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Modern Railroads 1950 March Southern SF N&W T&P UP C&NW No front cover
Modern Railroads Magazine March 1950 Vol 5 No 3 134 pages NO front cover. Back cover is loose
CONTENTS
FEATURES
Southern Steam Cleans Box Cars 29
Santa Fe Improves Classification Yards at Argentine, Kan. 30
Program of the 49th Annual Meeting of the AREA 39
Chief Engineers Discuss Major Railroad Problems 43
Norfolk and Western Streamlines Steam Servicing Facilities 49
Train Heat Generator Supplies Steam for Pile Driver 53
AAR Opens New Research Center at Illinois Tech 56
Four Machines Do Complete Track Reconditioning Job 71
Texas and Pacific Completes Morganza Floodway Project 77
New Steel Strapping Permits Handling Crossties in Unit Loads 78
New Type Sleepers Placed in Service on UP and C&NW 81
Freight Handling Plan Combines Rail and Truck Service 84
Pennsy's New Burlington, N.J., Station Blends Service and Attractiveness 87
Ballast Reconditioning Team 89
Design Oil Burning Steam Powered Rotary Snow Plow 93
Make Eight Major Improvements in Multiple Electric Tamper 96
Three Men and One Machine Do Complete Tamping Job 99
Conveyor-Loader Cleans Up Yard Track Areas 100
Southern Pacific Installs Reperforator Centers 103
Prefabricated Insulated Piping for Yard Distribution Systems 123
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News Condensation 11
Letters to Modern Railroads 14
Basic Statistics on Railroad Operations 21
Editorial Comment:
Are Long Trains False Economy? Expressways To Alleviate Congestion 27
New Products and Equipment Developments 106
Modern Railroad Brevities 108
New Literature 115
Personals 125
Ad Index 132
Progress Reports 134
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