Rail Category: Mechanical  -  2008 Article Index

Find railroading Mechanical articles for the rail career professionals

Higher Fuel Costs, Tighter Emission Standards Prompt Railroads to Update Decades Old Locomotives

Toby Kolstad: How Low Can Rail-Car Deliveries Go in ’09? Try 31,500

Intermodal Car Orders to Decline

Technology Update: Tread-Conditioning Brake Shoes

North American Locomotive Orders May Be Down, but Interest in 'Green Power' is Up

Toby Kolstad: Why it’s a good time to sell — or buy — rail-car fleets

DART rolls out new ‘super’ light-rail vehicles

Top 13 Technological advances since 1958

Industry Trends (from Progressive Railroading/June 2008)

Cross-disciplinary cross-talk ruled at Wheel/Rail Interaction '08

2008 Fleet Stats
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Fleet Stats 2008: Taking some sting out of ‘cyclical’

It's the same old, cyclical song:
Car surpluses to plague builders, lessors at least through '09

Class Is will purchase or lease 690 locomotives in 2008

Transit agencies continue to expand, modernize fleets

BNSF: Distributed-power train equipped with ECP brakes makes maiden run

Iowa Interstate powers up

AAR Research Review — A technological link

EPA regulation — Airing it out

‘Sweeping’ change in haz-mat regulation

The power of a public entity

Technology providers offer systems to help railroads, shippers and fleet owners keep closer tabs on key assets

Class Is on fuel management: Good to the last drop

Transit agencies: Stocking up on rolling stock

A BNSF first: ECP-equipped coal train in revenue service

Transit agencies show passengers how to 'enjoy the ride'

Hopper cars — Hardly a hopping market