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Railway Age 1957 August 19 Rust New weapon snuffs hot box fires
Railway Age 1957 August 19
New accounting techniques help all operations p. 9
Concensus of several top accounting and finance officers is that centralization, where it's coupled with the tools of modern technology, pays off in better railroading.
Southern to take some rate increases p.10
President DeButts says his road won't boost its prices where it's going to drive business off the road. But many items will not be "flagged out".
Roddewig, Mathews fill top AWR, C&EI posts p.13
Former succeeds Daniel P. Loomis who has moved on to the AAR. New C&EI chief has been general counsel, a job Mr. Roddewig also held.
To combat rust-Protection can save $400 million p.18
There seems no more fertile ground than in corrosion control to cut maintenance costs. Here's what is being done on many fronts in this multi-phased campaign.
What paint-makers' research does for you p.25
For almost every use under most conditions there's a suitable coating of some sort. That's the result of wide-ranging studies and new discoveries in the paint industry.
For protecting freight cars-paint or mastic? p.33
Bright, bold colors that give a road identity-or more utilitarian coatings designed to last and last? There are sound arguments on both sides.
New weapon snuffs out hot box fire p.34
A lightweight can filled with a dry chemical has been tested by the Illinois Central and found to do the job.
The Action Page-Stop the rust; it's money saved p.58
It's a calamity for railroads to pay a $400 million bill every year when anti-corrosion prescriptions are available. Rust-preventive investment is a modest outlay considering its use.
Short and Significant
Those Hudson River commuter ferries . . .
for the New York Central, Susquehanna and Erie were still afloat last week but spinning haplessly in an eddying tide of conflicting legal moves. Okayed by the ICC for discontinuance, they were kept running on the orders of New Jersey authorities.
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