Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Progressive Railroading 1984 September Is Amtrak safe? Carbuilding comeback Progressive Railroading 1984 September RailExpo '8414 An overview of the exhibits and exhibitors at the Chicago meetings who will present a huge display of cars, locomotives, components, and systems Signs of the Times 23 Washington Vignettes 36 Senate Hearings Ask: Is Amtrak Safe? Progressive Railroading's Profiles 45 PAUL C. OAKLEY, AAR LEAVITT A. PETERSON, AAR From the Publisher's Notebook 51 The XVI Pan American Railway Congress Editorial 55 Carbuilding Comeback? Chessie System Restructures Cars, Power, Shops 59 By A. M. Schuh, asst. vice president-mechanical, Chessie System. Acting on a program kicked off by Chessie's President John T. Collinson and called "Change and Challenge," the mechanical department's response is to center on four major areas: plant improvement, work simplification, quality assurance, and retraining Super Shop 66 Before construction was started on Mopac's new $40-million Downing B. Jenks diesel shop at Little Rock, the railroad sent out teams to survey and study the best in design and techniques they could find. Before long, it was a railroad-professional industrial designer joint effort and the results could not have been more impressive: More than aesthetics, it is an achievement in productive environment Pitless Scale at Conrail Yard 73 The new $800,000 weigh-in-motion scale now in operation at the Big Four (Indianapolis) yard is the first such unit to be built without a concrete box. Moreover, the scale was designed and built by Conrail personnel From Mine to Sea: a 90-Mile Rail Project 76 A pioneer port-to-open mine coal-haul railroad is in the final stages of construction in northern Colombia. Penetrating a desert-like land of spectacular vastness and demanding numerous culverts, bridges, and fills, the project calls for special engineering and use of equipment 13-Car Teardown 87 They had logged between 79,000 and one-million miles in Southern Company Services unit coal service and were selected from 1,644 hoppers used to deliver coal to four power stations. The condition of the bodies and the components gave outstanding testimony to how well the equipment was holding up Soo Line Evaluates Fuel Efficiency 95 The Soo decided in 1981 to field test a fuel conditioner/additive, which had completed an AAR-specified lab test, via use in diesel tanks scheduled for revenue service. The results were not only promising but provided insight into proper usage for the benefit of other railroads "Needle Wheel" Strips Car Interiors 98A MBF Industries' car shop at Zwolle, La. has recently added a computer-controlled blast-cleaning system for hoppers and tank cars. A rotating, grit-spraying boom is lowered into the car interiors at specific levels to clean 85% of the surfaces automatically State-of-the-Art Tie Treatment 103 Superior Tie and Timber's plant at Vivian, La. was engineered with two goals in mind: an operation that protects the environment and is run with efficiency. That has been achieved together with competitive pricing and a dependable delivery schedule 3 Conrail Lines to Come Under Programmable Control 106 Microprocessor-based programmable controls will be used in place of traditional code systems to monitor and remotely control nonvital functions at switches and signals. High reliability and lower hardware requirements promise a savings of 50% DB Gets to the Bottom of It 108 On the German Federal Railways roadway crews are using a rotary dry drilling system mounted in a standard tamper to bore through ballast and into the subsoil to get accurate cross-section samples of roadbed conditions. Drilling and analysis take about 10 minutes New Products-Materials 110 People in the News 118 Meetings 120 All pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges US Shipments: When you add multiple items to your cart, the reduced shipping charges will automatically be calculated. . For direct postage rates to other countries, send me an email. Shipping varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 7 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us before making a return. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding or buying. Thanks for looking at our items.
Price: 7 USD
Location: Talbott, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-11-09T17:58:46.000Z
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