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September 26, 1955
Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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J. P. Kiley, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, states that future track maintenance will use smaller crews of highly trained men operating advanced machines, reducing workforce from 350 to 150 men over 25 years.
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Sees Less Men On Track Work
CHICAGO -- Railroad repair and maintenance work in the future will be done by small and highly trained men, according to J. P. Kiley, president of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
He told a meeting of the Roadmasters and Maintenance of Way Association of America recently that the size of railroad work groups has been shrinking as machines come into the picture.
Twenty-five years ago, track gangs sometimes reached as high as 350 men. Today about 150 do the same or more work because of machines, and the future calls for more machines with less men.
The need will be for trained men to operate the expensive machines, he said, and called for plans to train men in operating these machines.
CHICAGO -- Railroad repair and maintenance work in the future will be done by small and highly trained men, according to J. P. Kiley, president of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
He told a meeting of the Roadmasters and Maintenance of Way Association of America recently that the size of railroad work groups has been shrinking as machines come into the picture.
Twenty-five years ago, track gangs sometimes reached as high as 350 men. Today about 150 do the same or more work because of machines, and the future calls for more machines with less men.
The need will be for trained men to operate the expensive machines, he said, and called for plans to train men in operating these machines.
What sub-type of article is it?
Industry News
Technological Prediction
What keywords are associated?
Railroad Maintenance
Machine Use
Trained Workers
Workforce Reduction
What entities or persons were involved?
J. P. Kiley
Where did it happen?
Chicago
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J. P. Kiley
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Chicago
Story Details
J. P. Kiley discusses shrinking railroad work groups due to machines, from 350 men 25 years ago to 150 today, predicting even smaller trained crews for operating expensive machinery.