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Railway Age 1960 September 5 Weekly Rust corrosion costs RRs 4 times as much as
Railway Age Weekly September 5 1960 Vol 149 No 10
CONTENTS
Ops reveal counterdemands P. 9
Timing their announcement for Labor Day, the operating brotherhoods have revealed their counterdemands to railroad rules proposals filed last November. The brotherhoods' two-part counterproposal calls first for four agreements that would include wage improvements, crew consists, protection of employees in mergers and stabilization of employment, and second for establishment of a commission to investigate and report on effectuation of the agreements.
RRs deny barge case is 'general' p.12
IC and SP, in briefs filed with the ICC, deny that their proposals to acquire control of a major barge line - John I. Hay Co.-is a general case. They say it is a specific proposal that should be decided as such.
Cover Story-Rust carries high price tag for railroads p.16
The industry's annual rust and corrosion bill adds up to between $400 million and $500 million. The problem can be attacked on three fronts - by construction design, by use of corrosion-resistant materials, by protective coatings.
Skates replaced by automatic retarder p.20
An automatic, mechanical retarder developed for use in place of skates at the leaving ends of tracks in retarder yards has proved successful in a test installation and has now been installed throughout one yard.
Freight rate increase asked p.34
The three territorial rate associations have asked for ICC permission for a flat rate increase on virtually all commodities, including charges for special and accessory services. The requested increases are the smallest, on the average, that the railroads have ever sought on a national basis.
B&O has own merger plan p.38
With the position of B&O's Swiss stockholders on the relative merits of C&0 and NYC offers for the stock still the subject of claims and counterclaims, B&O itself last week disclosed a proposal for a three-way merger of the roads.
The Action Page-Trends are all-important p.42
In making rates designed to increase railroad traffic and earnings, it is trends and only trends, that are important. Here is a hypothetical example which shows why that is true.
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