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Railway Age 1954 May 31 Weekly Let's budget car building N&W test locomotive
Railway Age May 31 1954 Vol 136 No 22
CONTENTS
A coal-burning, steam-turbine-electric locomotive, just delivered, will be road-tested soon by the Norfolk & Western. 9
A $58-million modernization program, including 184 new cars, is an essential feature of an agreed plan for ending Long Island bankruptcy proceedings. 11
New head of the Defense Transport Administration is Interstate Commerce Commissioner Owen Clarke. 14
FORUM: Are new skills needed for railway managers? Must they and leaders of other corporations master the "political" techniques seemingly necessary in proxy contests? 31
"Let's budget car building," says Gustav Metzman in pointing out the railroads' greatest current economic waste is their irregularity in acquiring new equipment. 32
A specially-fitted flat car for piggyback service which can also be used for general freight hauling has reached the "model stage" at Pullman-Standard. 35
Consolidation of station facilities, offices and ' shops, plus rearrangement of trackage, has speeded train movements and saved money for the ACL at Sanford. 38
Alternate sections of single and double track have replaced continuous double track on 167 miles of the Southern between Ludlow, Ky., and Tateville. No magic involved-just CTC ! 40
Use of aluminum alloys in hopper cars offers operating advantages and possible maintenance economies, because of the alloys' light weight, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance.43
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