Also in the August issue, you’ll find these feature stories:
- Winter Weather Warm-Up: In Railway Age’s annual Winter Prep Report, Senior Editor Carolina Worrell covers the innovative technologies railroads use to counter the effects of sub-zero temperatures.
- Stable Market—For Now: North America’s tank car fleet is relatively young. Regulations, though tricky and challenging, should benefit carbuilders, component suppliers and lessors, according to Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.
- Freight Rail AI Evolution: Artificial intelligence is a controversial subject—though not for railroads when it comes to safety, if used properly. Railway Age Contributing Editor Joanna Marsh provides this Advanced Technology Report.
- Brightline—Something Different on the Rails: Railway Age Contributing Editor David Peter Alan spotlights Brightline, Florida’s popular higher-speed passenger rail system, and Brightline West, the true high-speed (200 mph) electrified system that is in early construction to connect Las Vegas and Southern California.
- Derailment Investigation, Prevention, Detection: ENSCO’s Gregory Holtman and Matthew Dick address investigation fundamentals and advancements in derailment prevention in this TTC Operated by ENSCO Report.
Plus, Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner addresses the UP-NS merger and provides a “Handicappers’ Guide” to the Surface Transportation Board members if you wager on “who votes how.” Also, William C. Vantuono examines who may be the fifth-appointed STB member, on whose blessing the UP-NS marriage will partially rest, in his From the Editor column; Railway Age Financial Editor David Nahass discusses UP and NS (and the “real news”: if six Class I’s become five, how long will it be before there are four or even three?), as well as railcar operating lessor consolidation; and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association President Chuck Baker stresses the importance of short lines working to “meet the moment” during today’s “political tsunami.”
