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Railway Age 1953 September 7 Moving 27000 boys by train
Railway Age September 7 1953 Vol 135 No 10 COVER IS SEPARATED from the pages,
CONTENTS
Highways superimposed on railroad lines would cost less than new surface locations, especially in urban areas, and would be advantageous to highway users generally, according to Ford Motor Company's George J. Crimmins. 11
Higher refrigeration charges are sought by the railroads in a petition filed with the I.C.C. which proposes to put this service back on a remunerative basis by raising the tariff charges about 32 per cent. 13
Equipment orders for 8 months of 1953 as reported by Railway Age (U.S. only) total $152 million for diesels, $112 million for freight cars, and $29 million for passenger cars. 18
New product news this week is slanted to the special interests of the railroads' engineering and maintenance officers, many of whom are assembling at Chicago in a few days for the annual conventions of the Roadmasters and Bridge & Building Associations. 67
RAILWAY AGE FORUM
Managerial skill is something that's hard to come by, and he would be a venturesome individual who would get up on his hind legs and assert that the railroads have all they need at their disposal. The question is, are the railroads doing their very utmost in lining up potential executive material and in developing fully the talents they already have enlisted? 79
Community consciousness of railroad service and railroad problems is the foundation of good railroad public relations. One example of how this works out in practice is discussed this week. 80
"Selective rate cutting" is all right when the truckers do it but absolutely horrible below-the-belt tactics when the railroads do it-or so the truckers would have you believe. What's fair about that? 80
Line relocations in mountainous territory run into big money, but the Norfolk & Western is convinced they pay off-hence another $31/2-million investment in such an improvement of 5 miles of its heavy-duty main line in West Virginia. 81
50,000 boys all in one place could create problems that would faze any conceivable organization of adults. That's what this summer's Boy Scout Jamboree in California involved, and the railroads' part in making the event a success was a considerable one, requiring the long-haul movement of 27,000 energetic-and hungry and thirsty-youngsters in 75 special trains. 84
Off-the-street switching has so many advantages over surface train movements through downtown traffic that the Missouri Pacific expects to get freight through St. Louis with much less difficulty, now that its $11/4-million Poplar Street highline has been completed. 90
Temperatures below zero-that's the ticket for long-haul transportation of frozen foods and other lucrative big-volume perishables traffic. Mechanical refrigeration is the means to assure such temperatures dependably and uniformly, railroads operating reefers are learning, and suitable equipment has been developed to meet their requirements. One such car was exhibited last week in Chicago by the Burlington, and the Santa Fe has just begun their use in regular service, with others coming along. 12 and 93
Howard E. Simpson, salesman, heads the B&O. What's his background and what is the condition of the property which R. B. White is turning over to him? 97
Radio keeps trains moving, and in an operation like the Great Northern's iron ore business, which adds up to 2,500 carloads a day to the docks-and 2,500 empties to be returned to the mines-nothing can be much more important than moving the trains. Radio on locomotives and cabooses and at wayside stations is "like a drop of oil" in keeping this complex transportation machine working smoothly. 100
Fred A. Poor, long a leader in the railway supply industry, is dead at the age of 83. 106
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