Rail Category: Mechanical  -  2009 Article Index

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Rail Outlook: 2010 (Table of Contents)

Rail Cars: 15,000 cars in 2010

Freight-car repair business will ramp up when the economy does, repair-shop execs say

Guest Comment: The Rail Resurgence - An American Growth Engine, by EMD's John Hamilton

Onboard monitoring technology continues to provide railroads with better ways to monitor and track cars and locomotives

Builders of passenger-rail locomotives, EMUs and DMUs talk technology, global market trends

Touchstones, Guidance and Guesswork in Troubled Times

Locomotive Manufacturers Offer Information on their Fuel-Saving Models

It might take two years for car demand to strengthen, Kolstad says

New UMLER system will enable car owners to communicate more clearly and quickly, Railinc says

Fleet Stats '09
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The risk of not properly managing risk when recession rules — By Toby Kolstad

With 5,000 locomotives in storage, Class Is won’t be placing power orders any time soon

Series of seminars in Chicago last month shed light on the wheel/rail interface

Suppliers of rail-car movers share their latest equipment offerings

How are railroads faring when it comes to taking a more holistic approach to addressing wheel/rail issues?

Mechanical Equipment for the Eco-Minded

Resignation and Recovery in the Rhetorical World of Rail Finance

Toby Kolstad: Inauspicious Beginnings, Uncertain Endings & the Prospects for a New Lease on Lease Life

Freight-Car Builders Develop atypical cars for not-so-typical cargo