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Railway Age 1930 September 13 Lackawanna Electrification C&O
Railway Age 1930 September 13
Missing front cover and loose back cover, staining - water damage? First ad page is 3,
Contents
Car Retarders Reduce Cost of Yard Operation on the C. & 0. Page 517Tells how this road, by installing car retarders in one of its yards at Russell, Ky., reduced its cost per car 25 cents on an average of 2,750 cars per day, a total annual saving of $200,000, equal to 40 per cent on investment.
Two-Car Units for Lackawanna Electrification 522A detailed description of the multiple-unit cars to be operated by the D., L. & W. in electrified suburban service, the first cars of this type in America to run on a 3000-volt, direct current, contact system.
What Shall We Tell Them? 535An article in which a college graduate, citing a number of individual cases, discusses the question of whether or not railroad careers should be recommended to college men.
EDITORIALS
Commission Hearings on "Reciprocal Buying" 513
The Reduction of Maintenance 514
Switch Construction for Centralized Control Layouts 514
Improving Bond Prices 515
Courts and the Railways 515
Does Beautifying of Station Grounds Pay? 515
Minor Train Accidents 516
Doing Track Work Well 516
GENERAL ARTICLES
Car Retarders Reduce Cost of Yard Operation on the C. & 0. 517
Another High-Pressure Locomotive on German State Railways, by Herr Fuchs 519
Two-Car Units for Lackawanna Electrification 522
Abbreviated Abstracting Aids Stations 527
Freight Car Loading Increases 528
Kansas City Southern Expands Test and Inspection Work, by M. A. Hall 529
B. & 0. Reconstructs 63 Bridges, by P. G. Lang, Jr. 533
What Shall We Tell Them? By A College Graduate 535
N. Y. Central Maintains Efficiency 537
Equipment Painting Section Meets at Chicago 540
I. C. C. Valuation Methods 541
Western Roads Petition for Grain Case Reconsideration 542
LOOKING BACKWARD 544
NEW BOOKS 545
ODDS AND ENDS OF RAILROADING 546
NEWS OF THE WEEK 547
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