Word: superealism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...railroads have become increasingly good at moneymaking service, using new specialized and electronic gadgetry that would baffle Casey Jones. For a closeup view of modern railroading, Associate Keith Johnson rode cab and caboose on the world's fastest freight train, Santa Fe's premium-rate Super C, Chicago to Los Angeles...
...silver lead diesel unit; Engineer Bill Burk climbs up. Off again, then a stop for 20 minutes in Galesburg. A load of lumber on the local freight ahead of us has shifted dangerously, so that car must be set out on a siding. Though a fast train like Super C means less working time for the crews, Burk says he prefers handling a longer, heavier train: "It's the difference between a Sunday outing in the family sedan and driving a racing car. Here you've got a lot of power and you've got to keep...
...Super C sweeps along the Mississippi River at full speed, then slows to cross into Iowa over a combined highway-railroad bridge. At La Plata, Mo., after crossing to the eastward track to pass a slower freight also heading west, the engineer again opens the throttle fully. With so much power hauling a relatively light train, the Super C seems to reach top speed almost as fast as an automobile. The mileposts flash by, one every 45 seconds...
...KANSAS CITY, MO. Long-haired young Brakeman George Ketner, sporting bell-bottomed jeans stenciled with (missing male symbol)and (missing female symbol) symbols, says he likes working the Super C: "All you have to do is get on at the beginning and get off at the end of the run." The train pulls out past the Santa Fe's year-old Argentine sorting yard, equipped with one IBM System 360 Model 30 and two Honeywell DDP-516 computers, which have speeded up car movements through the yard by about 50%. Two delegations of Japanese railroadmen have inspected...
...like his tycoon contemporaries, well into middle age. What distinguishes him from the other super sealords is the incredible pace at which he has expanded his fleet. With a personal fortune estimated by his business associates at anywhere from $300 million to $800 million, Pao does not ever have to go near a shipyard again. Yet he shows no sign of relaxing. After announcing his latest orders last week in New York, Pao hopped a plane for Tokyo to look for shipyards interested in another maxi-order...