R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.
Maintenance of the ballast layer directly below the ties is an essential part of a healthy track structure, as ballast degrades over time and becomes increasingly fouled reducing its ability to drain, provide adequate load bearing support, and withstand vertical, lateral, and longitudinal forces. Southern Pacific used specially trained crews who operated undercutter equipment to restore ballast that had become fouled.
The excavated material could either be fully discarded or screened and returned to the track, with only the finer parts of the ballast not being recycled.
Named the first recipients of The Globe-Democrat trophies as the outstanding baseball-track performers in the St. Louis area this spring are Greg Johnson of East St. Louis (Lincoln) and Bernie Boehmer of St. Dominic High School in O'Fallon, Mo. All Smiles at the presentation ceremonies are (left to right) Lincoln track coach George Holliday, Johnson, Boehmer, and St. Dominic athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Dominic baseball coach Jerry Boehmer, Bernie's brother, is the Chicago White Sox's club at Appleton, Wis., and was unable to attend.
A $48 million, 31-story office complex in downtown St. Louis, which would be the largest in Missouri, had been delayed again.
The reason: the owners are concerned about rising construction prices.
The office complex would provide hundreds of construction jobs and could be the key to further downtown development.
The building is planned by the First National Bank in St. Louis, International Business Machines Corp. and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for two-block area just west of Busch Memorial Stadium.
IBM Corporation engineer Mike Massey peers through a window at the company in Austin, Texas site as an IBM Displaywriter undergoes vibration testing. The company evaluates its products during various stages of development to determine their ability to withstand jarring.
Robert L. Coe, sales manager of Union Electric Company, congratulated the price winners in the table-setting contest. From the left are Mrs. W. F. McLean, Mrs. James F. Williams, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, who presented the awards; Mrs. Eugene A. Erker and Mrs. J. Edward Sommers.
A boxcar converted to Intermodal Service known as "lead sleds" due to their heavy tare weight. NS car carrying an Evergreen 40' international container on a chassis. Before stacks American Honda would require its parts containers going to inland assembly plants move on chassis for better ride quality.
A boxcar converted to Intermodal Service know as "lead sleds" due to their heavy tare weight. NS car carrying a container on its belly. Some railroads converted boxcars in times of severe car shortages must to the chagrin of other railroads that understood the economics.
TTEX conventional intermodal flatcar carrying 3 45' trailers. The TTEX cars consist of two 89' flatcars connected with a drawbar. One trailer on each railcar with one trailer spanning the drawbar. Intended to carry 3 long trailers. A better alternative to carrying only one long trailer per 89' railcar.
TTEX conventional intermodal flatcar carrying 3 40' International Containers on Chassis. APL 40' International Container on chassis. An unproductive use of TTEX railcars meant for long trailers. Early days of double stack container cars where there was not enough capacity for international containers.
TTCX 60' Conventional Container Only Flatcar Carrying one 20' and one 40' International Containers on Bellies. One container is a TransAmerica container.