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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Progressive Railroading 1979 September Cars and power for profitability Signalin Progressive Railroading 1979 SeptemberSeptember Conferences and Exhibits 11A listing of exhibits, both indoors and outside, at the Railway Supply Association and Coordinated Mechanical Group conference and at the AAR Communication and Signal Division exhibitSigns of the Times 21Washington Vignettes 40Progressive Railroading Profiles 49MAURICE R. SEIPLER, Union RailroadJOHN A. MADDEN, Elgin, Joliet & EasternALFRED A. MICHAUD, ConrailFrom the Publisher\'s Notebook 57More Competitive Railroads Competition-at Its BestUTILCO-An Idea\'s Time? By Carl H. Wesselmann, EditorCars, Power and Profitability 67By Hobart L. Scott, general manager-motive power and equipment, Norfolk & Western. With its collective eye on black ink, the entire mechanical department\'s goal is to produce gross-tonmiles. To do this, however, such goals must be broken down into more detailed targets that can be measuredSanta Fe Fits Communication Job to Location 81At their medium-sized facilities, Santa Fe\'s newly installed PBX\'s are providing communications that not only do more things but at a lower cost in maintaining interoffice linkageChanging Cities 86Attendees at the American Public Transit Assn. conference saw a special sound-slide show that depicted that important hand that recent transit projects are lending to urban renewalCan the Work Problems Be Resolved? 91By George S. Paul, executive vice president-administration, Southern Railway. A noted authority on rail labor matters takes a frank look at expectations and mutual (with management) concernsExpansion (Minded) Belt 100The phenomenal growth of Houston sometimes overshadows the part that its railroad, the Houston Belt & Terminal, is playing. Now well into its \"Decade of Progress,\" the railroad has improved itself to the point where overlooking it will be impossibleFreight Car Cushioning-the Shift is to End-of-Car 109Improvements in design have been significant enough that endof-car cushioning is leading in new-car installationsTest Trucks Selected for TDOP Phase II 112Eight freight car truck designs are under field testing as part of the Truck Design Optimization Project. Here is a brief look at them as they seek to establish performance levelsFabricated Truck for Freight Cars 116Being a one-piece, heavy-duty weldment rather than a set of large castings, this Italian-designed truck offers attractive features in stability and ride qualityFriction Wedge Attacks Hunting 123A simple change in design of the bolster pocket friction wedge has tightened up the three-piece truckYards Go Automatic 127It\'s costly and disruptive during installation, but the payoff is higher throughout, gentler handling of cars, lower manpower costs, and new valuable dataRemanufactured Fuel Saver 131The TE50-4S is a reconditioned diesel featuring a new Sulzer engine that yields benefits that outweigh initial costUnion Pacific Power Loads Coal Accurately 135Like some other railroads, the UP has applied a precise system of consist speed control at the coal tipple. Result: no-waste control of in-motion loadingAir Jets Thaw Switches 139A trackside heater/blower system\'s nozzles direct hot air to the business ends of a track switch area, keeping ice and snow constantly clearedWheelset Exchange 140At Corsicana near Dallas, Abex Corp.\'s new facility keeps private fleets stocked with reconditioned wheelsets on a bad-for-good, no-special-paperwork basisNew Products-Materials 146People in the News 170Meetings 174
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