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Railway Age 1960 December 12 Weekly Welded Rail New PNR Route Hauling houses
Railway Age Weekly December 12 1960 Vol 149 No 24
CONTENTS
New revenue split proposed P. 9
Eastern and midwestern railroads would get a bigger slice of a $1.5-billion revenue pie under recommendations made by ICC Examiners Hosmer and Barber. The proposed report comes out of an investigation touched off by complaints filed six years ago.
Cover Story-What's your welded rail problem? p.18
Some of the more frequent questions about continuous welded rail were discussed by a panel of experts at a recent meeting of the Maintenance of Way Club of Chicago.
Cover Story-Railroads haul houses for. Alaska p.22
The prefabricated buildings move by rail from Indiana to Pacific Northwest ports for transshipment to Alaska. The houses are shipped virtually ready for occupancy.
Employees go to bat for Reading p.24
At the recent meeting of the ASME's Railroad Division, Reading President E.P. Gangewere told how the road is enlisting its employees' support through a program called "Operation Bootstrap."
Milwaukee trains its computer staff p.28
The Milwaukee is smoothing the way for a new computer system. Here's how it has been developing the staff that will design and program the new electronic data processing setup.
Research Center impresses Russians p.38
Touring USSR railroaders spent six days in Chicago. They were particularly impressed by their visit to the AAR Research Center. As one AAR technician put it: "We had to practically drag them from some of the tests to keep the tour on schedule."
Cover Story-How the PNR route was mapped > p.44
The job involved extensive use of aerial reconnaissance and mapping. The railroad will run through largely uninhabited mining and timber areas of northern British Columbia. Construction, however, will not begin until various financial problems have been solved.
Teamsters ask TOFC 'royalty' p.51
The union has demanded that motor carriers using piggyback pay into the Teamsters' welfare fund an amount equivalent to one cent a trailer mile for all trailers turned over to railroads. The demand comes at a time when the Teamsters are launching a vigorous anti-TOFC campaign.
The Action Page-What will Mr. Kennedy do? p.54
Railroad performance and future prospects would improve magically if some of their major political handicaps were removed or ameliorated. The pertinent facts must be marshalled and presented to President-elect Kennedy.
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