Salient factors which have made possible road movement at higher speeds are elimination of as many stops as possible en route, better power and better rolling stock, increased attention to track and structure maintenance, reduction of curvature, modern facilities for coaling and watering locomotives more quickly, modern signaling, and improved train despatching methods.
Faster trains give shippers "streamlined" Service
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 108 , n 21
1940
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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