Modern Railroads 1957 May SP NYC C&O Hamlet NC Shop BAR Penn Station Santa Fe

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Modern Railroads 1957 May SP NYC C&O Hamlet NC Shop BAR Penn Station Santa Fe
 
Modern Railroads 1957 May
Railroad Accounting on the Spot  Continuous Rail: Big Factor in Cost Saving?  Car Utilization on the Spot  The General Uses His Spurs   69
C&NW Converts to Responsibility Accounting by Frank Richter.75
Machine service bureau is first step in complete modernization
One Yard Replaces Eight by Tom Shedd  78
NYC's new Frontier Yard will serve busy Buffalo area
Seaboard Builds Central Wheel Shop  87
New shop at Hamlet, N. C., is "engineer's dream"
"The Maine Line" Streamlines M/W   99 Through "down east" thrift and ingenuity Bangor & Aroostook holds the line
Microwave Gets Nod Over Pole Line by Edward T. Myers I06
Santa Fe installs microwave on 56-mile Cushenbury branch line
Electronics at Penn Station110
PRR puts $2 million ticket and service bureau into service
Standardization Moves Ahead  I 2 I
Pullman-Standard introduces standardized gondola car
The Frisco Uses More Journal Stops  I 2 3
2000 additional cars are equipped with axle stops
Hydraulic Opener Speeds Unloading I 27
New device opens grain car door in one minute
Computers to "Needle" Empties on SP  131
High speed computer enables SP to help keep cars on the move
Flexi-Van-NYC's New Piggyback  I37
New system permits transfer of trailer to train in four minutes
C&O Tests Hot Box Detective  141
New equipment already has prevented possible accident
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