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Railway Age 1957 May 20 Weekly Passenger Traffic Mail Diners Commuter service
Railway Age May 20 1957 Vol 142 No 20
CONTENTS
Mergers held vital to RR growth p.9
New York Central President Perlman tells the Transportation Association limited regional consolidations would provide the capacity for technological progress. He'd also revise rate concepts, live with and "enjoy" passenger subsidies, and step up transport integration.
We think passengers are coming back! p.50
Because more favorable things exist in the passenger picture today than have been there for at least the past 10 years, let's put an end to gloom talk. Passenger service-which is good service and good business-deserves a better break.
What will 'beef up' passenger selling? p.52
Some cogent answers to this question are offered by a railroader, a supplier and a teacher.
The new trains are going places p.54
Passenger trains of revolutionary design are being tested all over the country. Here's a report on what this new equipment has done and what its future may be.
Roads push dual mail campaigns p.57
Realistic rates for carrying mail, and an end to propaganda distortions and uneconomic diversions, are being sought by railroads in ICC and congressional hearings.
Exploring the future of suburban service p.58
Possible answers to the problems of suburban rail movement are explored by William Miller, consultant in state and local government.
Less frills in the diner? p.60
This may result from the conflict between railroads' desires to provide top-quality service and the universal need to trim expenses.
A lady looks at the diner p.62
"Thinking out loud" about her reaction to railroad dining car service, a noted food editor offers her views, not as criticism, but merely as informed opinion.
Backstage act speeds the passenger p.63
The role played by communications in passenger sales and services is the subject of this exclusive Railway Age report.
Public relations helps 'sell' train-off cases p.64
Taking the problem to the public, as well as to the proper regulatory agency, is helping the nation's railroads lick the problem of the "Chamber of Commerce" train.
'Averaging'-the big obstacle to profits p.112
Almost everywhere on railroads, where there's trouble, there will be found one basic cause: Too much "averaging." The practice, natural and reasonable under monopoly conditions, loses its validity in a competitive situation.
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