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Railway Age 1953 November 30 Fast freight handling in a flat yard
Railway Age November 30 1953 Vol 135 No 22
CONTENTS
The freight car ownership goal has not yet been achieved, but progress toward it is substantial and coin-mendable, A.A.R. President William T. Faricy told the association's annual meeting at Chicago. Meantime, Car Service Division Chairman Arthur H. Gass has reported an October increase in the serviceable fleet of 7,414 cars. 11, 13
Nine RDC units add up to 38 trains on the B&M, where they are being intensively used in an effort to hold and regain passenger traffic. 11
Modern yards pay off in improved service and handsome returns on net capital investment, the New York Railroad Club heard last week from D. W. Brosnan, operating vice-president of the Southern. 12
Selling transportation to the Air Force may be a little easier if "tips to traffic solicitors" included in a recent talk by Brigadier General John P. Doyle are followed up. 14
RAILWAY AGE FORUM
Should railroads or the ICC direct rate policy? Or-why shouldn't managerial judgment be accorded greater weight in regulatory decisions? 49
"Do Not Hump" as a placard on freight cars is obsolete, many people feel. What, if anything, should replace it? 50
Readers can improve their reading matter-by realizing that publishing is a two-way business, with communication from reader to editor readily available. 50
A diesel shop of the latest design at North Bay, Ont., now services Ontario Northland motive power.51
A $3-million terminal, built by the Seaboard Air Line at Savannah, has resulted in faster and more efficient handling of traffic, and better servicing and maintenance of motive power. 54
A three-interlocking consolidation, using multiplex high-speed code, now controls heavy Lackawanna traffic through Newark, N. J. 59
95-ton ore cars for four roads are now being delivered by the Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company. 62
More lcl with no more men is the result obtained by .the Texas & New Orleans from effective use of mechanical handling equipment and a rigid rule against "set back" cars.63
Talgo trains are popular in Spain, with a considerable volume of new patronage created, even at higher-than-average fares. 69
"Keep charges down," said shippers, as the National Industrial Traffic League considered car supply, rates and legislation at its annual meeting. 72
Future prospects of the railroad carbuilding industry, probably bright enough for the long pull, are somewhat clouded for the near term, Pullman's Champ Carry has told New York financial analysts. 75
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