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C o u r t d e c i s i o n s h a v e c louded t h e f u t u r e of R R R A — t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t , w h i c h b e c a m e l a w on J a n u a r y 2.

U n d e r t h i s A c t , a n e w r a i l r o a d s y s t e m is s u p p o s e d t o be c r e a t e d o u t of p o r t i o n s of t h e b a n k r u p t E a s t e r n r a i l r o a d s .

A n e w c o r p o r a t i o n w o u l d be s e t u p u n d e r t h e n a m e of C o n s o l i d a t e d R a i l C o r p o r a t i o n ( C o n r a i l ) t o o p e r a t e t h e n e w n e t w o r k .

T o a c q u i r e t h e r a i l r o a d l ines , C o n r a i l w o u l d i s sue i t s o w n s t o c k a n d u s e i t a s p a y m e n t t o t h e b a n k r u p t r a i l r o a d c o m ­p a n i e s . A s a d d i t i o n a l p a y m e n t , C o n r a i l cou ld u s e u p t o $500 mi l l ion w o r t h of b o n d s g u a r a n t e e d by t h e G o v e r n m e n t .

O n J u n e 25, a t h r e e - j u d g e F e d e r a l D i s t r i c t C o u r t d e c l a r e d t h a t p o r t i o n s of t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t a r e u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l .

T h e y n o t e d t h a t s e v e r a l s e c t i o n s of t h e A c t r e q u i r e t h e b a n k r u p t r a i l r o a d s t o c o n t i n u e p r o v i d i n g full s e rv ice , n o t w i t h ­s t a n d i n g s u b s t a n t i a l losses , u n t i l C o n r a i l t a k e s ove r . T h i s e r o s i o n of t h e p r o p e r t y of t h e c r e d i t o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s , t h e j u d g e s sa id , v i o l a t e s t h e F i f t h A m e n d ­m e n t t o t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n .

The t h r e e - j u d g e D i s t r i c t C o u r t t h e r e ­f o r e dec ided t h a t t h e s e s e c t i o n s of t h e A c t a r e nu l l a n d void , a n d p r o h i b i t e d a n y a c t i o n t o i m p l e m e n t t h e m .

On J u l y 5, t h e T r u s t e e s of P e n n C e n t r a l T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o m p a n y a n ­n o u n c e d t h a t t h e y wil l a p p e a l t o t h e U . S. S u p r e m e C o u r t f r o m t h e o r d e r of t h e t h r e e - j u d g e D i s t r i c t C o u r t . T h e b a s i s of t h e i r a p p e a l wil l be s e t f o r t h in a s t a t e ­m e n t t o be filed l a t e r t h i s s u m m e r .

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I n a n a c t i o n s e p a r a t e f r o m t h a t of t h e t h r e e - j u d g e C o u r t , D i s t r i c t J u d g e J o h n P . F u l l a m r u l e d t h a t P e n n C e n t r a l T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o m p a n y s h o u l d n o t be i n c l u d e d in t h e C o n r a i l s y s t e m a s spec i ­fied in t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t .

H e f o u n d t h a t t h e A c t d o e s n o t p r o v i d e a p r o c e s s t h a t w o u l d be f a i r a n d e q u i t a ­ble t o t h e c r e d i t o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s .

J u d g e F u l l a m n o t e d t h a t t h e C o n r a i l s t o c k w h i c h w o u l d be i s s u e d a s p a y m e n t f o r t h e r a i l r o a d l ines w o u l d be of u n ­c e r t a i n v a l u e .

A n d w h i l e C o n r a i l w o u l d a l so h a v e u p t o $500 mi l l ion in g o v e r n m e n t - g u a r ­a n t e e d b o n d s t o h e l p p a y f o r t h e r a i l r o a d l ines , J u d g e F u l l a m sa id , " t h e r a i l a s s e t s of P e n n C e n t r a l w o u l d c o m p r i s e a v e r y l a r g e p e r c e n t a g e of t h e C o n r a i l s y s t e m , a n d t h e r e is e v e r y r e a s o n t o s u p p o s e t h a t t h e i n c l u d e d p r o p e r t i e s w o u l d b e w o r t h c o n s i d e r a b l y m o r e t h a n $500 mi l l i on . "

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v a l u e s a s s i g n e d t o t h e C o n r a i l s t o c k m i g h t be u n d e r w r i t t e n i n s o m e f a s h i o n " — t h a t i s , g u a r a n t e e d b y t h e G o v e r n ­m e n t .

F r o m t h e s t a n d p o i n t of t h e c r e d i t o r s , J u d g e F u l l a m sa id , " t h e m o s t p r e s s i n g p r o b l e m " i s t h e c o n t i n u e d losses t h a t a r e w e a r i n g a w a y t h e r a i l r o a d ' s a s s e t s a n d t h u s a f f ec t i ng t h e c r e d i t o r s ' p r o p e r t y r i g h t s . I f t h e G o v e r n m e n t w o u l d p r o ­v ide sufficient f u n d s t o fu l ly c o v e r t h e s e c u r r e n t losses , h e sa id , t h e d e l a y invo lved in e s t a b l i s h i n g C o n r a i l " w o u l d s u r e l y be c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y a c c e p t a b l e . "

J u d g e F u l l a m w e n t on t o c o m m e n t : " I t is e a s y t o p i c t u r e t h e p r e s e n t c o n t r o v e r s y a s a d i s p u t e b e t w e e n g r a s p i n g c r e d i t o r s , o n t h e one h a n d , a n d t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t , o n t h e o t h e r .

" B u t t h a t s i m p l i s t i c p i c t u r e i s e n t i r e l y i n a c c u r a t e .

" T h e c r e d i t o r s a n d s t o c k h o l d e r s h a v e e x h i b i t e d c o m m e n d a b l e p a t i e n c e a n d r e s t r a i n t in s u p p o r t i n g t h e c o n t i n u e d o p e r a t i o n of t h e r a i l r o a d d u r i n g r e o r ­g a n i z a t i o n , a t a cos t of n e a r l y $1 b i l l ion ."

M o r e i m p o r t a n t , h e sa id , t h e i m m e d i ­a t e i m p a c t of c o n t i n u e d m o n e y - l o s i n g o p e r a t i o n s is b e i n g b o r n e b y s t a t e s a n d local c o m m u n i t i e s to w h o m t h e r a i l r o a d is n o t p a y i n g t a x e s , a n d b y p r e - b a n k -r u p t c y p e r s o n a l i n j u r y v i c t i m s , w h o c a n n o t col lect .

" A m o n g t h e 160,000-odd s t o c k h o l d e r s a n d t h e u p w a r d s of 50,000 b o n d h o l d e r s , " t h e j u d g e a d d e d , " I h a v e n o d o u b t t h a t a s i gn i f i c an t p o r t i o n do n o t r e a d i l y con­f o r m t o t h e i m a g e of s o p h i s t i c a t e d i n v e s t o r s . "

J u d g e F u l l a m sa id t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t h a s " m a n y p o s i t i v e a s p e c t s . "

" I a g r e e w i t h t h e T r u s t e e s t h a t t h e b a s i c a p p r o a c h of t h e s t a t u t e is f u n d a ­m e n t a l l y s o u n d , " h e d e c l a r e d .

B u t b e c a u s e t h e A c t f a i l s t o p r o v i d e a p r o c e s s t h a t w o u l d a s s u r e f a i r a n d e q u i t a b l e c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r t h e p r o p e r ­t i e s t o be t a k e n o v e r b y C o n r a i l , h e o r d e r e d t h a t P e n n C e n t r a l s h o u l d n o t be r e o r g a n i z e d u n d e r t h e A c t .

H o w e v e r , J u d g e F u l l a m " s t a y e d " — t h a t is , p o s t p o n e d — h i s o r d e r u n t i l a final d e t e r m i n a t i o n is m a d e b y a Spec i a l C o u r t e s t a b l i s h e d u n d e r t h e A c t .

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I n a m e s s a g e t e l e t y p e d on J u l y 5 t o p o i n t s a c r o s s t h e S y s t e m , t h e T r u s t e e s s a id t h e r e w a s c o n c e r n a m o n g e m p l o y e e s a s a r e s u l t of t h e r u l i n g b y t h e t h r e e -j u d g e D i s t r i c t C o u r t t h a t c e r t a i n s e c t i o n s of t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t a r e u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l , a n d t h e r u l i n g b y J u d g e F u l l a m t h a t t h e r a i l r o a d c a n n o t b e r e q u i r e d t o j o i n C o n r a i l u n d e r t h e p r e s e n t l a w .

" W e d o n o t a n t i c i p a t e t h a t o p e r a t i o n s of t h e r a i l r o a d wil l be i n t e r r u p t e d be ­c a u s e of t h e s e d e c i s i o n s , " t h e T r u s t e e s s t a t e d .

" T h e i s s u e of c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y wi l l b e d e c i d e d u l t i m a t e l y b y t h e U . S. S u p r e m e C o u r t . I t i s a l so p r o b a b l e t h a t J u d g e F u l l a m ' s o r d e r wi l l be a p p e a l e d t o a S p e c i a l C o u r t s e t u p u n d e r t h e R e g i o n a l R a i l R e o r g a n i z a t i o n A c t , a n d a dec i s ion on t h i s wi l l be r e n d e r e d w i t h i n 90 d a y s .

" I t is i m p o r t a n t t o n o t e t h a t J u d g e F u l l a m s t a y e d h i s o r d e r p e n d i n g t h e final d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e Spec i a l C o u r t a s t o w h e t h e r P e n n C e n t r a l c a n j o i n C o n r a i l .

" C o n g r e s s h a s r e c o g n i z e d t h e P e n n C e n t r a l a s a v a l u a b l e n a t i o n a l a s s e t . W h e t h e r u n d e r t h e p r e s e n t l a w o r s o m e a m e n d e d v e r s i o n of i t , w e be l i eve t h a t w h a t e v e r g o v e r n m e n t a s s i s t a n c e is n e c ­e s s a r y t o i n s u r e c o n t i n u e d o p e r a t i o n s wi l l be m a d e a v a i l a b l e .

" M e a n w h i l e , P e n n C e n t r a l m u s t a n d wi l l p r o v i d e t h e b e s t poss ib le s e r v i c e t o t h e p u b l i c . "

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G e o r g e P . B a k e r , a T r u s t e e of P e n n C e n t r a l T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o m p a n y s ince J u l y , 1970, h a s s u b m i t t e d h i s r e s i g n a t i o n t o J u d g e J o h n P . F u l l a m , in c h a r g e of t h e C o m p a n y ' s r e o r g a n i z a t i o n .

M r . B a k e r , f o r m e r d e a n of H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y ' s G r a d u a t e Schoo l of B u s i ­n e s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a s k e d t h a t h i s r e s ­i g n a t i o n t a k e effect w h e n a s u c c e s s o r i s a p p r o v e d .

H e s a i d h e o r i g i n a l l y h a d i n t e n d e d t o s e r v e t i l l h i s 7 0 t h b i r t h d a y , l a s t N o v e m ­b e r ; b u t l e g i s l a t i o n t h e n b e i n g cons id ­e r e d a f f ec t ing b a n k r u p t r a i l r o a d s c a u s e d h i m t o p o s t p o n e h i s r e t i r e m e n t .

N o w is a n a p p r o p r i a t e t i m e , M r . B a k e r s a i d in a l e t t e r t o J u d g e F u l l a m :

" T h e n e w m a n a g e m e n t is w o r k i n g wel l . I a m finishing m y f o u r t h y e a r a s a T r u s t e e . I a m close t o 71 y e a r s of a g e . I look f o r w a r d t o h a v i n g less r e s p o n s i ­b i l i ty .

" A n d p a r t i c u l a r l y i m p o r t a n t , t h e T r u s t e e s h a v e a s u c c e s s o r t o r e c o m m e n d t o y o u a n d t h e I n t e r s t a t e C o m m e r c e C o m m i s s i o n w h o h a s u n u s u a l l y fine qua l i f i c a t i ons f o r t h e j o b a h e a d . "

R e c o m m e n d e d b y t h e t h r e e T r u s t e e s — G e o r g e B a k e r , R o b e r t W . B l a n c h e t t e a n d R i c h a r d C. B o n d — w a s J o h n H . M c A r t h u r , p r o f e s s o r of financial m a n ­a g e m e n t a n d a s s o c i a t e d e a n of H a r v a r d ' s G r a d u a t e Schoo l of B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s ­t r a t i o n .

M r . M c A r t h u r , w h o is 40, h a s b e e n a c o n s u l t a n t t o n u m e r o u s A m e r i c a n a n d E u r o p e a n b u s i n e s s e s a n d f o u n d a t i o n s a n d t o g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s in t h e U . S., C a n a d a a n d F r a n c e . H e h a s t a u g h t i n n u m e r o u s e x e c u t i v e p r o g r a m s a t c o m ­p a n i e s a n d a c a d e m i c o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e U . S., C a n a d a a n d E u r o p e .

F o r a l m o s t f o u r y e a r s , M r . M c A r t h u r h a s b e e n a d i r e c t o r of P e n n s y l v a n i a C o m p a n y , a m a j o r s u b s i d i a r y of P e n n C e n t r a l T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o m p a n y . H e wi l l r e s i g n t h i s d i r e c t o r s h i p u p o n b e i n g c o n f i r m e d a s a T r u s t e e .

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P e n n C e n t r a l h a s difficult ies t o cope w i t h . T h e y ' r e s e v e r e , t h e y ' r e c o m p l e x , a n d t h e y ' r e c o n s t a n t l y in t h e n e w s .

T h e y t e n d t o o b s c u r e t h e d a y - t o - d a y s t o r y of a r a i l r o a d c a r r y i n g o u t i t s v i t a l t r a n s ­p o r t a t i o n f u n c t i o n .

T o s u p p l y a b i t of p e r s p e c ­t ive , h e r e i s a b r i e f s u m m a r y of t h e j o b P e n n C e n t r a l a n d i t s peop le do in s e r v i n g a v a s t s e g m e n t of t h e N a t i o n :

P e n n C e n t r a l o p e r a t e s a b o u t 19,500 m i l e s of l ine l o c a t e d in 16 S t a t e s , t h e D i s t r i c t of Co­l u m b i a , a n d t h e C a n a d i a n P r o v i n c e s o f Q u e b e c a n d O n t a r i o .

T h i s t e r r i t o r y i n c l u d e s h a l f t h e p o p u l a t i o n of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , 5 5 % of t h e m a n u f a c ­t u r i n g p l a n t s , a n d 6 0 % of t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g e m p l o y e e s .

On a t y p i c a l d a y , P C p e o p l e o p e r a t e a b o u t 1,400 f r e i g h t t r a i n s c a r r y i n g 24 mi l l ion t o n s of f r e i g h t .

On a t y p i c a l d a y , t h e y o p e r ­a t e a b o u t 1 ,300 p a s s e n g e r t r a i n s c a r r y i n g a b o u t 280,000 r i d e r s .

P e n n C e n t r a l is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r o p e r a t i n g a b o u t 6 0 % of A m t r a k ' s p a s s e n g e r t r a i n s , c a r r y i n g a b o u t 7 5 % of all A m t r a k p a s s e n g e r s .

P e n n C e n t r a l peop le o p e r a t e c o m m u t e r s e r v i c e c o v e r i n g t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n N e w Y o r k a r e a , m e t r o p o l i t a n P h i l a d e l p h i a a r e a , N o r t h J e r s e y , B o s t o n , B a l t i m o r e - W a s h i n g t o n , Ch i ca ­g o - V a l p a r a i s o , a n d D e t r o i t -A n n A r b o r .

O n e o u t of e v e r y five f r e i g h t c a r s l o a d e d in A m e r i c a p a s s e s o v e r P e n n C e n t r a l t r a c k s .

P e n n C e n t r a l i s t h e n a t i o n ' s l a r g e s t h a u l e r of m a n y b a s i c c o m m o d i t i e s . I n 1972 ( t h e l a s t y e a r f o r w h i c h official figures a r e a v a i l a b l e ) P e n n C e n t r a l h a u l e d t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o p o r ­t i o n s of t h e n a t i o n ' s t o t a l r a i l -h a u l e d f r e i g h t :

2 2 % of al l t h e r a i l - h a u l e d coal , 24% of t h e i r o n o r e , 2 7 % of t h e coke , 3 3 % of t h e m e t a l s , 17% of t h e c h e m i c a l s , 2 6 % of t h e w o o d p u l p a n d p a p e r , 2 7 % of t h e c a n n e d g o o d s , 2 8 % of t h e f r e s h m e a t s , a n d 4 1 % of t h e m o t o r veh ic l e s a n d p a r t s .

P e n n C e n t r a l is t h e n a t i o n ' s l a r g e s t h a u l e r of t r a i l e r s a n d c o n t a i n e r s of f r e i g h t in p i g g y ­b a c k t r a i n s , h a n d l i n g a b o u t 2 0 % of t h e r a i l r o a d i n d u s t r y ' s t o t a l .

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a t 733 p o i n t s . P e n n C e n t r a l p r o v i d e s t h e

p r i n c i p a l r a i l r o a d s e r v i c e f o r t h e p o r t s of N e w Y o r k , A l b a n y , B o s t o n a n d P h i l a d e l p h i a , a n d a lso s e r v e s t h e p o r t s of B a l t i ­m o r e a n d N o r f o l k — t h e on ly r a i l r o a d s e r v i n g s o m a n y m a j o r p o r t s .

P e n n C e n t r a l p r o v i d e s e m ­p l o y m e n t f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y 79,000 m e n a n d w o m e n . T h e r a i l r o a d ' s p a y r o l l cos t s , i nc lud ­i n g f r i n g e benef i t s , t o t a l e d m o r e t h a n 1 1|4 b i l l ion d o l l a r s l a s t y e a r .

P e n n C e n t r a l is a c u s t o m e r of n e a r l y 9,000 s u p p l i e r s lo­c a t e d in all t h e 16 S t a t e s a n d t w o C a n a d i a n p r o v i n c e s w h e r e t h e r a i l r o a d o p e r a t e s . L a s t y e a r , P C a c q u i r e d e q u i p m e n t , m a t e r i a l s a n d s u p p l i e s c o s t i n g n e a r l y $350 mi l l ion .

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J.A. Flood, mgr.-safety administration, reviews "near-miss" reports sent in by locomotive engineers, reporting cases of motorists ignoring crossing signals.

PC Patrolman Charles Givens spot-checks a crossing to see if signals are obeyed.

A s a public service industry, rail-roads are intensely involved with

public safety. They engage in a wide variety of

programs to stimulate safety-con­sciousness in the communities along their railroad lines.

Each year, the railroads that have conducted outstanding programs are honored by the National Safety Council with the Public Safety Ac­tivities Award.

Penn Central Transportation Company is one of 14 railroads that recently received this award for programs during 1973.

"Penn Central has received the Public Safety Activities Award every year since the merger," noted Robert E. Feeley, director-safety.

Here are some of the 1973 activ­ities of PC people that won recog­nition from the National Safety Council:

• A stay-off-the-tracks safety movie shown to a total of 31,000 school children.

• Distribution of thousands of safety pamphlets.

• "Near-miss" reports by loco­motive engineers, identifying loca­tions where crossing signals are commonly ignored by motorists.

• Spot checks of crossings to observe motorists ' patterns of safety compliance.

• Safety picnics for youngsters in inner-city areas where trespassing on tracks and stone-throwing are common.

• Contacts with parents whose children trespass on railroad pro­perty. 'I just can't preach safety too much!"

J u n e G r a d , A g e 6 1

Who's that older-looking fel-low in the procession of

graduates at Northeastern Uni­versity, Boston?

Could it be Joseph E. McGlone, 61-year-old crew dis­patcher from the PC office in South Station, Boston?

The very same. Mr. McGlone was awarded a

bachelor of science degree with a combined liberal arts and management major.

It took him 12 years of night school to get it.

Some years it was one night a week, some years two or three nights a week.

During that time, he was also busy with official duties for the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, serving at

various times as Lodge 143 president, local chairman, divi­sion chairman, board chairman and legislative representative.

He has also been active in the Labor Guild of the Arch­diocese of Boston, treasurer of St. Mary's Holy Name Society, and a member of St. Gabriel's Retreat League. And, as if that weren't enough, he's been act­ive in the Boy Scouts for 24 years, and has received the Scouter's Award, the Scouter's Key and the St. George Medal.

Joseph McGlone was gradu­ated from high school in 1931, and took a two-year business school course. He then held a variety of jobs before going to work for the New Haven Rail­road in 1945.

While raising a family of three children, he always hank­ered after higher education.

In 1962, he visited North-eastern's University College, which offers courses for work­ing adults.

To refresh his previous busi­ness-school training, he signed up for a course in accounting. Then he took a course in data processing.

Before he knew it, he found himself in a long-range study program aimed toward a degree.

"When I started," says Joseph McGlone, "I had mis­givings — I thought I was too old.

"Now I know I wasn' t ." Lt. Harold Rose, PC Police, talks to pupils about the dangers of trespassing on tracks.

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S a l e s I d e a s

f r o m t h e

G r a s s R o o t s

T h e y were six sales representa-tives from across the Penn Cen­

tral and off-line territory. They came from Pittsburgh and

Chicago, New York and Terre Haute, Norfolk and Kansas City.

They had been invited by the Sales Department to come to Phila­delphia as members of the newly created Salesman Advisory Council.

Each of the five regional sales managers and the director of off­line sales had been asked by Ralph N. Cramer, assistant vice president-sales, to choose one sales represen­tative from his area for the new Council. The selections were based on leadership, imagination and sales ability.

The six sales representatives were given this mission:

To take a sharp look at the PC sales function; to suggest ways of strengthening it; and to develop sales programs aimed at increasing PC freight volume.

"We sales representatives are the foot soldiers — we're the ones who go out to the customers and sell the

service that all other Penn Central employees produce," said Pat O'Meara, Council chairman, whose home base is Kansas City, Mo.

"We're in a good position to know how the average shipper feels about Penn Central service, what he's pleased about or not so pleased about, and what has to be done to keep him on our side."

The six men were given the privacy of a conference room at System headquarters, and for two days they exchanged ideas on sales and service matters. Headquarters officers stayed away from the con­ference room unless called in to answer questions.

The sales representatives reached agreement on a number of aspects of sales and service that need im­provement, and each man selected subjects to work on.

They then returned to their home territories and regular jobs. But during the coming months, each man will work on his re­search projects, circulating prelimi­nary drafts among the other Coun-

Discussing sales-boosting ideas are (starting from left foreground): Jack McLaughlin, Norfolk, Va.; Mario Carrier, Chicago, Ill.; Jim Lippert, New York; Pat O'Meara, Kansas City, Mo.; Kent Frey, Terre Haute, Ind.; Ray Cunningham, Pittsburgh, Pa.

At System Operations Bureau, Supervisor Ernest M. Ryan shows the sales representatives how tabs are kept on location of every freight locomotive operating on Penn Central lines.

cil members until all six projects are completed.

The studies will then be pre­sented as a package of how-to-do­it-better proposals for Penn Central management.

"Out of this we anticipate receiv­ing workable ideas that can upgrade service to our customers," Ralph Cramer said.

Jack McLaughlin, sales represen­tative at Norfolk, Va., will work on proposals for more effective check­ing of empty freight cars before they're sent out, to make sure they're suitable for the shipper's needs.

Mario Carrier, at Chicago, will explore examples of freight on which the revenues are below the railroad's cost of handling.

Ray Cunningham, Pittsburgh, will look into examples of freight movements that were lost because of unsatisfactory service and will try to suggest corrective action.

Kent Frey, Terre Haute, Ind., will consider Penn Central's image — "everybody hears about our problems and shortcomings, and we certainly have them, but we're not getting enough credit for the progressive things we're doing."

Jim Lippert, based at New York, will consider ways of accelerating the turn-around of freight cars, to help get more transportation per

car. While the sales representatives

were in session, a prominent ship­per, John King, general traffic man­ager of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, was visiting PC headquarters. The sales representatives invited him in­to their conference room to dis­cuss how a railroad sales represen­tative can do a better job for the shipper.

Mr. King stressed two qualifica­tions which he said are often lack­ing:

"First, a shipper wants a rail­road representative who can get things done — one who can cut across departmental lines when necessary to get prompt action on a shipper's needs.

"Second, a shipper wants a sales representative to be informed on the shipper's products and his type of operation. When I meet a rail­road representative who knows practically as much as I do about our operation, he's the man I'm happy to do business with."

Commented Sales Representative Pat O'Meara:

"We want to fill that role. "We recognize that today's high

level of professionalism in buying transportation requires, more than ever before, a high degree of pro­fessionalism in selling transporta­t ion."

A f t e r t h e

F o r Mrs. Clyde H. Hyatt, it was an emotional moment.

At her door in Xenia, Ohio, stood J.M. Legates, superintendent of PC's Cincinnati Division, and R.E. Drudy, supervisor of operating rules.

They had come to deliver a check donated by PC men and women 600 miles away.

Clyde H. Hyatt was a 49-year-old block operator. When the tornado struck on April 3, he was driving through downtown Xenia. He stopped to aid a frightened child, and was caught by the 300-mile-an-

Car Repairman A.J. Madiro hands dona­tions from Paoli shopmen to J.B. Fulton

T o r n a d o

hour wind and hurled to his death through a store window.

When PC employees who work in commuter service in the Philadel­phia area heard about this tragedy, they immediately wanted to know: Is there something we can do to help?

In their behalf, Master Mechanic John B. Fulton wrote to Supervisor Drudy at Cincinnati. Mr. Drudy reported back that Clyde Hyatt left a widow, a married son and daughter, and a 19-year-old son who had been planning to start college but now faced an uncertain future.

Clerk C.R. Fida gives his donation to Analyst Ginny Camerota for Hyatt Fund.

The Philadelphia Commuter Area people started a Clyde Hyatt Memorial Fund. Collections were taken in all departments: Mainten­ance of equipment, train and engine service, accounting, stations, indus­trial engineering.

These railroaders have been do­ing this sort of thing for years.

For example, moved by the plight of Vietnam War amputees in a nearby army hospital, they raised travel money to bring parents for Christmas visits.

When Hurricane Agnes struck the East in 1972, the Philadelphia railroaders chipped in to help one of the affected families by buying what was most urgently needed — a

Powelton Yard's B.J. McMackin, F.A. Cal-deron, J.P. Walsh give to Bob Montgomery.

new kitchen stove. The Clyde Hyatt Memorial Fund

reached a total of $529. After delivering the check to

Mrs. Hyatt, Supervisor Drudy wrote to the Philadelphia contributors:

"I t is difficult to express the feelings of Mrs. Hyatt.

"She was completely overcome with gratitude.

"She stated that this wonderful display of sympathy helped relieve the feeling of loneliness and despair she was experiencing."

Check from Philadelphia is delivered to Mrs. Hyatt at Xenia, O., by Division Su­perintendent J.M. Legates (right) and Operating Rules Supervisor R.E. Drudy.

F A C T e r m i n a l

A b i g n e w P C i d e a

h a s t r a n s f o r m e d

f r e i g h t s t a t i o n s e r v i c e s

E d g a r F. Charles, Jr., used to be called a freight agent.

Now he's a traveling representa­tive.

The change in titles is just one reflection of a historic, far-reaching modernization of freight agency operations across the Penn Central.

"I t 's the biggest change ever," says Ed Charles.

New methods, backed by modern electronic devices, are en­abling PC people to set new stan­

dards of customer service. Some features: Shippers now can contact a

freight office any hour of the day or night, 7 days a week, by using toll-free telephone numbers.

Hook-ups with a central com­puter make it possible to answer a shipper's question about a car's location almost instantly.

High stacks of waybills are now being condensed in handy microfilm cassettes.

Joseph R. Citro and John R. Dittings, at the Baltimore FACTerminal, translate the data from each waybill onto a keypunch card. The cards are then used for printing reports.

This complex wiring, arranged by J. R. Norris, asst. supervising agent at Baltimore, makes up a control panel which "tells" the printing machine the kind of report desired.

ON THE COVER: Shirley Miller displays a microfilm tape. All the waybills stacked behind her will be recorded on such tapes for easy storage and reference.

Facsimile devices allow cus­tomers to transmit a shipping order across 100 miles in about four min­utes.

"What all this means is that freight agency operation, which has changed little in more than a cen­tury, has made a giant leap to the forefront of modern transportation techniques," says George M. Casady, director-stations.

" I t means we can do a better job for the customer and compete more effectively with other forms of transportation.

"At the same time, the new set­up enables us to make a substan­tial reduction in costs — a very wel­come and vital thing in our rail­road's present situation."

Edgar Charles is one of the men on the front line of the big new change.

A slim, peppery sort of fellow, he has been railroading since 1939, when he started as a freight handler on the station platform in Wilming­ton, Del.

After time out for service with the Navy on an amphibious re­pair ship — which came under fire in the Normandy invasion — he worked as a freight clerk, than as freight agent at half a dozen loca­tions. His most recent assignment was as agent at Chestertown, Md.

As a one-man operation, Ed Charles did all his own paperwork. This sometimes tied him down when he wanted to be out making calls on shippers. And when he went out on call, other shippers couldn't reach him — there was nobody to answer the phone.

Larger stations had a clerk to help the agent. But even here, the operation was becoming outmoded, lacking the data processing and transmitting equipment that would be impossibly expensive to install in every one of Penn Central's 654 agent-operated stations.

PC Station Department planners worked out the answer:

They took agents and clerks from small stations and concen­trated them at a centrally located Field Terminal.

And they linked a constellation of Field Terminals with a head­quarters called a FACTerminal.

FACTerminal is Penn Central's code word for Freight Agency Co­ordinated Terminal. It 's the key to the whole new setup.

To see how the new system works, travel along with Ed Charles,

E.F. Charles, Jr., traveling representa­tive, works at Dover (Del.) Field Terminal, travels to shippers whenever needed.

Ed Charles calls on Frank R. McGinnis, traffic coordinator for General Foods Corporation, to sign a bill of lading.

With John Fitzgerald, plant manager of Na­tional Cup Company, Ed Charles inspects a boxcar for possible damage to lading.

While calling on shippers, Ed phones the Field Terminal to find out if any other shipper in the area needs a "house call."

traveling representative, on a typi­cal day.

At 6:45 A.M., he's waving good­bye to his wife, Anna, at their I 1/2-story bungalow in Georgetown, Del.

In his green sedan, he drives north on U.S. 13 — not to his former freight station at Chester-town, Md., which is now closed, but to the new Field Terminal at Dover, Del.

Here, instead of being the one-man operation he had always been, Ed works side by side with another traveling representative, Calvin J. Hancock, backed up by Field Terminal Supervisor Gary R.

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Harrington and clerks who man the office on all three tricks — G. Robert Haley, William H. Rowe and James C. Temple.

This is Ed's base of operations. From here he will go out, as

needed, to serve customers not only in his former territory but wherever else he might be dis­patched by the Field Terminal Su­pervisor along a hundred miles of main and branch line.

First thing Ed does when he gets to his desk on this typical day is to check inbound waybills dropped off by the conductor of Train D-27, which brought loaded cars dur­ing the night to the PC yards in Dover and Clayton, Del.

He then phones the consignees to tell them to expect their cars to be delivered on this day's switch.

By the time he's finished, his phone is ringing with calls from shippers seeking a variety of infor­mation. Then he gets into his car to handle any matters requiring a per­sonal visit.

The Dover Field Terminal takes care of a territory formerly covered by five freight agents. Now two agents, working as traveling repre­sentatives, cover the same territory, supported by the clerks who do paperwork, take phone calls, trace cars, maintain liaison with yards, and handle other duties.

(The other three agents bid into jobs as block operator or Field Terminal freight clerk.)

Shippers in the territory pre­viously served by the five freight agents can now use an Enterprise phone number to call the Dover Field Terminal, free of charge. The railroad pays for the call.

There's a clerk on duty there

Janet Siebert makes microfilm copies of waybills and other shipping documents.

every hour of the day and night, five days a week.

On weekends, when the Dover Field Terminal is closed, any in­coming call is automatically switch­ed to the FACTerminal at Balti­more.

"Thus, any time at all — even on Sundays, even in the middle of the night — there's somebody on duty to serve the shipper," says Pat H. Cruciano, FACTerminal supervising agent.

"This round-the-clock service wasn't available before."

The Baltimore FACTerminal is headquarters for the Field Termi­nals at Dover, Delmar and Newark, Del., Cape Charles, Va., and Wash­ington, D.C. The Field Terminals do the basic paperwork on freight movements, and send it all to the Baltimore FACTerminal.

Here, in a recently renovated building located on a Chesapeake Bay pier, are stored shipping docu­ments for more than 900,000 freight movements per year.

Interstate Commerce Commis-

Margaret Michno keeps file of microfilms. Film of any waybill can be found quickly.

sion regulations require preserva­tion of documents for six years. The FACTerminal people soon saw they would run out of room. So microfilm apparatus was put in, and now the PC people are busily condensing high stacks of waybills and shipping orders into handy little microfilm cassettes.

The FACTerminal program was several years in development. In most cases, hearings were required before State Commissions. Wit­nesses included local officials dis­turbed by the prospect of closed freight stations. Some shippers ex­pressed fears of service problems.

But Penn Central representatives were able to demonstrate that the new system would actually improve customer service and provide re­finements not available before.

The first FACTerminal setup was approved by the Indiana Public Ser­vice Commission on November 14, 1972.

During 1973, approval was granted by Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, New York and

W.C. Janowicz gets the film of a parti­cular waybill and reads it on the screen.

Massachusetts. In 1974, Ohio, Michigan, Rhode

Island and New Jersey have been added to the list. And applications are now pending in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Connecticut.

In final form, the program will have 12 FACTerminals, located in: East St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Detroit, Cleve­land, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Phila­delphia, Buffalo, New York and Boston.

They will be linked with a total of 129 Field Terminals.

"It 's a very complex change," says George Casady, heading up the program.

"I t has taken a lot of readjust­ment of familiar methods, habits and attitudes.

"It's like moving in one step from the 19th Century to the 21st.

"We're proud of the way our people have responded to the change and are making FACTer­minal one of the most successful railroad innovations in many

P a p e r w o r k t r a v e l s f a s t . . . b y w i r e !

It 's one of the fascinating new features of the FACTerminal

system. Remote copying machines —

at a shipper's office and at a Penn Central office — transmit photo-copies of shipping orders and waybills in about four minutes.

First, the shipping document is typed up on a standard form at the shipper's office and is put on a roller in the machine.

At the Penn Central office, alerted by phone that a message is ready to be transmitted, a clerk rolls a sheet of electrically sensitive paper into the copying machine.

As soon as both parties place their phone receivers in a spe­cial receptacle, the rollers at both offices begin turning. An electric eye scans the shipping document, line by line, and sends electrical impulses by telephone wire to the receiving machine, which imprints the same images, line for line.

And out comes a perfect copy.

One of the first shippers to adopt the device is The Early & Daniel Company, grain receivers and shippers. This firm has grain elevators at Cin­cinnati, Troy and Mansfield, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Louis­ville, Ky.; and Sheldon, Ill.

The remote copying device has made it possible for this company to centralize traffic functions for all these points at the company headquarters in Cincinnati.

"This has made way billing of cars more efficient for Penn Central and for Early & Daniel," said Edward J. Hassen-ger, the firm's traffic manager. "No one has to leave his desk to accomplish this task."

Here is the procedure for a typical movement:

At Sheldon, Ill., the Early & Daniel elevators are ready to ship out a trainload of grain. A

PC Sales Representative M.R. Tay­lor calls on E.J. Hassenger at Early & Daniel's Cincinnati headquarters to sign a completed bill of lading.

typed list containing all the shipping information is put into the remote copying machine at Sheldon and transmitted by 230 miles of telephone wire to the firm's Cincinnati traffic office.

A bill of lading is prepared based on this information. A PC representative comes to the Early & Daniel office and signs it, certifying the railroad's ac­ceptance of the shipment.

An exact image of the signed document is wired back to the Sheldon elevators, and another copy is transmitted to the receiving device in Penn Cen-

Terminal at tral's Field Lafayette, Ind.

PC clerks can promptly go to work preparing waybills from this document.

By the time the eastbound grain train — usually consisting of 100 cars —travels 40 miles from Sheldon and is passing through Lafayette, the com­pleted waybills are in a pouch, ready to be given to the freight conductor.

"Without even stopping the train," emphasizes Roy G. Vogel, supervisor of PC's Field Terminal at Lafayette.

"That 's what I call act ion!"

An Early & Daniel official puts the bill of lading in a copying device which feeds into phone lines.

Four minutes later, an exact copy comes out of machine in PC office at Lafayette, Ind., 185 miles away.

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L E A R N I N G H O W

N e w m e n a c q u i r e s k i l l s

o f P C s S a m u e l R e a S h o p

V incent Lee Stone is being jet-propelled into manhood.

Just turned 19, he's already been married a year and has a month-old son.

And as a car-builder trainee at Samuel Rea Shop, he suddenly finds himself among Penn Central craftsmen who have been working more years than he's been alive and who seem to know everything there is to know about car-building.

"It 's a great place to be learning how to do a j o b , " he says.

There are other youthful trainees around him. Like Kenneth Dodson, 18, who worked at a shoe com­pany before being accepted by Penn Central. And there are some a bit older, like Frank J. McCaa, 24, who spent three years in the Army, including 1 1/2 years' duty in Vietnam.

You see their names stenciled on their safety helmets, underlined with a bright orange sticker.

The sticker is a signal. It says: This man is a trainee. Keep a

Trainees learn from Instructor Jesse M. Harris, Jr., that hard hats and safety goggles are a must at Samuel Rea Shop.

Vince Stone finds lunchtime is a good time to learn from a pro, John D. Brum.

F.J. McCaa learns how to put a smooth finish on a journal, under the watch­ful eye of Instructor Felix B. Smith.

friendly eye on him. Give him ad­vice if he needs it. See that he doesn't get hurt .

During last spring, 200 new men were hired at Samuel Rea Shop, Hollidaysburg, Pa., and 170 others at 10 Penn Central shops elsewhere in the System. It was part of an effort, within the limits of avail­able funds, to maintain the number of serviceable cars at existing levels and halt any further increase in the proportion of bad-order cars.

"It 's a hold-the-line effort," said John M. McGuigan, chief mechan­ical officer.

At present, the hiring of new car repairmen is limited to filling va­cancies left by retirement. In­creased funds — either from the Government or from additional rev­enues — are needed for any further expansion in the repair program.

An intensive training program has been set up under the direc­tion of General Superintendent Anthony P. Ruscio at Samuel Rea Shop to enable new employees to move rapidly from trainee to qual­ified mechanic.

"They're able to pull their full weight in a very short t ime," he says.

The first week of the training course consists of general introduc­tion to shop practices — with major emphasis on safety.

"On the first day — in fact, in the very first hour — we take each man to the tool room and outfit him with safety equipment," says Assistant General Superintendent Robert C. Bowman, in charge of the training program.

Each trainee — officially called "probationary employee" — re-

Welder trainees in safety garb get instruction from R.F. Ellenberger. They are: David P. Dell, Merrill A. Jones. Jeffrey W. Wolfe, Michael A. Caputo, George D. Harris.

ceives standard safety goggles, spe­cial goggles for use when burning metal, safety helmet, and fire-resistant gear such as leggings, aprons, sleeve coverings and shin-covering "spats ."

The newcomers are given a thor­ough grounding in safe work practices and must pass a test on their knowledge.

Sample: Q. May a cylinder containing

oxygen or other gas be lifted or transported by crane?

A. No. Cylinders must not be transported by crane, derrick or magnet, because they may slip and fall, and the resul­tant shock might cause the cylinder to explode.

The new men are shown the kind of work being done on Samuel Rea's three production lines.

They get a chance to study a demonstration boxcar with sections cut away to show the interior con­struction.

On the fifth day of their first week, they're already doing their first training assignment. At the Reclamation Plant, they're given oxy-acetylene torches, and put to work cutting up wornout freight cars for salvage of usable parts or sale as scrap.

The probationary employee con­tinues working at the Reclamation Plant until needed to fill an open­ing at one of the Altoona shops. There he's assigned to work as a helper with veteran employees.

(A program for new employees is also in effect in the Locomotive Shops at Altoona.)

A continuing record is kept of each new employee's progress.

"Some discover that this isn't exactly the kind of work they anticipated, and they leave," Bob Bowman says. "In other cases, we decide the man isn't exactly cut out for this work.

Car construction is explained with the aid of this cutaway boxcar by Anthony F. Lascoli. The students are Kenneth G. Geesey, Carl R. Colyer, Harry E. Lewis.

"The majority proceed success­fully through their 60-day proba­tionary period, and are assigned to work as regular employees."

But their training doesn't end. For men who want to develop

special skills, Samuel Rea Shop holds classes twice weekly from 1:45 to 3:00 p.m. and 3:45 to 5:00 p.m.

The students attend on their own time. To do that, first-trick men stay on after their work period is over and second-trick men come in an hour or two early.

The courses include welding, air brake servicing, painting, car con­struction, and use of tools and shop facilities.

"The interest and enthusiasm with which they tackle their train­ing is a great thing to watch," says Bob Bowman.

"I t 's very gratifying to meet young men who definitely do not belong to the don't-care genera­t ion."

T h e i r t h e m e i s : S E L F H E L P

The Reverend Leon H. Sullivan stood before an audience of

civic-minded people and proclaimed his philosophy in two words:

"Self he lp!" No point in waiting around for

government to solve the individual's problems, he sa id- the individual has to help himself if he wants to get anywhere.

Rev. Sullivan is the founder of OIC — Opportunities Industrializa­tion Center. This organization, which works in a large number of cities, takes inner-city youth and gives them practical training in skills needed in business and indus­try. Then it seeks out job openings for its graduates.

"Entry into the world of work,

the new ability to earn a living wage, opens a new door to the opportunities and responsibilities of full citizenship," an OIC report says.

Penn Central is one of many companies that have been em­ploying OIC graduates.

"We've done this as part of our systematic effort to find qualified

applicants for any job openings we may have," said Samuel W. Seem an, PC director of personnel admin­istration. "At the same time, hiring these young people is in line with our obligations under the Govern­ment 's equal employment oppor­tunity regulations."

Several graduates of OIC courses are now working at Sunnyside Yard,

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Long Island, where PC passenger cars are cleaned, serviced and re­paired.

These recently hired men include blacks, Spanish Americans and a Chinese American.

"To be hired, they had to pass the tests given to all applicants for similar jobs, and had to pass the physical examination," Mr. Seeman

William A. Cannon dropped out of high school in the 10th grade, but was able to win his diploma while studying the electrician's craft at OIC.

"The railroad men are good about helping a fellow, explaining how to do a job," he says. "I particularly like working with Electrician John Jarmicki. A real teacher."

said. "They are required to show progress in their on-the-job training and to meet our standards of job performance."

Some of the new men are working in Sunnyside Yard's car

Mark S. Antomez, who finished high school and had one year in college, says his electrical training at OIC was the most useful education he received.

"Working as a railroad electrician is interesting because different things come up all the time," he says. "And most of the guys here are great."

shop under General Foreman Joseph J. DiPalo.

"They appear to be doing their best to make good," he said. " I t takes time to learn this job, but they're willing, and as long as a man is willing, we can train h im."

J.A. Glembocki, general foreman,

Emmanuel Desvignes came from the West Indies with his parents, graduated from high school, then took an OIC course. Now he's doing car repair work at Sunnyside Yard.

"Jake Logan, an experienced car re­pairman I'm working with, is not only a teacher but a friend," he says. "One thing that impresses me most is the way they stress safety on this railroad."

electrical department, agreed that the OIC graduates show "a strong desire to learn."

The annual report of OIC's New York City branch commended Penn Central Transportation Company and Assistant Supervisor of Person­nel Earl B. Ruark for helping to open the door to job opportunities and helping to make "self he lp" succeed.

Kin Wah Chan, who was born in China, came to New York with his parents. At OIC he studied air conditioning and refrigeration, and came to the railroad as a pipefitter.

"Makes a person feel good to learn a trade," he says. "You feel you can go anywhere and find a job."

R e c e n t A p p o i n t m e n t s

SYSTEM OFFICES

Finance & Accounting Dougherty, F.J. m Repetitive Rate Manager Gidley, SJ. Asst. Manager TABS Audit &

Master File Gore, W.R. Hastings, S.D.

Livingston, A.S.

Pilson, T.H. Rubolino, J.R.

Sheehan, J.F. Wellmon, B.D. Wille, R.P.

Asst. Treasurer Manager-

Corporate Accounting Manager-

Operating Statistics Financial Analyst

Manager-Subsidiary Accounting

Manager-Financial Analysis Director-Financial Analysis

Asst. to Vice President-Financial Analysis

Sales & Marketing Clifford, I I. Manager-Pricing Deramo, R.L. Asst. Coal Sales Manager,

New York Johnson, J.F. Asst. Manager-National

Accounts-Automotive, Detroit Kinn, R.L. Asst. Manager-National

Accounts-Automotive, Detroit O'Brien, J.A. Asst. Manager-National

Accounts-Automotive, Detroit Smith, E.T. Asst. Manager-lntermodal

Traffic Control, Phila.

Purchases & Materials O'Malley, T.P. Special Agent-

Equipment Procurement

Elliott, R.C. General Foreman, Wilmington, Del.

Manganaro, F.L. Director-Environmental Control & Energy Conservation

Pendergast, T.P. Manager-Environmental Control

Piccirilli, C. General Foreman, Wilmington, Del.

Rolf, G.H. General Foreman, Beech Grove, Ind.

Strader, J.F. Manager-Energy Conservation, Columbus, O.

Operating Administration

Lynch, W.T.

Conti, D.J. Forth, G.E. Hodson, R.B. Kellner, R.H. St. Martin, R.M

Lawson, R.F. Sharp, G.L.

Stoner, H.P. Wilson, J.G.

Wira, R.E.

Bate, W.R.

Asst. Manager-Damage Analysis

Senior Industrial Engineer Operations Planning Engineer

Industrial Engineer Senior Computer Analyst

General Manager-Passenger Operation

Manager-Passenger Train Schedules & Consists

Office Manager Engineer-Corridor

Track Analysis Supervisor-

Passenger Equipment

Security Captain of Police, St. Thomas, Ont.

Vice President-Staff Bartle, F.W. Clift, R. Sr. Information Planning &

Development Analyst Dreisbach, R.W. DiOrio, T.W. Supervisor-Scheduling &

Data Control Duggan, R.J. Goodchild, J.A. Senior Computer Analyst Gilmore, J.M. Strong, K.A. Sr. Data Base Monitor

Hall, H.W. Senior Vice President—Operations

Fredrick, C.H. Manager-Transportation Hunter, R.J. Reporting & Coordination

Rees, W.S. Manager-Transportation Lockner, T.L. Reporting & Coordination O'Toole, W.A.

Pitcairn, R.J. Transportation

Bryan, M.A. Asst. Manager- Rutledge, R.A. Schedules & Classification

Lanzalone, J.P. Supervisor-Ore Ryan, T.J. Operation & Equipment Sharp, G.L.

Onimus, F.S. Supervisor-Schedules & Classification Shoemaker, J.K.

Tedeschi, N.J. Supervisor- Toadvine, G.A. Freight Service Control

Engineering West, F.K. Sykulski, R.E. Civil Engineer

Equipment Carlin, W.J. Manager-Fire

Prevention & Protection

Northeast Corridor Region Asst. Superintendent-

Operations Asst. Superintendent-

Operations Corridor Manager, Boston

General Manager-Northeast Corridor Region

Asst. Corridor Manager-Suburban Service

Corridor Manager, Baltimore, Md.

Manager-Operating Rules Corridor Manager, New York

Asst. Superintendent-Operations

General Superintendent-Operations

Office Manager Asst. Superintendent-

Operations Corridor Manager, Phila. Asst. Corridor Manager-

Suburban Service-New Jersey, New York

Superintendent-Passenger Operation, Phila.

Philadelphia Commuter Area Hacunda, O. General Foreman-

Car, So. Phila.

Instructor-Commuter Enginemen

NORTHEASTERN REGION Mohawk-Hudson Division

Quinn, R.S. Supervisor-Operating Rules, Utica, N.Y.

New England Division Lockner, T.L. Supervisor-

Operating Rules, Boston

EASTERN REGION Fitzsimmons, G.T. Manager-

Operating Rules, Phila. McNulty, D.C. General Inspector-C&S, Phila. Rohrbacher, R.E. Engineer-C&S, Phila. Welsh, V.A., Jr. Field Engineer-C&S, Phila. Wieand, R.W. Engineer Instructor,

Wilmington, Del.

Chesapeake Division Martak, J.W. Supervisor-

Operating Rules, Baltimore Strandquist, S.H. Trainmaster, Newark, Del.

Harrisburg Division Lowery, E.T. Supervisor-Operating

Rules, Harrisburg, Pa.

New Jersey Division Delventhal, W.H. Terminal Superintendent,

Waverly, N.J. Young, A.R. Asst. Superintendent,

New York

CENTRAL REGION Murphy, W.D. Superintendent-

Operations, Pittsburgh

Allegheny Division Cump, G.H. Division Road Foreman,

Altoona, Pa. Glass, D.A. Road Foreman, Cresson, Pa. Millard, R.B. Supervisor-Operating

Rules, Altoona, Pa. Wise, R.O. Trainmaster, Corning, N.Y.

Pittsburgh Division

Stealey, E.R. Supervisor-Operating Rules, Pittsburgh

Streett, G.A. Terminal Superintendent, Conway, Pa.

Zottola, A.A. General Foreman, Pitcairn, Pa.

Valley Division Kardell, A.H. Road Foreman,

Alliance, Ohio Loch, C.J. Trainmaster, Alliance, Ohio Masten, B.W. Supervisor-Operating

Rules, Youngstown, Ohio Young, D.E. Supervisor-Train

Operation, Youngstown, Ohio

NORTHERN REGION Kalsow, K.F. Superintendent-

Operations, Detroit Canada Division

Preston, M.A. Supervisor-Operating Rules, St. Thomas, Ont.

Detroit Division Foster, R.L. Supervisor-Operating

Rules, Detroit Miller, D.E. General Foreman-

Locomotive, Detroit Michigan Division

Adams, A.S. Asst. Trainmaster, Lansing, Mich.

Will, T.K. Asst. Trainmaster, Jackson, Mich.

WESTERN REGION Chicago Division

Eannace, J.G. Division Superintendent, Chicago

Hann, D.D. Road Foreman, Elkhart, Ind. Runkle, T.E. Supervisor-Operating Rules Umbleby, CT. Asst. Master Mechanic,

Chicago

Cleveland Division Middleton, T.A. Supervisor-Operating Rules

Toledo Division Overholt, B.W. Supervisor-Operating Rules

Anslow, A.E. Road Foreman, SOUTHERN REGION Mingo Jet., Ohio Jones, G.L. Supervisor-Train

Byers, J.D. Trainmaster, Lewistown, Pa. Movement, Indianapolis Feil, C.A. Division Road Foreman, Ring, H.E. Assistant General Manager,

Pittsburgh Indianapolis Gass, T.W. General Foreman

Pittsburgh Cincinnati Division Guveiyian, C, Jr. Trainmaster, Drudy, R.E. Supervisor-Operating Rules

Pittsburgh (30th St.) Ingram, S.L. Terminal Trainmaster, Columbus Division

Conway, Pa. Stein, G.A. Supervisor-Operating Rules Light, G.E. Trainmaster,

Pittsburgh (43rd St.) Southwest Division Salyers, R.B. Asst. Master Mechanic, Baggerly, L.A. Division Superintendent,

Pittsburgh Indianapolis Sauer, G.R. Trainmaster, Slavens, J.A. Supervisor-Operating

Kiski Jct., Pa. Rules, Indianapolis

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PENN CENTRAL

P O S T 6 P E N N C E N T E R P L A Z A PHILADELPHIA, PA. 191 OA

S a f e t y p o s t e r c o n t e s t

f o r P C b o y s * a n d g i r l s

When a PC Dad goes to work, his children want only one thing: They want him to work safely and come back home okay.

The Railroad has safety rules to help make sure he does. But sometimes Dads can forget some rule. Now here's a chance for PC boys and girls to remind them. The Penn Central Post, in cooperation with the Railroad's

Safety Department, is sponsoring a safety poster contest. You're eligible if — • You're not over 12 years old; and • Your father (or mother) is an active employee of Penn

Central Transportation Company. Here's what you do : 1. Get Dad (or Mom) to tell you about some Penn Central

safety rule. 2. Draw a poster illustrating the rule. You may use ink,

crayons, paints or magic markers. 3. Add a title or slogan. 4. The poster may be any size up to 17 inches wide and 22

inches high. 5. Fill out the coupon below and paste it on the back of

the poster. 6. Mail it — First Class Mail — no later than September 23 . But don ' t wait till the last day. We're ready to begin accept­

ing entries NOW. All entries become the property of Penn Central Transpor­

tation Company and will not be returned.

— — — — — —Fill out and paste on back of poster — — — — —

Mail to: Safety Poster Contest, Penn Central Safety Dept., Room 1021, Six Penn Center, Phila., Pa. 19104

My name

Street address

City State _Zip

Date of birth Phone No.

Father's (Mother's) name

Works for Penn Central at

Department and job title

Up to 12 years old

T H E P R I Z E S

Best Poster $100 Bond Second Prize $50 Bond Third Prize. . . . . $2$,Bond

10 Runner-Up Awards: Mini-Metroliner & Track

In Addition:

The First Prize winner will be entered in a national eon test, sponsored by the Assoeiation of Railroad Editors, and compete for an additional prize.

Conductor J.R. Davison explains a PC safety rule to his 10-year-old daughter.

Donna gets out crayons and starts on a poster to illustrate the safety rule.