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Railway Age Weekly 1960 February 29 Sales Tips Busy piggyback car Frt traffic is
Railway Age Weekly February 29, 1960
CONTENTS
A trucker speaks his mind p. 9
Here's what the president of Consolidated Freightways thinks about Plan V piggyback. . . motor carrier ownership of TOFC equipment. . . how to overcome the threat posed by unregulated carriers. . . how small shipment transportation can be improved.
Cover Story-Who's to pay for dirty cars? p.13
A small majority of respondents to this month's Traffic Poll favor a penalty charge against dirty freight cars. Considerable sentiment exists for allowing railroads to consider dirty cars as loaded cars and refusing to accept them from consignees until properly cleaned.
SP radio speeds P&D work p.19
Shippers get faster service since the road began using two-way radio on 221 trucks at eight major terminals. The radio permits dispatchers to talk directly with truck drivers in the field.
Cover Story-Busy TTX cars set records p.20
Trailer Train gets phenomenally high utilization from its fleet of TOFC cars. One typical car ran up 11,442 miles in 60 days last year. Another car, the firm's record holder, ran 17,296 miles during April 1959. And some 90% of TTX mileage is loaded!
Cover Story-How the Milwaukee helps its salesmen p.24
The road is vigorously pursuing a many-faceted program to strengthen its selling and improve its service. The hard-hitting program includes regional sales meetings, an advisory "task force," traffic research and a new consolidated car reporting center.
Railroad litigants make progress p.26
Illinois Central General Attorney Urchie B. Ellis tells some of the steps railroads can take to forestall illegal grants, of "grandfather" authority to truckers of previously exempt commodities returned to regulation by the Transportation Act of 1958.
Maine Central 'pipelines' clothespins p.30
The road has come up with something really new: covered hopper cars designed for pneumatic bulk handling of "pin woods" for clothespins.
Monorail: What it is and what it's not p.36
Monorail, says the author of a book published this week, may solve the transit problem in all but the most densely populated cities. A prototype line, he urges, should be built to provide, among other things, accurate cost information.
The Action Page p.66
Payola in transportation? - Out-and-out payola cannot be defended. But, where does justifiable hospitality leave off and so-called payola begin?Know the receivers too - Receivers of freight play an increasingly important role in the routing of shipments. Railroad freight salesmen should make every effort to become acquainted with receivers in their territories.
Short and Significant
First claim under the railroads' strike insurance plan . . .
is being paid to the Alton & Southern. It's for $45,650 to cover fixed expenses lost during an 11-day strike over disciplinary measures which, the A&S contends, involved a "national issue."
Most radical proposal . . .
yet submitted to Canada's Royal Commission on Transportation calls for a "welding" of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Advanced by British Columbia, the proposal apparently doesn't contemplate full merger, but rather transfers and consolidations of overlapping operations to cut costs in competitive areas.
New rate progress . .
was reported last week by Eastern railroads. ICC's Division 2 voted not to suspend proposed rate changes on synthetic rubber. These rates, which became effective Feb. 25, are the latest to be developed as a result of systematic studies being conducted by the Traffic Executive Association - Eastern Railroads.
Wage talks with the BRT . . .
will resume March 1 in Chicago. Negotiations haven't progressed as far as those involving the other operating organizations, largely because of a suspension of formal talks during the BRT'S lengthy convention. Meanwhile, it's indicated that emergency board hearings on a dispute involving the BLE and Santa Fe (Coast Lines) won't begin before May 2. Hearings are scheduled to be held in Los Angeles (RA, Feb. 22, p. 34).
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