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Railway Age 1954 August 16 Weekly Hiring the right way Dome car of new dimension
Railway Age August 16 1954 Vol 137 No 7
CONTENTS
Railroad views on legal aspects of piggybacking were generally upheld by the ICC in its report on the 12 "basic questions" on which it heard oral argument late in June. Most important is its finding that transportation of freight in trailers on flat cars is transportation by rail-not by highway. 7
Longest wholly new common carrier rail line to be built in this country in some years will be the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe's new entrance to Dallas, Tex., just authorized by the ICC. 10
"Abide by the National Transportation Policy," a Senate committee has told government agencies. "Don't," the committee said in effect, "oppose necessary general rate increases and don't `chisel' on rates." 13
FORUM : Just what specific changes in regulation are necessary? Professor Ernest Williams, of Columbia, has made some interesting suggestions. 19
Per diem and demurrage a reader disagrees with our earlier assertion that there need be no fixed relationship between them. 20
High-speed movements between single and double track are made possible by No. 24 equilateral turnouts installed by the Erie as part of a track-reduction project. 21
Bad-order cars go through on schedule in an efficient repair-track setup installed by the Central of Georgia. 24
The SP's new dome car, which embodies some new dimensions and some novel ideas, got its first tryout from the employees who built it. 26
Hiring the right way is the objective of the Illinois Central's Standardized Employment Procedure.28
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