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Railway Age 1957 June 10 CTC Yardstick Should RRs seek subsidies
Railway Age 1957 June 10
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Week at a Glance
Cooperation is the key to RRs' future IL 9
Only by working together-management with labor and railroad with railroad-can the industry prosper. This was the gist of two addresses at last week's Superintendents' conven-tion-one by Guy L. Brown of the BLE, and the other by H. W. Von Willer, president of the Erie.
RRs want a 'decent standard of living' p.10
The freight-rate increases proposed in the Ex Parte 206 case are needed, the Interstate Commerce Commission was told last week, unless a return of only about 4% is to become a regulatory policy.
Here's a 'yardstick' for CTC p.38
Detailed studies of train operations on many divisions of numerous railroads-to establish measurements of train in-terference-will enable managements to foretell just how they can benefit from proposed installations of centralized traffic control.
'Champ' Davis is retiring p.41
Champion McDowell Davis, an Atlantic Coast Line employee for 64 of his almost 78 years, has asked the company's directors, at their next meeting on June 20, to relieve him of all his duties-as soon as his successor is ready to take them over. Mr. Davis has been ACL president since 1942.
B&O aims to cut bad orders to 31'/o p.42
To achieve this goal, which the road expects to reach by 1960, it is standardizing its freight-car designs, changing its car repair concepts, and realigning its car repair forces. Here's how the program operates.
Can bridge-building costs be cut? p.44
Answers to this question, contends Dan S. Bechly of the Illinois Central, must take into account not only today's lighter motive power, but also the nature of the traffic. Then, too, who knows what the locomotive of the future will be? It may be heavier than the disappearing "steamers."
Will growing fuel demand change RR power? p.46
U.S. fuel requirements are growing faster than increases in known reserves-and nuclear power won't fill the gap for years. The fuel availability outlook over the next 30 years is of vital importance to railroads, because it could have a widespread impact on motive power design and fuel Costs.
Music is getting a bigger RR play p.47
Providing music on passenger trains has been found to evoke "very favorable" reactions from travelers. The service is not new-it's been used by some railroads since 1950-but the list of trains on which music is available continues to grow. The B&O also "pipes" music into its car service offices.
Should railroads be subsidized? p.52
Railroads should still be able to survive and prosper despite the handicap of not getting the public aid their rivals do. This can be done, however, only if railroads insist that people (including government) who demand a service should pay at least the cost of providing it-and, if such payment is not forthcoming, that the service be withdrawn.
SHORT AND SIGNIFICANT April's net railway operating income . . .
was down $13 million from April 1956-$81 million compared with $94 million. For this year's first four months; the drop was $19 million-$295 million compared with $314 million. Estimated net incomes for the month and four months were $61 million and $221 million, down $13 million and $16 million from last year.
Longest single stretch of CTC . . .
on the entire Pennsylvania system is being installed on 300 miles of the road's Northern region between Rockville, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y. The main line is now single track at places and double track elsewhere. The project will permit retirement of over 150 miles of track.
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