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Railway Age 1947 January 18 One Man Does the Work of Five!
Railway Age 1947 January 18 One Man Does the Work of Five!
46 Pages
Contents
Photography Eliminates Bottlenecks 180
To speed the handling of waybills, passing reports and other records, the Milwaukee uses Photo Copy cameras which permit photographing up to 300 records per hour.
F. G. E. X. Experimental Refrigerator Car 183
Including improvements developed by the Fruit Growers Express Company and features recommended by the perishables industry, the car, with an aluminum superstructure, weighs 50,600 lb.
L. & N. Builds Long Concrete Trestle 187
The existing 11,602-ft. timber approach to the Ohio river crossing at Henderson, Ky., replaced with a new structure of precast piles and slabs.
EDITORIALS
Truman's Budget Item for Transport Is 85% Too High 177
Are Present Shops Suited to Their Job? 178
Providing Rear-End Protection by Train Order 178
Wider Horizons for Wood Preservation 179
Too Many Collisions with Track Motor Cars 179
GENERAL ARTICLES
Photography Eliminates Bottlenecks 180
Coleman to Retire as C. P. R. President 182
F. G. E. X. Experimental Refrigerator Car 183
L. & N. Builds Long Concrete Trestle 187
Freight Traffic in 1944 Was 89.1 Per Cent of "Potential"191
GENERAL NEWS 192
WITH THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 200
FREIGHT OPERATING STATISTICS 220
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