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Railway Age 1954 December 27 Santa Fe car reporting
Railway Age December 27 1954 Vol 137 No 26
CONTENTS
Railroad prospects for 1955 look a little better than the realities of 1954, judging from year-end statements and annual forecasts of things to come. 8
A new composition brake shoe-the "Cobra" - developed jointly by Westinghouse Air Brake and Johns-Manville, is claimed to have many advantages. 13
FORUM-How to promote growth of traffic. Given freedom in pricing, and relief from discriminatory taxation and the obligation to play Santa Claus with regard to community services, the railroads can prosper by carrying their share of this growing nation's increasing traffic. 25
The Santa Fe values its apprentices-to the extent that it now has about 875 in 37 schools in 35 cities. Among the 6,500 graduates of this program are many of the road's officers. 26
New Frisco test laboratory at Springfield, Mo., to be ready for occupancy early next year, features 10 separate laboratories within one air-conditioned, attractive and functional building. 29
Better car reporting on the Santa Fe has been achieved with new carrier line circuits and Teletype designed to handle wheel report and car accounting traffic in addition to regular messages. 31
A rubber highway crossing has been installed, appropriately, at the world's "rubber center"-Akron, Ohio -on the Erie. 32
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