter of 1994 - Brief Article
- MNA will offer intermodal service - Missouri & Northern Arkansas railroad - Brief Article
- PATH trains - Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. reports 5.1% increase in train passenger traffic between New Jersey and New York, New York in 1995 vs 1994 - Brief Article
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Railroading "under the wire." - success of RailTex Service Company's San Diego & Imperial Valley railroad line
by William C. Vantuono -
Railcar shortages give owner/lessors an advantage - but maybe not forever - 1995 Guide to Equipment Leasing
by Anthony D. Kruglinski - Wheel climb derailment tests using AAR's Track Loading Vehicle - Association of American Railroads - Vehicle Track Systems Newsletter
- Indian Railways - $2.4-billion capital budget for 1995-96 - Brief Article
- Bombardier Eurorail Division - BN - will supply trains to Cologne and Saarbrucken, Germany - Brief Article
- Argentina - plans rail-auto bridge connecting Santa Tome and Sao Borjas, Brazil - Brief Article
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co - receives 380 coal cars from Johnstown America - Brief Article
- North San Diego County County Transit Development Board - Frederic R. Harris Inc. selected to provide engineering and planning for new rail transit line - Brief Article
- Five roads post double-digit ROIs - Interstate Commerce report on 1994 Class I railroad financial performance shows five railroads had a rate of return on investment over 10% - Brief Article
- Union Switch & Signal - receives order from CP Rail for new microprocessor-based track equipment - Brief Article
- Safetran's Electronic Division - receives two international contracts - Brief Article
- CSX Transportation signs on with AT&T - AT&T Solutions to provide new telecommunications system for CSX Transportation under new 10-year service contract - Brief Article
- Los Angeles MTA - Los Angeles County, CA, Metropolitan Transportation Authority approves 20-year, $72.4 billion transportation plan - Brief Article
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22,000 miles under one roof - Burlington Northern's Network Operations Center - Cover Story
by Gus Welty -
Short lines dig for dollars - New Jersey lines receive federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds
by William C. Vantuono -
Regional and super-regional banks edge towards operating leasing - railcar leasing; includes leasing resource directory; 1995 Guide to Equipment Leasing - Directory
by Anthony D. Kruglinski - Amtech enters into joint venture in China - Brief Article
- A McNally Westman - coal train tippler and train positioner ordered by ESKOM of South Africa - Brief Article
- Autometers Secheron Ltd - new India subsidiary of Secheron Ltd. and Autometers Ltd. formed - Brief Article
- Wisconsin Central raises a caution flag - Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. cautious about projections for 1995 performance despite good 1st quarter 1995 results - Brief Article
- NJ Transit - awards LTK Engineering Services $987,600 contract for design and engineering of subway equipment - Brief Article
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Washington in transit: apocalypse or posturing? - proposed legislation would cut transportation funding - Column
by Luther S. Miller -
The equipment group of GEC ALSTHOM Transport has been chosen by Bombardier for the refurbishment of the Mexico City subway - includes examples of GEC's work - Special Advertising Section
by Andre Navarri - Xtra - pays $350 million for Matson Leasing - Brief Article
- MK Rail expects first-quarter loss - MK Rail cites the proposed sale by its major stockholder of its interest in the railroad as major reason for the expected loss - Brief Article
- Acquisitions boost RailTex profits - acquisitions of Central Oregon & Pacific and New England Central railroads - Brief Article
- Restructuring is paying off, says Amtrak - improvements in budget performance, safety and ontime performance - Brief Article
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Thrall's integral-car solution - motor vehicle carrier
by Gus Welty -
Lessors battle for a finite equipment pool and a reasonable return - lease financers - 1995 Guide to Equipment Leasing
by Anthony D. Kruglinski - A flange bearing frog concept for heavy rail freight operations - rail crossings track - Vehicle Track Systems Newsletter
- ABB Signal, Ansaldo, and GEC Alsthom - develop technology for European Train Control System - Brief Article
- The Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway - accepts $60 million in French aid for repairs and locomotives - Brief Article
- Japan's JR West - reports annual profit of $462 million - Brief Article
- Bay Area Rapid Transit - orders $330,000 horizontal wheel press from JSJ Corp's Dake Division - Brief Article
- NJ Transit/Amtrak - awards $2 million contract to Safetran Systems for design and construction of a central instrument house - Brief Article
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Class I spinoffs: is a second wave coming? - regional and shortline spinoffs - Column
by Anthony Kruglinski - Johnstown America - sales results for 1st qtr 1995 - Brief Article
- De Leuw, Cather - receives $4 million contract from Maryland Department of Transportation Mass Transit Administration - Brief Article
- Southern Pacific double-tracks in Sunset Corridor - railroad is adding 46 miles of track east of Tucson, Arizona, in its largest construction project in 27 years - Brief Article
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High speed: "The only growth area." - need to support high speed rail development in the Northeast Corridor
by Dan Cupper - New York MTA looks for a new CEO - Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York - Brief Article
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CN posts 'For Sale' sign - Canadian National Railways
by Greg Gormick -
Manufacturer owned leasing companies: who, what, and why - railcar leasing; 1995 Guide to Equipment Leasing
by Anthony D. Kruglinski - People - multiple briefs on executive appointments
- Compagnie des Signaux Transport - to supply 10 hotbox detector systems to New South Wales, Australia State Railway Authority - Brief Article
- Santiago de Chile Metro - gives $4.5 million control system contract to France's Syseca - Brief Article
- Pakistan's Ministry of Railways - offers private industry investment incentives in acquiring 50 diesel-electric and 1,300 tank cars to move oil to generating plants - Brief Article
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