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Railway Age Weekly 1958 Dec 15 C&IM Hot Sprays Gons for Long lIfe UP EMD diesels
Railway Age Weekly 1958 Dec 15 C&IM Hot Sprays Gons for Long lIfe
54 pages
RRs seek gains in pricing, service P. 9
Western railroads are making quick moves' to use lower rates and faster service as powerful competitive weapons. Chicago-West Coast schedules are being sliced to 60 hours; the Soo Line is ready to go with a guaranteed rate.
UP has big plans for IBM 705 p.12
The giant electronic computer recently began the first of many cost-cutting jobs the road's officers have laid out for it. The "brain" produces data faster, more accurately. Here's why UP officers figure that, despite the 705's high rental, it's well worth the price.
Do experiments attract passengers? p.20
The past year may have seen more innovations designed to attract railroad passengers than any comparable period since the advent of the streamliner. Among the railroads willing to experiment, there doesn't seem to be a loser. This article, second in a Railway Age series, analyzes some of the year's innovations.
EMD introduces two new diesels p.24
One of the locomotives is a 2,400-hp supercharged unit built to speed tonnage freight trains. The other is an 800-hp lightweight aimed at the export market. Tests indicate that the 2,400-hp unit can take a tonnage train over level ground 16 per cent faster than existing locomotives.
C&IM sprays gons for long life p.26
The railroad has been experimenting with hot and cold spray paint applications on its gondola cars. The hot spray method, the C&IM has decided, will be used exclusively from now on.
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