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      <title>Small Route with Big Plans</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article will discuss how shortline can be a misnomer for a lot of railroads that run routes that number in the hundreds of miles. However, the term “shortline” could not be a better fit for Gardendale Railroad, Inc. (GRD), which measures its length in feet rather than miles. But a short distance doesn’t mean maintenance and engineering challenges are diminished. GRD dates its history to 1990 when Crystal City Railroads Inc., purchased a 50-mile stretch of rail line from the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1995, the major 1,000-railcar/year customer discontinued shipping and 49 miles of the 50-mile branch line were abandoned. This article describes how, after being dormant for 15 years, the 6,200 feet right-of-way was reopened for business in 2010 when market interest in the Eagle Ford Shale drilling area gained momentum. Once the need for the line was reestablished, the next task was to return the infrastructure back to working condition and this article discusses the steps taken for the restoration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A PROCEDURE FOR FORECASTING MOPAC'S FREIGHT CAR UTILIZATION AND CAR HIRE EXPENSE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 1990 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RIVER WARS I. LIFE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI : WHERE COMPETITION AND COOPERATION CRYSTALLIZE FOR 168 MILES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HISTORY OF TRAIN MOVEMENTS BETWEEN EAST ST. LOUIS, IL AND DEXTER JUNCTION, MO]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 1989 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RIVER WARS II. OF HARES, TORTOISES, MULES, AND BIG SWEET MAMA</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EVALUATION OF THE MOPAC'S FREIGHT CAR SCHEDULING SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 1987 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORT--DERAILMENT OF AMTRAK TRAIN NO. 21 (THE EAGLE) ON THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD, WOODLAWN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 12, 1983</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[About 10:09 a.m. on November 12, 1983, Amtrak train No. 21 (The Eagle), with 162 persons aboard, derailed near Woodlawn, Texas, while traveling at 72 mph on th Missouri Pacific Railroad.  The train was traveling westbound on the single main track when it passed over a section of rail that a repair crew had just installed to replace a broken rail.  The accident resulted in 4 passenger fatalities and 72 injuries.  The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was torch-cutting a chrome-vanadium alloy rail in a track curve while making a temporary track repair, precipitating thermal cracks that served as the origin points for a catastrophic rail failure when a high-speed passenger train passed over.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 1985 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MISSOURI PACIFIC'S COMPUTERIZED FREIGHT CAR SCHEDULING SYSTEM: ORIENTATION MODULE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Pacific Railroad has developed and is implementing a computerized system which will enhance freight car scheduling and overall service. This document summarizes the fundamental concept and describes the design and operation of the system for use on other railroads. It is user oriented in that it describes the input the user is required to make and illustrates, by example, the information that the system provides. It does not describe computer program organization or detailed file structures.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MISSOURI PACIFIC'S COMPUTERIZED FREIGHT CAR SCHEDULING SYSTEM: ADVANCED SYSTEMS STUDY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Pacific Railroad has developed and is implementing a computerized system which will enhance freight car scheduling and overall service. This document describes the results of an Advanced Systems Study task, the purpose of which was to examine possible further exploitation of the car scheduling system developed under the contract. Reports of six areas examined identify important ways in which car scheduling could possibly be exploited. Missouri Pacific has not yet committed to develop the capabilities as described.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE ERA OF THE GIANTS--UP/MP/WP: A WHOLE GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific, three strong railroads, sensed trouble ahead if they pursued their independent ways in an era of deregulation.  They desire to assure strength through merger.  The possible roadblocks in this complex case could produce ICC's toughest decisions in many years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MOPAC: WHERE GOOD RAILROADING AND GOOD MARKETING GO TOGETHER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Missouri Pacific is further enhancing the role of its marketing organization in the wake of the deregulation legislation of 1980.  Traffic and customer needs are being examined as contract rates are being instituted.  Pricing, service packages, operations and equipment planning are all examined as MP stresses interdepartmental cooperation. MP has specialized commodity marketing groups covering about 70 percent of its traffic, but looks closely at other products such as aggregates and wood chips, traditional low-rate commodities, which are now handled profitably.  MP has weathered recent recession with revenue gains.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD ENHANCED CAR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -FEASIBILITY STUDY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This study examined the existing MoPac Car Distribution system and the DSAI Car Distribution Model produced by Decision Systems Associates, Inc. The study determined in general terms the software, procedures, and reports required to support an enhanced system, and estimated MoPac manpower and computer costs required to develop and implement such a system. Gondolas were suggested for a pilot project which would be a modification of the existing distribution practice supplemented by the DSAI model.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COMPUTERIZED CAR SCHEDULING: IN BUSY TIMES, A SERVICE TOOL; IN BAD TIMES, A COST-CUTTER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the face of reduced freight traffic, the Transportation Control System of Missouri Pacific is being called upon for the first time to provide a satisfactory level of freight service at substantially lower cost rather than its normal goal of providing a high level of customer service.  This management information system with its automated car scheduling is gradually being extended over the entire railroad but maximum benefit will require further extension. This would involve the industry to enhance its carrier-to- carrier and shipper-to-carrier data exchange, adopt interline scheduling and expand the functional capability of TCS.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BACK TO RAILROADING FOR A NEW ERA</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a decade of diversification into energy, Union Pacific Corp. is again looking for growth and profit from its railroad business in the wake of deregulation and soaring fuel costs for all transportation.  UP has moved to merge its 9500-mile line with 11,500-mile Missouri Pacific and 1700-mile Western Pacific.  The corporate planning that led to this decision and the merger's consequences on other railroads and shippers are discussed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Track quality is a vital factor in the productivity and profitability achieved by Missouri Pacific.  This article describes the components and practices which are standard in producing MP's track structure, and the maintenance policies which assure track quality.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MAN OF THE YEAR: ENGINEER FOR THE 80'S</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[John G. German, vice president of engineering for Missouri Pacific, is honored for his role on his railroad and also in the coordinated research activities of the railroad industry.  He heads both equipment and fixed-plant maintenance activities on MP, assuring a coordinated approach to the technical aspects of his railroad's operations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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