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Railway Age 1957 March 11 Weekly Engineers take a look ahead Thumbs up
Railway Age March 11 1957 Vol 142 No 10
CONTENTS
Railroad success formula p. 9
At a railroad management seminar at the University of Michigan speakers gave reasons for expecting a prosperous railroad future, and emphasized certain steps to make this happy prospect a certainty.
Railroads may turn against the 'shall nots' p.11
The industry does not like the Administration's bill which would apply the Cabinet Committee's rate-freedom program to competing carriers of the same type as well as on an interagency basis.
Pulpwood car hauls more payload p.46
A search for something more economical and less troublesome has led to a new design for greater-capacity pulpwood cars on the Canadian National. The specialized open-top car is adaptable to all types of mechanical loading and unloading and its design prevents dangerous shifting of loads in transit.
How data is sent card-to-card p.49
The large scale computer in the Chesapeake & Ohio's Cleveland general office is used for payroll and other accounting processes. Data prepared at outlying offices must, occasionally, be transmitted to the computer via wire communications facilities. What the problems are, and how they were solved, is the subject of a report to the railroad's management.
What railroad engineers are doing p.51
Last week's annual convention of the American Railway Engineering Association emphasized strongly that current responsibilities of engineering officers go far beyond technical matters.
Will better service mean some 'inefficiency'? p.54
To meet shippers' needs adequately it will be necessary for railroads deliberately to adopt what have been regarded as inefficient operating methods. So argues J. Edward Jay, economist and former railroad man.
Gratz replies to Shoemaker p.58
The Western Maryland president's plan for federal aid to boost freight-car buying has elicited comment from many other railway chief executives-most of it, in general, adverse.
The Action Page-Mr. Arpaia says 'diversify' p.76
It's highly significant that the commissioner's advice so closely parallels the opinions of many railroad leaders. With a "climate" like this, it shouldn't be difficult to translate talk into action.
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