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Railway Age Weekly 1962 November 12 TRRA automatic mail sorter Unions switch str
Railway Age Weekly November 12, 1962
CONTENTS
U.S. suppliers seek new world markets
American railway suppliers are taking a long-distance look overseas to size-up effects of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the new strength of the European Common Market p. 9
Rapid transit wins San Francisco vote
Bay Area voters have cast yes ballots for a 75-mile, billion-dollar rapid transit network to cope with growing commuter congestion. Construction will begin early in 1964 p.14
Unions switch strategy as 'freeze' drive falters
Having failed to win a veto over management's right to determine how many employees are needed, labor organizations are working to increase railroad unemployment benefits p.16
TRRA's mail sorter saves $1 million a year
The automatic system-made and installed by Aerojet-General Corp.-will enable the Terminal Railroad Association to cut mail-handling forces by an estimated 45% p.20
Tank car handles hot pitch economically
The continuously heated car keeps pitch in a hot, liquid state, ready for prompt unloading at destination. It cuts unloading time from as much as 48 hours to 15 minutesp 30
What's your hotbox detector problem?
Various questions about hotbox detectors (among them: How are locations chosen for the detectors?) were discussed at the recent Communication & Signal meetingp 33
Can communications be integrated?
Another discussion at the C&S meeting probed a new concept in communications : the electronic switching center which offers promise of improving railroad operationsp 34
Competition's role in hauling utility fuel
Fuel for the generation of electric power is in a state of continuing change, says the author of this special study. How, he asks, will it be hauled most economically?p 36
The Action Page: Mr. Webb-Pro and Con
Although Commissioner Webb suggests that President Kennedy's recommendations for transport reform be discarded, there is urgent need for enactment of the Kennedy program p.50
Short and Significant
A new ICC committee on planning . . .
will process planning and policy problems, thus preparing them for Commission action. Members are Commissioners Hutchinson, Webb and Bush.
Suppliers are getting their bids in early . . .
for space at the October 1963 Combined Railway Suppliers Exhibit in Chicago. Included in 110 applications already in are requests for over 4,000 ft of track space.
Highest peacetime passenger revenues since 1929 . . .
are anticipated this year by Northern Pacific. During the first eight months of '62, NP's passenger revenues ran 21% ahead of last year.
Southern control of the Central of Georgia . . .
has been approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, which found that the transaction will produce improved service and substantial economies.
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