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Railway Age 1961 July 17 Weekly SP Santa Fe WP C&O 5 yr plan for B&O
Railway Age Weekly July 17 1961 Vol 151 No 3
CONTENTS
SP, ATSF battle for WP control ...
The fight reaches the ICC hearing stage in San Francisco this week. WP is backing ATSF, fears that an SP victory would give that road a "monopoly" P. 9
NH bankruptcy hearing set Aug. 1
Present management will continue to run the road until a federal judge appoints one or more trustees. President Alpert says there's enough cash to operate through July. p 10
B&O-C&O officers stress deferred-maintenance peril
Here, in detail, is what an officer of each railroad told the ICC would be necessary to transform the B&O into a modern, progressive transport instrument p.14
Modified crane lays 114-mile-long rails
The crane, modified by the Seaboard Air Line, can lay quarter-mile lengths of welded rail in less than 20 minutes, after preliminary work is finished p.19
US&S tests radio control of diesel switcher
The locomotive was satisfactorily controlled with the operator over 1,000 ft away. Under proper conditions, the range might be extended to more than half a mile p.22
Unmanned helper locomotive tried on West Coast
This, and other developments in the remote control of trains, was described at a recent conference of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers p.24
NYC plan: Equal ownership, then merger
Under Central's new proposal, presented to the ICC last week, NYC and C&O would divide B&O stock, which would be trusteed pending a three-way merger p.26
REALCO starts reefer service...
REA Leasing Corp.'s new refrigerated-piggyback service utilizes a non-mechanical liquid-nitrogen cooling process developed by Linde p.33
The Action Page-NH an omen or a warning?
The New Haven's misfortune could prove to be an advantage, if it alerts Americans to the dangers of neglecting and mistreating their railroads P.38
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