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Railway Age Weekly 1959 November 16 New Stars In the Firmament
Railway Age Weekly 1959 November 16 New Stars In the Firmament
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RI, Milwaukee study merger p. 9
Studies now under way could create a rail network extending from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. It would be the biggest railroad system in the nation, in point of road miles-18,175.
Special trackwork cuts pier costs p.13
The new facility-in Duluth, Minn.-is served by the Soo Line. It was constructed by the city's Port Authority in expectation of heavy traffic from the St. Lawrence Seaway.
CTC reduces multiple trackage p.16
The P&LE's entire mainline is now equipped with centralized traffic control. The final installation-a 20-mile section-enabled the road to retire 25 miles of main track.
TRRA adds new service bureau p.20
Shippers are now getting faster and more accurate answers to queries on shipments through the St. Louis gateway. Meanwhile, Chicago railroad men, with a more complex problem, are pondering establishment of a centralized interchange bureau.
Today's PS-1 box car p.22
The car, introduced in 1946, is based on a concept of design and parts standardization that reduced costs through mass production methods. Over 270 changes have been made in the car-all without disturbing the standardization principle.
New sorter handles mail fast p.26
A new system to automate mail bag sorting in railroad terminals will pay for itself in two years or less, say its designers.
'Mammoth' ore movement seen p.33
The railroads have pledged to put "everything we've got" into the task of speeding iron ore to the steel mills. The end of the steel shutdown, meanwhile, has brought thousands of furloughed railroad workers back to work. An "exceptionally heavy" demand for cars is foreseen-but no serious shortages are indicated.
Wanted: 'Easier' mergers p.34
Lackawanna President Shoemaker describes the opposition the Erie-DL&W merger proposal has encountered from
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