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Railway Age 1954 May 3 Weekly Railroad management series begins
Railway Age May 3 1954 Vol 136 No 18
CONTENTS
Labor developments were prominent in last week's spotlight. Switchmen settled for the "trainmen package," and an arbitration board began hearings on engineers' demands. 7, 8
Family fares, "highly successful" in the east, are being extended, for the summer vacation season, to new territory and to first-class travel. But apparent agreement between eastern and western roads on passenger fares doesn't extend to freight-rate divisions, which eastern carriers are asking the ICC to "investigate." 8
Piggyback possibilities may be clarified when the ICC rules on 12 basic questions on which it will hear oral argument beginning June 28. 9
Railroad inventory management was a major topic of discussion at the annual meeting of the Railway Systems & Procedures Association in Chicago. 15
FORUM: More information is needed on specific costs, if railroad efforts to develop rates designed to win back traffic are going to go as far as they should. 33
People are management! As the first article in a series on goals, methods and outlook of contemporary railroad management, this issue tells how the Frisco places managerial responsibility, and selects and trains men to handle it. 34
The Kerite Company's centennial marks 100 years of progress in manufacture of insulated wire and cable. 38
A laboratory for intensive journal-bearing research and study of journal lubrication problems is now in full operation at American Brake Shoe's Mahwah plant. 40
TV keeps an eye on switching in one of the PRR's Pittsburgh terminal operations. 42
Test train runs 151 mph in experimental run on the French National Railroads. Speed of 124 mph was attained on curved track. 43
The wood tie is holding its own in the campaign to keep railroad "structures safe and costs low." And it will probably do so for a long time to come, the AWPA convention was told. 44
Equipment business is looking up with inquiries for 50-100 commuter cars and 300-600 express reefers out or expected shortly. 48
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