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Fall transition
Fall is definitely a transition season. We're past the Dog Days of summer, but blissfully ahead of the icy blasts of approaching winter. It's time...
Railway Track and Structures, 10/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Growth package, colored green: Union Pacific's, newest intermodal terminal taking shape in Joliet, Ill., treads lightly on its surroundings while preparing to generate jobs and support customer growth
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now being built on the prairies southwest of Chicago, Union Pacific's new Joliet, Ilk, Intermodal Terminal will feature an...
Railway Age, 10/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Taking credit
Here in my home state of Illinois, everything is peachy. I've seen that our state lawmakers have the time and energy to launch a bill to force...
Railway Track and Structures, 09/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Metra moving: carrying hundreds of thousands of riders daily is a challenge that Metra's engineering department proves it can handle year-in and year-out
Chicago's Metra, the second largest commuter rail service in the nation, brings together a variety of operations from the Metra Electric, formerly...
Railway Track and Structures, 09/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
MSU rail bridges smoothing traffic: two new rail bridges now carry CN and CSXT trains over once-bucolic Farm Lane road at the south end of the Michigan State campus
After decades of planning, the Farm Lane Underpass project on the campus of Michigan State University is becoming a reality. Over MSU's 153-year...
Railway Track and Structures, 09/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
CREATE on the move: designed to modernize Chicago's railroad infrastructure, CREATE is striding from planning to nuts-and-bolts projects
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program, CREATE, is a first-of-its-kind partnership...
Railway Age, 09/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Common sense
With a headline like that, I suppose I should start out with "These are the times that try men's souls. ... " Unfortunately, another Tom, a Mr....
Railway Track and Structures, 08/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Wish list: when chief engineers sit down to spec m/w equipment, safety is again the top priority, followed by reliability and ease of operation and maintenance
What do chief engineers really want in m/w equipment, and are they getting it from suppliers? Our annual survey asked that combined question and we...
Railway Track and Structures, 08/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Hot trains, cold calculations
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dedicated ("true") high speed or incremental ("higher speed") using existing rights-of-way? With the exception of...
Railway Age, 08/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication -
Speeding up the Meridian Speedway: a $300 million upgrade has so far seen 217,000 new ties installed, 5,000 cars of ballast installed, 106 miles of premium rail laid, 120 crossings upgraded—and that's just the beginning
Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern are looking to the future with an upgrade of the Meridian Speedway, which both railroads consider a...
Railway Age, 07/01/09 by Tom Judge · More from publication
