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Railway Age Weekly 1962 July 9 C&NW commuting Production tmper 950' tack per on
Railway Age Weekly July 9, 1962
CONTENTS
B&O reveals plans to cut coal rates
"Major reductions" in freight rates on bituminous coal will go into effect April 1, 1963 if B&O tariffs to be filed later this year are permitted to become effectivep 7
Piggybacking probe launched by the ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission has begun a broad investigation of piggybacking. The investigation could include reconsideration of "basic" determinationsp 7
Merger freeze could mean bankruptcies
Railroad management's testimony in opposition to Senator Kefauver's merger-moratorium bill included warnings that suspension of mergers could lead to mass bankruptcies P. 9
CN&W pushes its commuting service
The road, a latter-day pioneer at the art of moving masses of people, is wrapping up almost four years of effort toward improving its position and that of its 40,000 daily riders p.12
Modernized tamper works like new model
The unit, completely refurbished for the B&O at half the cost of a 1962 model, has the capacity to tamp 950 ft of track per on-track hour p.16
New IC billing system saves time and money
By using photocopy and offset printing processes, the new system, used in New Orleans and Chicago, has eliminated typing of freight billsp 20
Systems approach offers big payoff
The approach was described as "organized common sense" at a recent Railway Systems and Management Association seminar in Chicago p.21
Kennedy Bill hearings to call ICC, RRs
The ICC, AAR and American Short Line Railroad Association were scheduled to be heard this week by a House committee on the Administration transport messagep 30
Deregulation will come, Heineman says
President Kennedy's proposal to end regulation of minimum rates for the transportation of agricultural and bulk commodities will be adopted, says C&NW Chairman Heineman p.31
The Action Page-Something's got to give
Something substantial has got to give soon to remove the growing menace of railroad socialization and to restore the industry to growth and prosperity p.34
Short and Significant-
Arbitration of the work rules dispute ...
has been agreed to by the carriers. Chiefs of the five operating unions were set to meet in Cleveland last Friday to consider what their answer to the NMB proposal will be.
Piggyback loadings of 14,604.cars
for the week ended June 23 (see p. 27) marked the third successive week of new record totals and the fourth week out of the last seven that totals exceeded 14,000 cars.
Intercity truck tonnage ...
in the week ended June 23 was 0.9% below the volume for the preceding week and 3.7% ahead of the volume in the corresponding 1961 week.
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