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Railway Age 1954 October 18 Is the post office folling itself Heavy rains snarl
Railway Age October 18 1954 Vol 137 No 16
CONTENTS
High water hit Chicago area railroads hard last week when record-breaking rainfall swelled rivers. Union Station couldn't be used for a while, and still isn't functioning normally. 7
Truckers' opposition to piggyback tariffs of Eastern/ railroads didn't materialize at last week's ICC hearings, where a witness demonstrated that on the PRR even the first months' experimental service more than met out-of-pocket costs. 8
FORUM-AAR activity reflects the ability and zeal of its members. It can accomplish more for the railroads if the railroads are convinced of the soundness of more projects that are logically association functions. 53
Is the Post Office fooling itself? Railway Age presents a special report thoroughly analyzing that department's present policies concerning the transportation of mail and what they mean to the railroads. 54
Mechanically cooled "reefers" are working out advantageously in regular service for Fruit Growers Express and associated lines; their fleet is being enlarged. 62
"Grass roots" public relations activities are paying off in communities where Eastern railroads have set up local committees to develop an understanding and sympathetic public opinion. 65
Nashville's Radnor yards of the L&N and NC&StL represent a $15-million investment by these roads in modern facilities to move freight faster. 72 and 74
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