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Railway Age 1957 January 28 Weekly Passenger cost data found wanting
Railway Age January 28 1957 Vol 142 No 4
CONTENTS
Diesel fuel price rise 'staggers' railroads p. 9
Sparked by the Suez Canal crisis, though oil companies say they were long overdue because of rising expenses, price increases raised diesel costs up to a cent a gallon.
Leisurely pace set for Ex Parte 206 p.10
New timetable fixed by ICC does not call for commission decision inside of four months on eastern and western roads' petition to raise rates up to 22%.
Passenger cost data is unreliable p.22
Grave deficiencies in cost information now available to most railroad managements are pointed out in a research study published this week by the Harvard Business School.
Specializing for auto shipments p.24
A double-deck automobile transporter-which can only be end-loaded, circus style-was developed when Canadian National management became concerned about the road's competitive position in moving new automobiles from factories to dealers.
'Airslide' handles bulk loads p.27
Some 25 of General American's "Airslide" cars are used by the Milwaukee, the Burlington and the Wabash to haul powdered cornstarch in bulk. Use of the cars has eliminated bagging the starch and toting the bags.
Coordinated container carriage p.28
The White Pass & Yukon route has combined rail, water and highway operations, standardized containers, and simplified tariffs, to give shippers individualized door-to-door service.
No 'doubling' after a line and grade change p.32
The line change, on the Milwaukee, reduced the mileage as well as the grade so that more tonnage can be hauled with less delay and in fewer trains.
Are air-conditioned subway cars practicable?... p.34 "We are supremely confident," says an officer of the Trane Company, "that the expense involved for installing air conditioning will be returned many fold in passenger satisfaction and increased revenue."
The Action Page - 'Too many individualists' .... p.48
Improvement in the position of the railroad industry in 1957 will come about if holders of both the majority and the minority viewpoints toward a half-dozen major policy questions with which the industry is faced will make concessions needed to get a maximum of agreement.
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