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Railway Age 1977 October 31 V178 #20 TOFC / COFC RRs & the UTU C&NW
Railway Age October 31 1977 Vol 178 No 20
CONTENTS
FEATURES
TOFC/COFC in '77:
A complete recovery-and then somep 18
With service improved, C&NW's Falcons are bagging bigger gamep 20
Conrail: The piggyback giant is geared up for another big leap aheadp 22
Traffic poll: Many shippers see this year's growth continuing in '78p 29
Railroads and the UTU: What does history teach?p 35
Mechanical training: The need for improvement and what's being donep 52
Highlights of the Coordinated Mechanical Associations' meetingsp 54
NEWS
PS protests award to Italian firmp 9
House passes user charge billp 9
Pennsylvania opens "VW Railroad"p 9
Carter names five to Amtrak boardp 9
For the' Rock, milestones and a recordp 9
Western-Cullen Division soldp 9
Railroads will vote on future of acip 10
Ann Arbor: Back to local managementp 11
Amtrak: A $4.53-billion proposalp 12
Conrail: 25,000 new cars by 1980?p 12
Portec to acquire Rohr's Winder plantp 12
Ford Motor aide is new RPI headp 13
OPINION
INSIDE Falconry on the C&NWp 3
LINES ON LABOR It's the lawp 14
WATCHING WASHINGTON Do it yourselvesp 11
DEPARTMENTS
Advertising Sales Officesp 81
Carloadingsp 80
Industrial Trafficp 79
Lettersp 69
Marketp 80
New Literaturep 84
100 Years Agop 72
People in the Newsp 75
Product Reportp 84
Publisher's Columnp 55
Short and Significantp 9
Suppliersp 78
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