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Railway Age Weekly 1959 January 26 Interview with UDF’s Forgash
Railway Age Weekly 1959 January 26 Interview with UDFs Forgash
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Senator Smathers says p. 9
In an exclusive interview with Railway Age; the chairman of the Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee takes a look back (he thinks railroads have made "an excellent start" under the 1958 Transportation Act) and a look ahead (delay of the S. 303 study, he fears, may have hurt chances for new legislation this year). He doesn't think federal subsidy is the answer to rail commuter problems.
New transport study under way p.10
Department of Commerce inquiry is revealed in President Eisenhower's budget message to Congress.
Traffic men optimistic for '59 p.13
Better business and increased shipments by rail are anticipated by three-fourths of the respondents to this month's Railway Age Traffic Poll.
How John H. Breck distributes nationwide p.15
Many of the firm's products are packed in glass bottlesThe
company has worked out a careful loading formula which places heavier packages at the bottom of each shipment, lighter items on top.
Forgash puts new pep in piggyback p.16
The president of U. S. Freight, one of the nation's major forwarders, helped set a new pattern in piggybacking last year. He foresees fast growth ahead, with big gains for both forwarders and railroads.
New Wabash freighthouse speeds freight p.24
The new facility cuts 24 to 48 hours from the time previously required to handle freight. All the road's Chicago transfer operations are centralized in the freighthouse.
L&N's new yard aids shippers p.31
The road's Boyles yard, near Birmingham, Ala., was officially opened last week. It's the latest facility in the L&N's $1-billion post-war improvement program.
Labor relations 'deteriorating'? p.40
Some railroad union leaders are alarmed by what they describe as the "deterioration" of labor-management relations in the industry.
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