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Railway Age 1975 October 27 TOFC/COFC and the pursuit of profitability
Railway Age 1975 October 27 TOFC/COFC and the pursuit of profitability
Published semi-monthly by the Simmons Boardman Publishing corporation
Cover: The photograph of a Santa Fe piggyback train on an Illinois River bridge was taken by Orville Brent, system photographer, Chicago.
Contents:
TOFC/COFC
The emphasis shifts from volume to profitsp 19
TRAFFIC POLL: Shippers take a mixed view of TOFC/COFCp 30
What's rightand what's wrongwith the shippers boardsp 32
MoPac's Lloyd: "We are riding a winner"p 36
St. Regis Paper "leases" reliabilityp 38
Hazardous materials: Two main problemsp 40
Tropicana building reefers, buying flatsp 8
BN hires workers for diesels, trackp 8
C&NW taking auto-rack deliveryp 8
Cuba buys first cars from Canadap 8
McDivitt heads Pullman Standardp 8
Hanifin quits Chessiep 8
Illinois sues on diesel noisep 8
Encouraging surge seen in grain shipmentsp 8
The goal: Automated freight-car schedulingp 10
Shoperaft board upholds carriersp 12
ICC seeks power to watch rail HCsp 16
Shippers get stay on new credit rulesp 17
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