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Railway Age 1958 June 13 Weekly High cost of damage NYC electric eye catches hig
Railway Age Weekly June 13 1960
CONTENTS
Wage award revives rules issue P. 9
Pay hikes either granted or recommended make it more necessary than ever to eliminate featherbedding waste, in management's view.
Cover Story-How to reduce your car damage p.18
The annual cost of freight-car maintenance has been put at about $750,000,000. A major portion of this expense comes from repairing damage caused by overspeed impacts. Here's what railroads, and their equipment suppliers, are doing to correct the situation.
Automated transit comes closer p.36
Philadelphia has completed a $5,000,000 improvement project on its Broad street subway line. The project included a new signal system that provides for automatic routing of trains.
New lighting lets TOFC yard work round-the-clock p.42
The close work of loading and securing piggyback trailers requires high-grade lighting facilities. The PRR tells how it handled the problem at its busy Chicago TrueTrain terminal.
Superintendent: RR's 'key man' p.47
Management's obligations to the "super" were spelled out by Wabash President Pevler at last week's annual meeting of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents.
'Positive' PR program urged p.50
Have railroads been so busy reciting their woes to the public that they've failed to put across the good, "positive" story the industry has to tell? That this may be the case was indicated by speeches at last week's Railroad Public Relations Association convention. Consensus was that the industry should be pictured as doing the best it can with what it's got.
REA president is optimistic p.63
The head of Railway Express thinks the Agency is moving, at last, toward prosperity. The alternatives, as he sees them, are liquidation or nationalization.
ICC to discuss rate policy p.70
The Commission is scheduled to be heard this week by a Senate subcommittee looking into competitive rate-making trends.
Suburban transit: more relief p.73
Railroad commuter service got helpful boosts from two states last week. New Jersey's Assembly sent Governor Meyner a $6,000,000 bill to buy suburban service from nine railroads. New York began procedures to implement tax cuts for railroads in the state.
Piggyback fleet: 85,000 cars by 1970? p.74
The prediction was made during a panel discussion that wound up the 34th convention of the P&S Division. It's based on an estimate that piggyback traffic will account for 257o of the total rail ton market by 1970.
Cover Story-NYC's electric eye catches high loads p.94
The detector, materials for which cost less than $500, was installed to help reroute high loads around a low-clearance bridge. Additional detectors will be installed elsewhere on the system.
The Action Page p.106
How about some more freight cars?-There are two good reasons for buying cars now: Business conditions are expected to improve in the fall, and steel prices may go up around the first of the year.
Cross off the box car?-The economic advantage of the car as a transport tool is seldom systematically exploited. It can still do a job of building siding-to-siding hauls of heavy loads.
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