Word: rail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freight cars while their drivers sleep in passenger cars on the same train. When the service was extended to five new cities last fall, a jokester writing in Le Figaro saw it as a step toward the ultimate solution of driving problems in France. By hauling cars everywhere by rail, he pointed out, there would be an end to highway accidents, driver fatigue, and wear and tear on highways. For those who dislike driving in town, the old city streetcar lines could be reactivated to permit the hauling of cars by rail. Best of all, it would also be possible...
Brioches & Mistletoe. Air freight's big millstone is still its expense: rates average a costly 11.1? per ton-mile v. only 1.3? by rail and 6.3? by truck. "We must keep in mind," says United Airlines Chairman "Pat" Patterson, "that the cost of lifting an object differs a great deal from that of pulling it." But many industries obviously find the advantage well worth the cost. Because damage is less and there is little need for crating, nearly all computers are shipped by air. Boeing saved $750,000 by flying 100 jet engines to its Seattle assembly plant...
...their glamour and hustle, short lines will go on being short. Their less than 2% share of total rail revenues last year was a tiny tweet amid the mighty roar of the main lines. Mergers, of course, still take place. The Lehigh & Susquehanna disappeared last year into the Reading, and the Mohoning & Shenango into the New York Central. But one thing is certain: in 1964, the nation's short lines are too various, too scattered-and too content with their tiny place in the sun-for another Pennsy or Central ever to emerge from them...
...crewmen milled around unsure of what to do. Screams filled the air in half a dozen different languages. Unable to comprehend the crew's cries, passengers took charge of small groups and tried to lead them through the thick smoke to their boat stations. Pressed against the rail were scores of passengers in every variety of dress-nightgowns, pajamas, tramp costumes and evening clothes...
...this friendliness could change sharply when Johnson begins making decisions closely affecting business. In the next month, he must make appointments to federal agencies that will decide whether the ICC takes a hard or soft line toward rail mergers and whether the Federal Reserve Board might swing toward a monetary policy of easier credit. He is expected to offer a bill soon that will return high price supports to wheat farmers, and as the touchy railroad labor negotiations begin in February, he will have to indicate whether in an election year he will continue the Kennedy Administration's attempt...