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Railway Age 1953 December 14 Suggested way to regain business
Railway Age December 14 1953 Vol 135 No 24
CONTENTS
Passenger service between Chicago and Los Angeles is due for major improvement next January 10, with the UP, the C&NW and the Santa Fe all participating in the changes. 11
A $9-million drop in net income was reported by Class I railroads for October, as compared with the same month of 1952. Cumulative net income for 10 months, however, is $110 million above last year's. 17
Freight operating statistics of large railways for September 1953 and 1952.60
Railway purchases were a shade higher in the first nine months of 1953 than in the comparable period last year. 69
FORUM: Regulation is a lot like prohibition. The "built-in" economic restraints resulting from today's competitive conditions in transportation are far more effective than any conceivable system of government control. 85
More tracks for more traffic are now available in the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island yard, as a result of a comprehensive $3.5-million modernization project. 87
Long freight trains cannot be successfully operated merely by adding extra diesel units, lengthening sidings and installing new signals and communications. Other important factors also are involved. 90
A way to regain business, by helping customers cut their overall transportation costs, is suggested in a paper by C. A. Church of the General Electric Company 92
An all-purpose electric shop for diesel electrical overhaul and maintenance of car lighting, air conditioning and general purpose motor and control equipment, is now in operation on the B&O.96
Modernization cuts yard time and means more efficient operation for the Minnesota Transfer at St. Paul. 100
Why hot boxes occur as they do is indicated in a report on a study of hot box case histories, by the Railway Service & Supply Co. 105
How "cycling" diesels pays, by making possible high mileage even on short runs, is outlined by G. T. Bevan, of General Electric. 109
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