Railroads focus on car movements and crew changes
Questions and answers explain loaded to empty freight car ratios, car miles, and average haul. Updates note car records, faster freight speeds since 1920, rapid AB brake action, and 1942 Santa Fe traffic figures plus staff changes and leave across Amarillo offices.
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John A. Burke
Topeka
Tom Myles
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Amarillo
W. R. Harrison
Burke
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