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Railway Age 1957 April 8 Weekly Inside a moving box car Gen lasher
Railway Age April 8 1957 Vol 142 No 14
CONTENTS
How to improve car utilization P. 9
This "hot" subject, of paramount importance to both railroads and shippers, was the sole item on the agenda of last week's Chicago meeting of the Railway Systems and Procedures Association. First step in improving the present low rate of car utilization, said one railroad officer, should be revision of "our approach to the use of cars as warehouse items instead of as moving equipment."
NYC piggyback won't carry the 'wheels' p.10
"Revolutionary in cutting costs and increasing service," is haw A. E. Perlman, NYC president, describes the railroad's TOFC plans. Key feature of the plan is side-loading of demountable trailer bodies, without cranes or other "lift" devices. Trailer bodies will be separated from their rear axles before being pushed onto loading turntables on flat cars.
Damage-free equipment is the goal p.32
A real box car and a car ride simulator are used in the laboratory of General Motors' Fisher Body division to help the division cut its loss and damage claims. With the help of the simulator, theoretical loading techniques for each year's new automobile models are tested and proved before the models are even in production.
Getting more miles from the box car p.34
A medium speed electronic data processing machine and a mathematical (Operations Research) model of the problem of car supply and distribution are used by the Southern Pacific to achieve more profitable use of its freight cars.
Is the railroad industry 'static'? p.37
"Yes," says Major General Lasher, executive director of the Army's Military Traffic Management Agency. Addressing the annual dinner of the Federation for Railway Progress, General Lasher took a sharp and critical look at railroad attitudes, salesmanship, rates and service.
'Roger Williams' is ready to go p.38
Most recent contribution in the field of lightweight passenger equipment, the train-built by Budd for the New Haven-consists of six RDC cars modified for both diesel and third-rail operation. It has been designed to make the 206-mile run between suburban Boston and suburban New York in 21/2 hours.
What is Defense's transport policy? p.52
Although General Lasher, head of military traffic management, wants railroads to get a lot more equipment and expand their capacity all the way down the line, a defense official who "ranks" him has diametrically opposed views about the military's needs for railroad service. This raises the question as to just what the defense department's policy toward transportation may be.
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