Progressive Railroading 1981 August Family Lines Taliaferro Contract rates Loss

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Progressive Railroading 1981 August Family Lines Taliaferro Contract rates Loss Progressive Railroading 1981 August Signs of the Times 9 Washington Vignettes 17 What's Next for FRA? Progressive Railroading Profiles 19 C. DEAN BARTON, Missouri Pacific RONALD W. DRUCKER, Chessie System From the Publisher's Notebook 23 Does It Serve Safety? Contrast in Productivity Editorial 25 Reprieve for Conrail? Effective Priorities for L&D Prevention 27 By L. K. Taliaferro, Director-Fire and Hazardous Materials Control, The Family Lines Rail System. One cannot reasonably expect that the solutions applied to today's problems will last forever and that there will be no need to adjust our priorities. Rather, there is a demand for constant analysis of L&D statistics in order to prudently set priorities on prevention activities that will be cost effective Loss and Damage: Lowest in 30 Years, 32 That's the ratio of payout against revenues. The number of claims filed last year dropped to its lowest point in 47 years! Score another one for the AAR's systematic commodity-by-commodity approach to solving L&D problems as payout-to-revenue nears the 1.00% barrier Tune-up for Power Assemblies 37 Utilizing five employees and a 65 x 165-ft. work area at its Topeka shop, the Santa Fe is saving over $0.7-million each year by rebuilding the power assemblies of GE locomotives A New World for Signaling Design 38 At General Railway Signal, designers of CTC signaling and rapid transit systems no longer turn out designs, piece by piece, at huge drawing boards. Instead, they have direct access to design information via a central computer that is not only setting new highs in productivity but is helping also to upgrade safety and reliability Utilities Study C&S Interference 43 Electric power stations are looking more and more at railroad rights-of-way to string their transmission lines. In many cases, however, such lines play havoc with the railroads' adjacent communication and signal systems. A new research effort will seek to determine the scope of the problem and means for compatibility Contract Rates-Opportunity or Trap? 45 By Tom Richards, Manager-Rail Carrier Consulting, A. T. Kearney, Inc. The proper use of contracts often necessitates that railroads completely restructure their marketing departments, a change that usually affects the other departments within the organization Multi-Pronged Weed Control 49 On the Ilinois Central Gulf, rolling stock plus hi-rail truck equipment are providing a comprehensive vegetation control program for main and branch lines that is also yielding improved track inspection efficiency, drainage, and safety New Products-Materials 51 People in the News 56 Meetings 57 Advertisers Directory 58 All pictures are of the actual item. 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 Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.

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Location: Talbott, Tennessee

End Time: 2024-03-11T10:42:26.000Z

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