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Railway Age 1980 August 25 Freight car management Milwaukee Roads total program
Railway Age August 25 1980 Vol 181 No 16
CONTENTS
FEATURES
18 Freight car management: Milwaukee's total programMilwaukee Road's boldly innovative approach, believed to be unique in the industry, encompasses acquisition, maintenance, allocation, and utilization of all cars. It could add $30 million a year to profits.
24 Commodities by rail: ChemicalsBy far the safest mode for hauling chemicals, railroads are carrying more and more of the traffic: the 1975-79 tonnage increase was 23%. Busier than ever, railroads are also working harder than ever to improve an already outstanding safety record.
38 Railgon: The car is sturdy, the price is rightTrailer Train's new next-load, any-road fleet of gondolas offers the railroads equipment designed to spend a minimum amount of time on rip tracks. Car-hire costs come to only 40.5% of revenue.
40 Industrial development: A changing environmentThe job of railroad I.D. people is being made tougher by environmental restrictions that site seekers find costly and time-consuming to comply with. But the energy crisis is turning out to be a plus for railroads.
NEWS
4 Short and Significant
8 The ICC's rate edict-and what it means
10 Justice broadens boxcar probe
10 ICC drops its car service rules
13 Traffic jam worse at Mexican border
14 Milwaukee: Wage deferment now?
14 KCS a partner in concrete-tie plant
48 The Railroad Market
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