Railway Age Weekly 1959 November 2 Canada’s Railroads
Railway Age Weekly 1959 November 2 Canadas Railroads
62 Pages
Contents
RRs ask 6 basic rules changes P. 9
Management's proposals for ending featherbedding waste include demands for a 160-mile "basic day" for certain locomotive and freight-train crewmen-and the right to operate road freight and yard diesels without firemen. (Complete text of the railroad proposals begins on p. 16)
Symes, Greenough move up on PRR p.10
Effective Nov. 1, James M. Symes is the PRR's chairman and chief executive officer. He is succeeded as president by Allen J. Greenough, whose duties will include those of chief administrative officer.
Trailer Train grows in South p.13
ACL, SAL, IC and GM&O are new members of the piggyback-car-leasing pool, bringing membership up to 18 railroads and one freight forwarder. In announcing Trailer Train membership, the four roads outlined plans for expanding piggyback service between the South and East Coast points and the South and the Midwest.
CANADA'S RAILROADS p. 18
A growing country with expanding railroads-that's the story of modern Canada. The rail lines that serve the nation enjoy many freedoms that U. S. lines could use, too. The special report in this issue-and the Action Page (p. 62)-analyze the whole Canadian operation, describing the freedoms and the handicaps, and tell why, in many respects, the Canadian railways are world leaders.
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