1948 Association of American Railroads Vintage Ad Train Rail Railway Transportation System Effectiveness 48 *You Choose Frame-Mat Colors-Free USA S&H*
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Some of the text in this Vintage Ad:
Suppose America depended on
this kind of "common carrier"
Let's suppose that railroads had
only man power-no equipment
whatever-and that their employees
had to transport America's
freight on their backs.
If each railroad employee could
carry on his back 75 pounds of
freight 15 miles a day, to move a
ton of freight one mile would
cost, at present wage rates, $18.45.
This means that your individual
freight bill on the things you con-
sume would amount to $84,473.69
Per year.
But actually, of course, the railroads
provide each worker with
$20,265 worth of such ``tools" as
cars and engines and the tracks
on which they run. These tools so
greatly multiply the transportation
output of each worker that the
average cost of moving a ton of
freight one mile is only 1 1/3¢.
So it's easy to see how important
it is to everyone in America that
the railroads have the best equipment
available.
Right now, railroads are adding
new locomotives . . . freight cars . . .
passenger trains . . . signals . . . rail
. . . all sorts of the latest improvements,
just as fast as they can get
them.
To keep on improving Amer-
ica's rail transportation system,
the railroads must be allowed to earn
enough to supply their workers
with even more and better "tools."
Only in this way can they con-
tinue to provide the low-cost, efficient
transportation so essential
to the very life and prosperity of
our nation.
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Listen to THE RAILROAD HOUR
presenting the world's great musical
comedies. Every Monday evening
over the ABC network, 8-8:45 Eastern,
Mountain, and Pacific Time:
7-7:45 Central Time.
Association of American Railroads
Washington 6, D.C.
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