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Railway Age Weekly 1958 Jan 20 1957 Review 1958 Outlook
Railway Age Weekly 1958 Jan 20 1957 Review 1958 Outlook
144 pages
More mechanication for M/W work p.41
Railroads plan to spend more for maintenance-of-way work equipment in '58. The variety and perfection of tools available for track forces grows steadily-offering new potentials in savings. Maintenance budgets over-all will be trimmed this year.
The freight car dilemma p.46
Acknowledged need today is something like 85,000 new freight cars a year. But the big problem, money, continues. If railroads could agree on design, then regularize buying in large lots, they could trim unit costs. One perennial headache certain to carry over into the coming year is how to improve the hotbox situation.
1958 buying hinges on traffic p.51
There are good reasons to expect a business resurgence after mid-year-and if so the railroads will show a parallel pickup. Meanwhile, upward cost trends compel railroads to spend to save and the present living off inventory will be reversed fast with any boost in carloadings.
Highlights of 1957 p.53
AAR Vice-President J. Elmer Monroe sums up problems and progress of the industry during the past 12 months. This two-page rundown opens a 14-page special feature in which Mr. Monroe reviews all aspects of .. .
1957 Railway Operations p.55
Traffic trends, rate and fare changes, employment, financial results, capital spending and purchases, equipment changes, operating efficiency-all this, and more, is spelled out in this first comprehensive story on what happened in 1957. Mr. Monroe illustrates his reports with charts and tables must reading for every railroad officer and supervisor.
Statistical review of 1957 p.98
Twenty tables of statistics provide a quick look at railroad activity last year-cash position, purchases and installations of all kinds, and a complete list of construction projects. These are pages to keep and use during coming months. An exclusive Railway Age service to the industry.
The Action Page-'58 can be a big year-if we sell .... p.144
The railroads have to become completely commercial. With a good product at a good price and a step-up in sales zeal and skill, they can stem the trend of traffic erosion. And this same salesmanship can be applied to the industry's campaign against political inequities.
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