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Modern Railroads 1965 November Special report on piggyback & containerization
Modern Railroads 1965 November SPECIAL REPORT ON PIGGYBACK AND CONTAINERIZATION 196 pages Lots of ads.
Editorial Comment: Thoughts About 1945 . .. 1965 . . . 1985 This Kind of Meeting Helps Both Railroads, Suppliers 91
Publisher's Notebook: P.S. on "The Big 20" 196
Inside Track: This Is Where I Came In 71
Report from Washington: Transportation Set for Second Session of Congress 25
Observation Car: Can You Describe YOUR Job? 33
THE BIG 20 by Tom Shedd 95
Modern Railroads records railroading's two dramatic decades of challenge, change, and rebirth
SPECIAL REPORT ON PIGGYBACK AND CONTAINERIZATION
Part I-Piggyback to Hit a Million in '65 by Robert Roberts 106
First million-car year highlights the growingest part of railroading's postwar resurgence
Part II-Growth Patterns Change by Robert Roberts 116
As piggyback becomes big business, new trends and problems appear profitability gets a hard look
Part III-Container Trend Still Up by Albert E. Brinkley 122
Adoption of standard corner fitting promises wider use, but export-import field holds most promise
Probe Data System Needs by Nancy Ford 128
Speakers at first annual meeting of AAR Data Systems Division stress potential in measuring service quality, improving car utilization
60,000 Gallon Tank Car is World's Largest 135
Huge "rolling laboratory" will be used for gathering in-service data to prepare the way for other giants
Engineers Argue the Tough Ones 139
Problems of wheel loads, car roll, cushioning get "going-over" at engineering conference
Road-Rail Machine Dresses BARTD Track 143
New ballast equalizing machine spreads crushed rock on concrete and wood ties of test track
Plywood Flooring Supplies Strength, Cuts Costs 147
AAR grants full approval to structural part of floor; wearing surface performs well in tests
Santa Fe Quarries Ballast 153
New process ups efficiency of quarrying ballast from volcanic cones
PRR Insulates Inside of Ore Cars 157
Foam insulated panels another step in eliminating costly thawing of cars
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