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Railway Age Weekly 1962 January 1 / 8 Progress report on concrete ties RRs in 62
Railway Age Weekly January 1/8, 1962
CONTENTS
Railroad presidents predict better '62
Earnings will recover from 1961's 15-year-low, but no boom year is in prospect, say 21 chief executives who responded to a Railway Age pollp. 6
What can help the RRs most?
Here's what the presidents of representative railroads in all sections of the country told Rail- way Age in response to this question p. 7
Maintenance officers list cost controls
Efficient supervision is the key to the various methods of controlling maintenance costs, according to a discussion at a meeting of the New England Railroad Clubp 13
Progress report on concrete ties
When installed in new track, says a recent AAR report, concrete crossties will save an estimated $346 per track-mile per year, compared with the wood ties p.16
Car fleet 'poorest' since depression
Freight cars are being scrapped twice as fast as they are being replaced, says Walter A. Renz, executive vice president of the American Railway Car Institutep 20
Economists explore transport research
The economic aspects of transportation from a variety of viewpoints were examined thoroughly at the second annual American Transportation Research Forum p.25
Is your trademark 'working'?
Corporate trademarks are an important element in the impression that companies make on the public mind. How do railroad trademarks measure up? p.27
The Action Page-1958 all over again?
Railroads face the same problem that confronted them in 1958. Unless they quickly establish their right to price competitively, their days in private ownership are numbered p.38
Short and Significant
A 6.7% increase in carloadings
is predicted by the 13 regional shippers advisory boards for first quarter 1962, compared with the corresponding 1961 period.
A 3% airline fare increase ...
has been authorized by the ICC for major domestic carriers. It would yield an estimated $54 million annually.
Directive from President Kennedy . . .
calling upon Secretary of Commerce Hodges to develop a unified federal transport policy is recommended by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Switching-charge cuts . . .
required by the ICC in the Ex Parte 223 case (RA, Dec. 11, 1961, p. 30) are postponed to March 1. Meanwhile, the Commission will pass on the railroads' plea for reconsideration.
Three-way control of C&E I . . .
by Illinois Central, Missouri Pacific and Louisville & Nashville has been asked by IC in an application filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Strike ballots have gone out . . .
to 4,900 CN and CPR members of BLE. An increase totaling 61/2% with reduced arbitraries, recommended by a conciliation board and accepted by the railways, was rejected by BLE.
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