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Railway Age 1961 June 19 Weekly ACL Combination freight passenger station UP new
Railway Age Weekly June 19 1961 Vol 150 No 25
CONTENTS
Are big roads less efficient?
A statistical study by a leading teacher of transportation-Yale's Kent Healy-indicates that as a railroad increases in size beyond 10,000 employees, efficiency decreases P. 9
B&O's new CTC to pay for itself in 5 years
Operating-expense reductions estimated at $717,600 a year are being realized by the road from a recently completed 151-mile CTC project p.12
ACL builds combined passenger-freight station
The building, 450 ft long by about 50 ft wide, is at Lakeland, Fla. The freight warehouse portion has six tailboard spottings for over-the- road trucks p.20
East and West: Are railroad problems different?
Here, in an exclusive interview, is how Alfred E. Perlman answers that question, plus what he thinks of certain key problems facing the railroad industry p.22
UP gets 20 new leg-rest coaches
The new Budd-built cars were purchased because of a continuing rise in UP coach travel. They will go into the UP's Domeliner and Streamliner trains p.26
You can double your reading speed!
This is the first of three special articles prepared for Railway Age by The Reading Laboratory, Inc. The articles aim to increase reading speed and comprehension p.28
Rules board hearing 'op' case
The fireman position was defined as "indispensable" as the operating unions opened their counterattack on management's demands for an end to make-work practices p.36
C&NW denied fireman-off ruling
The Illinois Commerce Commission has refused to rule on the safety of operating push-pull suburban trains with only one man in the cab p.37
The Action Page-Visit Canada, Mr. Martin
In its fumbling around with transport policy, Washington is the world's most provincial capital. Commerce Under Secretary Martin could learn much from our northern neighbor p.42
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