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Railway Age Weekly 1959 May 18 Playing Passenger Problems By Ear
Railway Age Weekly 1959 May 18 Playing Passenger Problems By Ear
74 Pages
Contents
PRR ups car orders to 23,500 p. 9
Leasing agreements with two commercial builders-Pullman-Standard and General Steel Castings=are involved in the road's latest car-acquisition plans.
Government rate chiseling hit p.10
Undersecretary Allen thinks the government should be "a good as well as a favored customer."
The Action Page-Where real trouble started p.16
The federal government is spending some $3.7 billion this year on air transportation, highway improvements, and waterways-exclusive of the St. Lawrence. Privately financed railroads can't live alongside the competition of government investment of this size. If railroad socialization is to be forestalled, remedies must come quickly.
Cover Story-The concrete octopus p.20
We're building a monstrous network of highways that's crushing everything in its way. Our road-building mania seems to be nowhere near an end. More automobiles and trucks-and they increase prodigiously-always need more roads. But as fast as we build the roads, they're choked by the ever-growing glut of new vehicles.
Cover Story-Playing passenger problems by ear p.26
U. S. railroads are not on their way out of the passenger business. Adjustments to changing conditions, however, have been, and will continue to be, made. Here's what the future looks like to 18 passenger-carrying railroads.
Communications: A look ahead p.41
Expanding role of railroad communications departments means increased responsibilities for communications officers, AAR section is told at annual meeting.
These 'deficit-cutters' help the railroads p.44
Getting school kids on trains, putting people in the diners, and consolidating train schedules are three successful techniques railroads have used to cut the passenger deficit.
What's ahead for Pullman? p.50
Some people think the shift away from first-class travel may mean the end of the company. Pullman officers, though, and many of the firm's proprietary lines, don't agree.
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