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Railway Age 1955 April 4 How to lose a war
Railway Age April 4 1955 Vol 138 No 14
CONTENTS
Week at a Glance
"Review and modernization," by a special commission, of the whole railway wage rate structure as it applies to operating employees has been recommended by the emergency board which rejected an ORCB demand for pay based on weight-on-drivers of locomotives. 7
Those orders for new trains-of the low-slung, lightweight, high-speed type-which we predicted on this page last week, became quick realities. Pullman will build, and Baldwin will power, two such trains-one for the New York Central and one for the New Haven; a third train, of the "Talgo" type, will be built for the NH by ACF, with General Motors diesel locomotives. And, says the NYC, "it will take the first of GM's new lightweight trains, including motive power." 8
FORUM-How to bring on a war and lose it. Manipulators of public opinion must lighten their pressures on our government leaders-encourage them to make better use of our resources-because waste spells weakness, and weakness invites attack and the risk of defeat. The men behind the iron curtain know they can't afford waste, and are working accordingly. Who'll be on top in the event of a show-down? 39
Electrification gets "vitamins" on the Milwaukee, as its 40-year-old electric traction system keeps pace with diesels in efficiency and economy of operation. 40
Modern hump yard at Minot, N. D., on the Great Northern, promises the latest in yard design with automatic classification and other features. 44
How the U. S. can save millions, by businesslike management of its traffic activities, is detailed in a Hoover Commission report based largely on the findings of a "task force" headed by Lackawanna President Perry M. Shoemaker. 46
Equipment can prevent damage. A Pullman-Standard contribution toward that end is its new cushion-underframe car, which promises to cut claims more than 50%. 48
30th Better Service Conference held by the N&W at Roanoke was attended by more than 500 delegates from local Better Service Clubs throughout the system. 50
The NP and the UP got awards for their passenger service and their public relations, respectively, from the Federation for Railway Progress. 52
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