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Railway Age 1960 December 5 Weekly Frisco new yard plan NH Cleans car w pressure
Railway Age Weekly December 5 1960 Vol 149 No 23
CONTENTS
N&W seeks NKP and Wabash p 9
The proposed consolidation would create a 7,400-mile system operating in 14 states. Approval of stockholders and the ICC will be sought "at the earliest possible date."
Red carpet down for visitors p.11
Returning a visit to Russia last summer by an American delegation, Soviet railroaders are touring U.S. rail installations armed with notebooks and cameras. Their tour winds up in Washington Dec. 19.
Cover Story-Frisco adopts new yard plan p.14
The plan will improve service to shippers and receivers and will cut yearly terminal expenses by about $500,000. It's based on a car-control system that is to be installed in all the road's major terminals by late spring of 1961.
Cover Story-How NH cleans cars with pressure spray p.17
The new freight - car washing system, installed after 18 months of development work, cost $25,000. With it, in nonfreezing weather, the New Haven can clean 20 cars a day.
Cover Story-The high cost of 'fixed ideas' p.22
What are the sociological barriers to technological change? This is one of the puzzling but important questions that will be explored next month at Northwestern University's three-day session on technological change and the future of the railways.
RR competitors want 'legal monopoly' p.24
Special-privilege legislation which prevents railroads from diversifying should be repealed, says Clair M. Roddewig, president of the Association of Western Railways. Such diversification would meet the changing needs of commerce and industry, he adds.
Dynamic pricing policies urged p.28
At an RSMA conference in Chicago, rail management was criticized for raising freight rates "instead of improving service and adopting a more realistic attitude towards pricing."
C&NW hits subsidized transit p.32
Further competitive inroads by the Chicago Transit Authority may force the North Western out of the suburban business, says C&NW Chairman Ben W. Heineman. All Chicago commuter lines, according to AWR President Roddewig, support the North Western's position.
The Action Page-Is ad expense a waste? p.38
Railroads have invested heavily in advertising designed to increase public understanding of their problems. The campaign, helpful in many ways, should not be completely and indefinitely interrupted.
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