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Railway Age 1953 December 21 Modernized passenger station NP Spokane
Railway Age December 21 1953 Vol 135 No 25
CONTENTS
"There's life in the iron horse yet," railroad men told the Great Lakes Advisory Board, in explaining what the railroads are doing to offset their comparative decline in tonnage. 9
Capital outlays for 1953 are now estimated by the I.C.C. at $1.251 billion-off 4.3 per cent from 1952 but still a good substantial figure. 10
FORUM : What are the railroads' inherent advantages? A tentative definition is suggested.17
Questions and answers - What supervision is given the hold track? Could automatic hose couplings be used on freight cars? 19
96 per cent availability of diesel switchers at U. S. Steel's Fairless Works is achieved by special features and carefully scheduled maintenance. 22
A grinder to maintain diesel wheels is giving satisfactory service at low cost on the Chicago Belt.23
A station interior was transformed in modernizing a 63-year-old structure at Spokane, Wash.26
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