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Railway Age 1958 June 27 Weekly Transport costs CB&Q Freight traffic issue
Railway Age Weekly June 27 1960 Vol 148 No 26
CONTENTS
BRT gets 4% wage increase P. 9
An agreement signed with the Trainmen last week will cost the railroads approximately $30 million a year. Three of the five operating unions have now settled on the BLE arbitration-award pattern. Meanwhile, negotiations in the non-op wage case are scheduled to reopen this week.
RRs begin missile-train tests p.12
The railroads moved into the missile age last week as a "pre-prototype" Minuteman train moved out of Ogden, Utah, on a dry run. UP handled the 14-car train on the first leg of the test.
In air freight, it's speed vs. cost p.17
Speed, or its effect, is air freight's biggest advantage, while cost is its biggest disadvantage. That's the collective majority opinion of respondents to a Railway Age Traffic Poll.
Cover Story-Transport costs: rail vs. barge p.20
The efficiency of American railroads has been largely neutralized by federal, state and local governments. So says Burlington President H. C. Murphy in an article written especially for Railway Age. The neutralization, he points out, stems from the inequitable treatment accorded the various modes of transport. With equitable treatment, he concludes, railroads could provide better service at lower cost, and at no cost to the taxpayer.
Cover Story-Frisco puts new stress on sales p.30
Almost every phase of the road's traffic effort has been modernized and upgraded in the past five years. Currently, the emphasis is on a sales education program.
Maintenance: More for the money p.40
Getting the most value from the maintenance dollar was the subject of a recent two-day RSPA seminar in Chicago. Top engineering and maintenance officers explored basic questions involved in programming-"the key to earning a satisfactory return on investment."
NYC uses walkie-talkies to fight vandalism p.46
Rock-throwing by juveniles promises to be less of a problem for the Central now that radio-equipped patrolmen are riding the cabs of trains in the commuter area.
Cover Story-'Traffic task force' aids customers p.52
Traffic experts from International Minerals & Chemical Corp. recently spent three months visiting customers here and in Canada. Their mission: to help individual plant food manufacturers cut transport costs and improve service
Blast chilling' guards perishables p.62
A new high-speed chilling technique is winning acceptance by commercial carriers of fresh and frozen food products. The new process was developed by the Pure Carbonic Co.
The Action Page-Mr. Murphy audits RR efficiency p.74
The public is entitled to the best in railroad transportation. Present government policies deny railroads the opportunity to provide it. The Burlington, for example, outperforms rival transportation agencies in every category of relative efficiency, except those which involve fixed plant. How can government authorities excuse the arbitrary handicapping of the useful type of public service performed by railroads?
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