Inside, you’ll find feature stories on:
- Has the Brake Dust Settled? — 2024’s tumultuous first half should transition to a calmer period. But then again …
- Mechanical & IT Focus: So Long, Heavy Rulebooks — Handheld devices are here to stay.
- Seven Rail Shipment Visibility Facts That Might Surprise You — A broad spectrum of rail shipments—from fast-moving intermodal to individual carloads—all can be handled with greater safety, managed more efficiently and tracked with improved reliability.
- Analysis of AHS-Caused UDEs — MxV Rail conducted an in-depth analysis of air hose separation (AHS) incidents. It focused on 95 reported UDEs (undesired emergency applications) caused by an AHS; examined factors such as train handling, track profile and equipment details; and revealed a wide range of characteristics in the trains captured in service interruption reports.
Railway Age also presents its 53nd Annual Car & Locomotive Repair Directory, which contains information about companies providing contract car and locomotive repair and support (component repair) services to the railroad industry.
In addition, Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner addresses BLET and SMART-TD. “Rather than collaborate to strength bargaining power for the benefit of members, BLET and SMART-TD again have chosen self-serving infighting,” he writes. “The greatest of rail labor leaders, Eugene V. Debs, wrote in 1893: ‘What can labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify, it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.’” Also, Railway Age Financial Editor David Nahass covers key takeaways from the 10th annual Rail Insights conference, presented by Railway Age. Speakers included: Joseph Hinrichs, President and CEO, CSX; Jason Seidl, TD Cowen Managing Director and Railway Age Wall Street Contributing Editor; Kate Suprenuk, President, Marmon Railcar Leasing (Union Tank Car and Procor); Patty Long, President, Railway Supply Institute; and John Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Norfolk Southern. Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono and Nahass talked with them about top challenges, issues and trends.
