C&S: BIG SPENDING YEAR SHAPES UP

Equipment manufacturers and system control suppliers should find 1973 a satisfying year. Total spending for such material by U.S. and Canadian railroads will amount to some $345 million, an 8% increase over last year. Transit authorities are planning to spend $71.7 million, a 106% increase over the 1972 figure. U.S. and Canadian authorities are planning 1973 expenditures as follows: Communications up 18%, data processing up 382% and signaling up 109% from 1972 spending plans. Automatic Car Identification is a major item in railroad plans for this year.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-1-29

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 41-42
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 174
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification; Signaling; Signals
• Old TRIS Terms: Communications interface aci
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044562
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Age
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1973 12:00AM