Railway Age Weekly 1962 May 21 Passenger traffic issues Cn new merchandising pla

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Railway Age Weekly 1962 May 21 Passenger traffic issues Cn new merchandising pla
Railway Age Weekly May 21, 1962
CONTENTS
Carriers break off work-rules talks
Accusing the operating unions of bad faith and irresponsibility, the railroads said further meetings would be "simply a public delusion"p  9
Northerns assail Oregon proposal
A suggestion that the Spokane, Portland & Seattle be eliminated from the proposed GNP&B system drew sharp criticism from the merger principalsp  10
Passenger service: Who's doing what
Here, in detail, is what 23 railroads are doing to take advantage of the billion-yearly market that exists for intercity, for-hire transportationp  13
What's ahead for transit automation?
The hardware and the technology for a fully automated transit system are already available. Here's how such a system would workp  25
All-electric diners will speed C&O meal service
Converted from bedroom-lounge cars at the road's Huntington, W. Va., shops, the new diners are in service on the "Sportsman" trains between Detroit and the Eastp  29
Inter-agency group to study mergers
Appointment of a committee to formulate government policy on transport mergers came as a Senate subcommittee moved toward hearings on a merger-moratorium bill p.32
CN passenger selling stresses merchandising
Backing up the Canadian National's contention that passenger service can be made profitable is a sales force that is willing to ,experimentp  34
RRs: Ready-made transit solutions
Railroad rights-of-way in downtown business districts are rapidly coming to the fore as a possible solution to the problem of low-cost rail rapid transitp  53
The Action Page: Rail travel-will it grow?
It is becoming clearer and clearer to government officials that railroads are not obsolete for suburban service-and are far more economical than highway transportationp  58
Short and Significant
Lehigh Valley stockholders ...
will receive an offer later this month to exchange their shares for PRR stock. The exchange, approved recently by ICC, will give PRR complete ownership of LV (RA, April 16, p. 36).
Class I railroad employment ...
totaled 706,800 in mid-April-0.68% above the March figure but 0.19% below April 1961, according to the ICC's Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics.
Carrier-union talks ...
in the non-op wage dispute will open in Chicago May 23. An emergency board has recommended a wage increase of 10.2 cents an hour for non-operating employees.
A -million fire ...
that swept through the Boston & Maine's yards in Charlestown (Boston) destroyed three warehouses, along with 23 loaded refrigerator cars.
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