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Railway Age 1964 July 6 Weekly System dialing How to evaluate transit car design
Railway Age Weekly July 6 1964 Vol 157 No 1
CONTENTS
Railroads at mid-year Despite strikes and strike threats, traffic in the first half ran above last year. The outlook : good p.11
Pittsburgh to lose PRR trains Commuter losses ran to $293,000 last year. State officials saw no choice but to approve discontinuing 19 trains p.12
Massachusetts forms a transit compact A new authority will have $225 million to help Boston and 77 communities solve their transportation problems p.15
Evaluating transit-car designs A special point-rating system was devised to help PATH make a choice among competing design proposals p.16
Hydraulic drive may cut transit-car costs The new drive concept for transit systems, studies have indicated, will improve train performance p.18
What system dialing can do The GN's direct-distance dial telephone network provides instant system-wide communication-and has cut costs p.22
At last: Congress approves transit aid The House okayed the mass transit bill-H.R. 3881-and the Senate passed an identical bill to conform with it p.28
The Action Page-Pricers need time to think Successful railroading today requires correct solutions to the enormously complex business of freight-rate makingp.36
Departments
Freight Carloadings 31
Letters from Readers 24
Monday Morning Report 8
New Equipment 31
New Products Report 27
People in the News 34
Publisher's Scrapbook 24
Railroading After Hours 19
Railway Market 31
Short and Significant 7
Supply Trade 34
The Action Page 36
Watching Washington 28
You Ought to Know 32
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