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Railway Age 1954 July 19 Weekly If pricing can't be planned Freight operatin sta
Railway Age July 19 1954 Vol 137 No 3
CONTENTS
An experimental "hi-level" coach, one of 2 built by Budd for the Santa Fe, was exhibited at Chicago late last week. 9
"Policy and organizational recommendations covering the whole field of transportation," and based on a "a comprehensive, up-to-date review of overall transportation policies and problems," are the job of a new Cabinet Committee on Transport Policy and Organization. The committee was established last week by President Eisenhower, with Secretary of Commerce Weeks as its chairman. 10
"It would be no surprise," we said in these pages last week, "if the ICC were to shorten suspension time on the proposed rail-billed piggyback service of six eastern roads." The suspension order was vacated even as our prediction was being printed, and the six roads in question are now operating, or ready to operate, their piggyback service. 10
You have six cars of explosives. Can you expedite their handling and still comply with current regulations? Why not try your hand in answering this latest "quiz" on the Question and Answer page. 18
FORUM-If pricing can't be "planned," what then? If rates do not reflect comparative economy of service, traffic will inevitably be diverted from more economical to less economical channels. 23
Freight transfer expanded as Wabash modernizes East St. Louis facility-underfloor chain for hauling platform trucks included-used by forwarding company. 25
"It's a business proposition," says R. G. May in discussing car maintenance and development-Mechanical Division's General Committee accepts 16 technical committee reports and selects new officers.28
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