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Railway Age 1960 July 25 Weekly Freight traffic issue Lasher charts car line gri
Railway Age Weekly July 25 1960 Vol 149 No 4
CONTENTS
GN, NP approve unification plan p. 9
The proposed merger-which would also include CB&Q and SP&S-would create a 25,000-mile road operating in 17 states and Canada. The plan is expected to go to shareholders for a vote by year's end.
Examiner OK's B&O Plan IV p.14
Recommending approval of the road's controversial piggyback plan, ICC Examiner Dunn takes note of the "bold thinking and experimenting" that pervade the transportation field today, and asserts that "blind adherence to precedents, or to cost formulas ... simply will not do."
Cover Story-What shippers say about containers p.19
Many shippers could use some form of "universal" freight container, according to this month's Traffic Poll. But, the Poll indicates, it isn't likely that containers will entirely replace conventional equipment.
Cover Story-B&O tries 'wheel-less' piggyback p.23
Mixed movement of wheeled highway trailers and wheel-less containers for both rail and road transport may soon be commonplace. The B&O has become the first eastern railroad to inaugurate such a service.
Cover Story-Lasher charts car line's growth p.32
North American Car Corporation, says its president, E. C. R. Lasher, has broadened its scope by moving from the purely transportation phase of logistics into the general field of distribution. Here, in an exclusive interview, are Gen. Lash-er's trenchant comments on the future of U. S. transport.
How to keep industrial railroads safe p.40
Accidents to personnel and property on in-plant industrial railroads can be eliminated. This article is the first of a Railway Age special series which has been abstracted from papers prepared by a major industrial insurance company.
Board rejects radio arbitrary p.67
An emergency board has recommended that the BLE withdraw demands for an arbitrary payment to engineers operating locomotives equipped with radio telephones. Grand Chief Guy Brown says the board's report is "about as unfair as it can be."
The Action Page-Five steps to increase traffic p.70
All the steps are of equal importance. Used in combination, they would give railroads the volume of freight, and the earnings, to which they are entitled.
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