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Railway Age Weekly 1960 May 30 Freight traffic issue Containers G-P likes garage
Railway Age Weekly May 30, 1960
CONTENTS
Containers: The right track? p.9
Everybody's talking about containerization-but so far very few have done anything about it. While the broad concept is pretty generally accepted, a lot of details remain to be worked out.
Traffic Poll-Air freight seen sure to growp. 13
Shippers foresee a bright future for air freight. Three-quarters of those responding to this month's Poll expect to use it more in years to come than they do now. None expect to use it less. But most of them think it will hit trucks harder than rails.
Cover Story-G-P likes 'garage-door' car p. 16
First West Coast test, by Georgia-Pacific Corp., of the South-ern's new experimental "garage-door" lumber car appears to have been a complete success. A highly-mixed load, put aboard in one-sixth normal time, traveled cross-country damage-free.
Cover Story-Why Spencer Kellogg uses rails p. 20
There are four important reasons-special equipment, high capacity, dependable schedules and transit rates-that lead Spencer Kellogg and Sons to rely on railroads for 95% of their total transportation needs. But like many other shippers, Spencer Kellogg would like to see the rails move faster when rate adjustments are needed.
Cover. Story-This '-co-op' really works p. 26
The Charter Oak Shippers' Cooperative Association "has taken Connecticut manufacturers out of the ocean, put them back on shore competitively." Here's how it's been done, by shippers and carriers working together for their mutual benefit.
Cost finding in one lesson p.32
Here's how one ingenious traffic man determines his railroad's out-of-pocket costs for handling cars. He's calculated such costs for various weights of lading, cars, and distances.
San Francisco transit cost: $1.2 billion p.37
The proposed Bay area 132-mile system would be almost completely automatic. Present indications are that more-or-less standard transit equipment and line construction will be utilized.
P&S Division meets in Chicago p.49
The AAR group's 34th annual meeting will be held in the Palmer House June 1-3. On the final day, a four-man panel of railroad supply company representatives will answer questions from a railroad-man audience.
Industrial development pays off p.58
Railroads spend more than all other private industry combined to promote the economic welfare of the territories in which they operate. The money gives every evidence of being well spent.
Nitrogen keeps loads frozen p.60
Complete elimination of railroad "icing" charges in freight bills covering movement of frozen products is said to be possible with a new insulating concept. The patent holder is offering to license the new system to frozen-food processors.
P-S previews 'Lo-Dek' flat car p.64
The car will carry trailers of all types and will be equipped to handle containers, interchangeably and without equipment modification. Its design makes for efficient terminal operations, economical construction and maintenance, and compatibility with most TOFC equipment.
The Action Page-What principles for freight rates?p.90
Railroad rate-making practices are, in general, unsatisfactory to railroads and their patrons alike. Here are some suggestions for revision of the practices.
Short and Significant
C&O will apply to the ICC .
within a matter of days for the right to 'acquire control of the B&O through a stock exchange plan (RA, May 23, p. 9), President Walter Tuohy indicated last week. Mr. Tuohy wants seats on the 13&O board for himself and three other C&O officers, in return has offered B&O President Howard E. Simpson and three other B&O executives representation on the C&O board.
L&N's DeCoursey, Ky., freight classification yard . . .
will be enlarged and modernized at an estimated cost of $11.5 million. L&N will construct a new 24-track, manually controlled retarder hump yard for southbound traffic; a southbound receiving, departure and storage yard; a northbound receiving yard; and install mechanical department facilities for locomotive inspection and service and for light repairs to freight cars. Completion date: 1963.
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