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Headlight
JANUARY, 1966
Vol. 27 43 No. 1
Printed in U.S.A.
IN THIS ISSUE
NYC WINS 1965 GOLDEN FREIGHT
CAR AWARD 3
NYC PRESIDENT PROPOSES
NATIONAL COMPUTER COMPLEX 6
114th VALOR MEDAL HONORS
CENTRAL MAN 7
HEADLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS . . . . 8
PROMOTIONS 10
CENTRALINES AND HISTORY 11
RETIREMENTS 12
RETIREMENT ACT CHANGES WILL
INCREASE PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS 14
1966 CALENDAR 15
NORMAN M. STONE
Manager, Publications & Advertising
HAROLD J. SCHNEIDER, Editor
SYDNEY OXBERRY, Art Editor
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Frederic H. Woolfall, Cleveland
Farwell C. Rhodes, Jr., Indianapolis
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ON THE COVER: The 1965 Golden
Freight Car Award presented by the
Railway Progress Institute to the New
York Central for its most effective
promotion of Railroad Freight Traffic.
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29 Million People...
saw this locomotive at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York. It was
purchased by Central from General Motors at the close of the Fair last
year. A regular production model, the locomotive was modified to make
its innards more visible while on display at the GM Futurama exhibit at
the Fair. Central's only structural change involved replacing a glass wall
on the engineer's side of the cab with a conventional side. It is now in New
York Central operation, where some of the ex-Fairgoers may get a chance
to see her in action.
NYC Passengers to get Smo-o-o-other Rides...
now that Central's modern track machinery, shown in operation on the
Hudson Division north of Peekskill, N.Y. has rebuilt roadbed and
smoothed rails to provide better riding comfort. This machinery, capable
of re-surfacing more than 1,000 feet of track per hour, also was in operation
on the Harlem Division and during track maintenance season resurfaced
115 miles of track, roadbed and installed 12,000 new cross-ties.
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CENTRAL WINS
GOLDEN FREIGHT CAR
FOR DEVELOPING
& MARKETING
FLEXI-FLO
New York Central has been honored
as 1965 winner of the "Golden Freight
Car"—highest award of its kind in the
railroad industry. The award, sponsored
by the Railway Progress Institute, came
to NYC for development of Flexi-Flo,
a new concept of bulk freight handling,
and for an intensive promotional campaign
demonstrating customer benefits of
the Flexi-Flo system.
Using this new method, Central has
reversed declines in bulk freight traffic
and generated business from new customers.
After a successful start in carrying
cement, the Flexi-Flo concept is now
being carried into a broader range of
bulk-handling applications, representing
a great potential in new traffic for all
railroads.
Results of the Flexi-Flo system include
real economies in distribution, thus benefiting
customers; creation of important
new traffic for Central; improvement of
truck utilization and increasing revenues
for truckers working with the method;
creation of new car demand with potential
increased business for car builders;
and pointing the way to all railroads to a
new potential for bulk freight handling.
The Railway Progress Institute is the
national association of the railway equipment
and supply industry. Each year
RPI presents the "Golden Freight Car"
for this four-fold purpose:
1. To give recognition to railroads
and their personnel for outstanding use
of effective sales promotion and advertising
techniques to sell railroad freight
service;
2. To spotlight effective methods of
selling and promotion that will help the
entire industry;
3. To foster increased use of modern
sales and merchandising methods to sell
railroad freight service;
4. And thereby to help promote
greater freight traffic volume for the
ailroad industry.
NYC has previously won Citations of
Merit six times during the eight-year
history of the awards program. This is
Central's first "Golden Freight Car."
The "Golden Freight Car" was presented
to NYC President Alfred E. Perlman
by RPI Chairman Arthur H. Smith,
who is also President of the Kerite Co.,
at the Institute's annual meeting and
dinner in Chicago. Prior to the presentation,
the announcement had been made
by RPI Vice Chairman W. Ashley Gray,
Jr., President of General Steel Industries,
Inc., at the dinner meeting of more than
1,000 railroad and railway equipment
and supply industry leaders from all
parts of the country.
In addition to the presentation of the
top award to Mr. Perlman, smaller
trophies were presented to New York
Central people who had participated in
development of the Flexi-Flo program
and in preparation of NYC's entry in the
awards program. They are Wayne M.
Hoffman, Executive Vice President; Arthur
E. Baylis, Vice President-Staff;
James R. Sullivan, Vice President-Marketing;
Douglass Campbell, Vice President
(Public Relations & Advertising);
Henry Hohorst, Director of Market
Planning & Research; and Norman M.
Stone, Manager of Publications & Advertising.
Commenting on the award, Mr.
Perlman said:
"We may all take special pride in
winning the "Golden Freight Car" award
this year. While the award is for outstanding
promotion of freight traffic, the
New York Central family recognizes,
perhaps more than others, that effectiveness
in business development is the
result of teamwork involving all departments.
Nowhere is this more apparent
than in the development of Flexi-Flo.
"This award is a symbol of the progress
made in many areas on the New
York Central, and I extend my thanks
to all the people who are helping to make
New York Central truly the road to the
future."
PARTICIPATING in "Golden Freight Car" award, these Central men received small desk
trophies with gold car, while major trophy went to NYC President Alfred E. Perlman.
Seated (from left): Henry Hohorst, Director of Market Planning & Research; Mr. Perlman;
and Wayne M. Hoffman, Executive Vice President. Rear (from left): Arthur E. Baylis, Vice
President-Staff; Douglass Campbell, Vice President (Public Relations & Advertising);
Norman M. Stone, Manager-Publications & Advertising; and James R. Sullivan, Vice
President-Marketing.

FLEXI-FLO
For the past several years New York
Central has been disturbed by a steady
decline in the volume of traffic in bulk
freight. Central's Marketing department
set out to find a means of arresting this
trend through the development of a
marketing program which would attract
customer interest in rail service, regain
lost business and create new and profitable
bulk freight traffic.
Undertaking this assignment, it was
apparent to NYC's marketing specialists
that something more than stepped-up
sales efforts with existing facilities was
needed. A fresh concept had to be found
which would offer positive and substantial
advantages to bulk freight shippers.
Central's Marketing department conceived
and developed the idea of a bulk
freight system which would bring to
customers in that classification the same
dynamic advantages of faster service and
reduction of inventory and storage requirements
enjoyed by users of Central's
Flexi-Van and auto carrier services.
A bulk-hauling system, using specialized
equipment and terminal facilities
was developed to offer complete mill-toconsumer
distribution service to the
shipper through combined rail and highway
transportation at an attractive joint
through rate.
Called Flexi-Flo, to reflect the flexibility
of service and the methods employed,
and to capitalize on the well-established
and recognized Flexi-Van name, the system
offers the bulk shipper an impressive
number of advantages:
• elimination of packaging costs
• substantial savings on distribution
costs
• single agency responsibility and billing,
resulting in
—simplification of traffic department
load
—traffic department economies
• fast customer service—truck dispatch
within one hour of customer's phone
order
• quality control through protection
from contamination
• reduction in capital demands for market
expansion
• extension of shippers' market radius
These extra advantages are available
to Flexi-Flo shippers without the need
for capital investment on their part.
Announcement of Flexi-Flo's availability—first
to the cement industry—followed
months of careful research, backed
by Central's investment of $575,000 in
equipment specially designed for the
service.
Cement offered an excellent market in
which to prove the benefits Flexi-Flo
holds for shippers and receivers of bulk
freight, as well as for the railroads.
Of the 70 million tons of cement
produced annually in the United States,
one-third comes from the area served by
New York Central. A ten-year trend in
volume of cement traffic was clearly
away from rails. Trucks offered great
speed and flexibility for short distances,
coupled with attractive rates.
Flexi-Flo rates enabled Central to
undercut truck rates for the first time in
a decade and still return a profit to the
railroad.
Fast, flexible service, including good
inventory control for the shipper, were
added to attractive rail rates, enabling
shippers to penetrate distant markets
more effectively than was possible with
trucks.
With the feasibility of the concept
established . . . with rates attractive to
customers . . . with equipment ready for
service . . . Flexi-Flo was ready to roll
and recapture for New York Central an
increasing volume of lucrative business.
From the outset it was recognized that
achievement of such a bold breakthrough
in bulk commodity transportation would
require the full coordination of Central's
talents in Marketing, Equipment Engineering,
Terminal Operations, Research,
Transportation, Industrial Engineering,
Sales, Public Relations and Advertising.
All of these departments became
deeply involved because no matter how
sound the marketing approach might be,
Flexi-Flo could not be taken out and
sold to the cement industry or any other
customer group without the establishment
of adequate operational back-up.
Sound management ;ii each Flexi-Flo
terminal was essential to insure: rapid
and dependable truck dispatch ... assured
quality control through transfer
and delivery . . . inventory control . . .
expedited rail movements to the terminal.
A full-time Flexi-Flo supervisor was
lAt shipper's plant, bulk material
is loaded into FLEXI-FLO car.
This newest concept in specially
designed freight cars provides lowest
loading and unloading cost
available - lower than package or
bulk trucking costs.
placed in charge of each terminal as it
was established. As increased Flexi-Flo
traffic developed, a system Flexi-Flo
operations manager was appointed to
follow up on train schedules, the opening
of new terminals, and the operation of
each new terminal.
Each terminal location actually constitutes
a dispatching center, with its own
track scales, communications facilities,
and exterior lighting to insure efficient
operation at any hour, and coordinating
Flexi-Flo shipments with complete customer
delivery service.
A special sales manager was appointed,
charged with the responsibility for boosting
Flexi-Flo sales efforts through campaigns
directed initially at the cement
companies, and later into other bulk
shipper categories.
Sales meetings were held to familiarize
NYC salesmen throughout the System
with Flexi-Flo and spur them to special
sales efforts.
Newspaper and magazine articles, advertising,
direct mail brochures, demonstrations
of equipment, special research
for individual customers—all these were
included in Central's promotional campaign
to launch Flexi-Flo successfully.
The response was immediate and has
continued to grow. Through this Flexi-
Flo marketing campaign, Central has
been successful in gaining impressive
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uary, 1966
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HOW
WORKS
2 The car is then transported via
NYC to the FLEXI-FLO Terminal
nearest to the point of
use.
At the terminal, cement flows
from rail cars to truck by pressure
differential.
new traffic and revenue volumes. This
is all "plus" business—business which
would have been lost to highway carriers
without Flexi-Flo.
In one year this bold new marketing
approach converted an industry which
gave virtually no business to the railroads
into a substantial customer for the
Central. And the future looks even better
as Flexi-Flo's advantages are presented
to other industries which ship freight in
bulk.
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SERVICE: ANSWER
TO CUSTOMERS
NEEDS
TRUCK
RAIL
3 Trucker makes delivery at customer's
site. The receiver requires
only a simple, low-cost
storage bin or tank, so deliveries
are as uncomplicated as
home delivery of fuel oil. He no
longer needs .. •
- His own terminal facilities
- His own or contract trucks
- Any local terminal or shipping
personnel
- Any capital outlay
FLEXI-FLO ADVANTAGES
1. TO CUSTOMERS:
by providing real economies in distribution,
and significantly broadening their
geographic markets, without any capital
expenditures.
2. TO NEW YORK CENTRAL:
by creating important new traffic and
increased revenues and profits.
3. TO TRUCKERS:
by creating important new traffic and
increasing revenues; by improving truck
utilization through short haul nature of
traffic; by centralizing truck pick-up at a
single terminal.
4. TO CAR BUILDERS:
by creating new car demand, with
potential for additional revenue in
the construction of more sophisticated
equipment.
5. TO AMERICAN RAILROADS:
by pointing the way to new potential for
bulk freight handling for all lines . . .
markets for the FLEXI-FLO system exist
in every area.

NYC President Proposes National Computer Complex
Delivering the keynote address to
members of the Railway Systems and
Management Association convening in
Chicago recently, Alfred E. Perlman,
NYC President, proposed a national computer
complex and called for industrywide
acceptance of new marketing techniques
as solutions to the equipment
utilization problem facing the nation's
railroads. He pointed out that the railroads
do not have a unified approach
to improving equipment utilization. "We
are relying on theories without facts to
back them up, and we are resorting to
out-moded, historical techniques which
no longer fit the problem," he said.
Mr. Perlman urged the railroad industry
to establish a computer center—
"perhaps in Chicago"—to keep a daily
record of the approximately 1.8 million
freight cars in the national car fleet. He
also suggested "regional controls to keep
track of seasonal variations."
He noted that "at present, car service
orders are issued by the Association of
American Railroads and penalty orders
by the Interstate Commerce Commission,
without either agency having full
and accurate knowledge of the facts."
The Central, he stated, has spent millions
of dollars on computer systems
designed to provide accurate information
and "can kill the theory upon which
the service orders are based with facts."
As the primary example of the equipment
utilization problem, he said: "We
recognize that there is, in fact, a seasonal
shortage of grain cars. But, by the same
New Type Grain
Cars Are Hit With
NYC Customers
Zahl Elevator employees at
New Carlisle, Ind. are enthusiastic
about NYC's new covered
hopper cars designed for
the hauling of grain. The cars,
a new rate structure and a
staff of specialist advisers are
the Central's way of tailoring
its services to meet the changing
needs of agriculture.
Standing at the left in the picture
are Peter P. Bornejko, NYC
Division Freight Sales Manager,
South Bend, Ind.; Mrs.
Irma Brasseur, Elevator Office
Manager; Carl Zahl, Jr., Elevator
Manager, and Glen
Hoover, NYC Traveling Agent,
Rolling Prairie, Ind.
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token, at other than peak harvest seasons
there is a surplus of these very same
cars. The shortage is a problem, but so
is the surplus!"
Mr. Perlman stressed that the railroad
industry must develop accurate information
with respect to the national car fleet
and it must adapt modern marketing
techniques.
"In search of answers to these problems
on NYC," he said, "we made complete
marketing studies of all aspects of
our business. We found that, in handling
grain and grain products, our gross revenues
were $30 million. But, we were
losing $3 million in net income."
"Grain, while produced seasonally,"
he said, "is consumed, processed, or exported
nearly evenly all year long. Yet
the present marketing methods throw a
tremendous peak load on transportation
facilities for about one month annually.
And methods of harvesting are causing
an even greater peak. If grain were
stored near where it is grown, and then
moved to market, in a steady year-round
manner, there would be no seasonal car
shortage. At the present time, grain is
transported in a disorderly and almost
chaotic manner, in spite of the fact that
the consumption of grain is orderly."
"Our marketing efforts," Mr. Perlman
said, 'thus sought to develop new concepts
in pricing grain transportation
which would encourage storage in the
producing area and direct shipment to
consuming areas, geared to the steady
rate of consumption." He noted that
Central subsequently introduced mileage
rates and applied new equipment technology
for the movement of grain.
"Experience to date indicates that
when the application of mileage grain
rates becomes widespread, encouraging
the movement of grain more evenly
throughout the year, permitting the replacement
of box cars with high-capacity
covered hopper cars, the 'chronic' grain
peak load will be levelled out."
Mr. Perlman emphasized that since
Central's "frill-free mileage rates" are
substantially lower than the old rates,
the price paid producers has been higher
and the cost of grain to the customer has
dropped as much as nine cents a bushel.
"At the same time, because of improved
equipment and plant utilization, the
Central turned this loss into a profit,"
he said.
"Therefore, the contention that penalty
per diem will mitigate the car shortage
is, in my opinion, absolutely worthless.
Resolution of this problem lies in
the development of equipment, terminal
and pricing concepts through a total
systems analysis of the market which
will promote efficiency and enable the
railroads to serve the true needs of the
shipper and make a fair return on investment,"
Mr. Perlman said.
In conclusion, Mr. Perlman told his
audience that "the golden days of railroading
are ahead of us, not behind us,
provided we adopt new techniques and
new ideas, discarding those of the last
century."
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LIGHTS . . . CAMERA . . .
ACTION! . . . New York
Central Medal of Valor
Winner Merrill L. Sears
(third from left) was spotlighted
in television coverage
during the Medal
presentation ceremony at
Columbus, O. Admiring
the Medal as the TV camera
grinds away are
Charles R. Geer (second
from left), a former Medal
winner and NYC conductor
now on leave and
serving as chief inspector
of the Railroad Division,
Public Utilities Commission
of Ohio, and Jerald
D. Bailey (right), whose
rescue made Sears the
114th Medal winner.
114th Valor Medal Honors Central Man
By Farwell C. Rhodes, Jr.
MEDAL PRESENTATION . . . Central's
Medal of Valor is presented to 25-year-old
Merrill L. Sears (right), NYC Communications
Department Lineman from Jackson, O.,
for his dramatic June 8 rescue of Jerald D.
Bailey (center), Kenton, O., also an NYC
employee, in a power line accident. The
presentation is made by Ohio-Central Division
Superintendent Raymond C. Harrison.
HERO'S REWARD ... A jubilant Mrs. Merrill
L. Sears gives her husband a hug and
kiss seconds after he was awarded the
Medal of Valor for rescuing Jerald D.
Bailey (right), who was knocked unconscious
in a power line accident. Both Sears and
Bailey are Ohio-Central Communications
Department employees.
January, 1966
New York Central's highest heroism
award, the Medal of Valor, was recently
presented to 25-year-old Merrill L. Sears,
Communications Department Lineman
from Jackson, O., who was simultaneously
publicly praised by the man he
rescued.
Sears was awarded the Medal for his
precarious June 8 rescue of a fellow
workman, 21-year-old Jerald D. Bailey,
R. R. 2, Kenton, O., after Bailey was
knocked unconscious and burned critically
by a 13,800-volt power line in Columbus,
O.
"Without Sears I might not be here
and don't forget that he risked electrocution
or a bad fall himself in protecting
me," Bailey, now recovered from his injuries,
told an audience at the award
presentation.
Sears and Bailey were both atop a 45foot
communications pole when Bailey
came in contact with the hot wire and
slumped unconscious over one of the
pole's crossarms.
Sears leaped to the rescue, holding
Bailey on the crossarm for 15 minutes
and restraining him from renewed contact
with the hot line until the power was
shut off.
There followed another agonizing 20
minutes in which Sears tried to lower
Bailey to the ground, finally holding him
on the side of the pole until a Fire Department
rescue squad lowered the injured
man by aerial ladder.
Bailey was unconscious only momentarily,
delirious and writhing in pain most
of the time, making his rescue doubly
difficult.
The Medal presentation to Sears was
at a luncheon given in his honor by the
Ohio Central Division at the Jai Lai Club
in Columbus.
A further dramatic touch was provided
at the presentation ceremony by the
presence and congratulatory remarks of
a former Medal winner, Charles R. Geer,
NYC Conductor who is on leave, serving
as Chief Inspector, Railroad Division,
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
"Yours was an act of extreme courage,
quick thinking and self-sacrifice," said
Geer, who won the Medal in 1958 for
rescuing a three-year-old deaf mute
from the path of a switch engine at
Delaware, O.
In the spotlight of television and news
cameras, Sears accepted the Medal from
Ohio Central Division Superintendent
Raymond C. Harrison and concluded
simply: "I was only glad I could help
Jerry."
Additional praise for Sears' bravery
came from Southern District General
Manager Richard B. Hasselman, District
Engineer Harry B. Berkshire, District
Engineer of Communications and Signaling
Harvey Alexander, and others.
Sears became the 114th recipient of
the Medal, an award established in 1926
to honor Central employees who have
risked their lives in an effort to save
another from serious injury or death.
His name will be enshrined in bronze
in Grand Central Terminal along with
those of the other 113 Medal winners.
Sears has been employed by NYC
since 1960. He is married and was accompanied
at the award presentation by
his wife. They are parents of a threeyear-old
son.

Hey Look at the Train . . .
said Syracuse Station Master
Durward R. ("Doc") Powers
as he points down the track
while four eager youngsters
stare in wonder at a westbound
hotshot freight train.
The excited would-be engineers
were part of a group
of 44 boys and girls and 33
parents from the Liverpool
Cooperative Nursery School
who made a round-trip excursion
between Syracuse and
Rome, N. Y. (Photo Courtesy
General Electric Co.)
'The Life You Save May Be Your Own" . . .
was dramatically underscored recently at a rail-highway crossing of the New York Central in Ashtabula, O.
Working in cooperation with local school authorities and police, Central's Safety Department instructed
approximately 475 pupils and their teachers in the need for obeying crossing signals and gates. Taking one
class of about 30 children at a time, George Bracht (left), Trainmaster and NYC Police Lt. Edward Marras
(right), assisted Edward H. Blewer, District Safety Supervisor, in conducting the children over the crossing
and back again. The local school authorities praised the railroad safety program as one of the finest of its kind
which "should go a long way toward promoting safety at grade crossings."
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New U. S. Steel Service Center . . .
will soon be constructed in the New York
Central's industrial park at Indianapolis. Wielding
the shovel cooperatively in the earth-turning
marking the start of construction are (left
to right) Joseph W. Zvone, J. S. Steel Vice
President-Engineering and Operations; Keither
P. Rindfleisch, Vice President-Commercial; and
Samuel H. Hellenbrand, NYC Vice President-
Real Estate and also President of the New York
Central Land Development Co.
H E A D L I G H T
Hilites
7 965 Railroad Employees'
National Safety Award . . .
in switching and terminal railroad
groups was won by the Cleveland
Union Terminal Company, an affiliate
of the Central. The CUT's casualty
rate of 2.53 per million man hours
worked was the lowest of any railroad
whose employees worked more than a
million but less than 1.5 million man
hours during the year 1964. Donald B.
Fleming, General Manager of NYC's
Western District (left), presents award
to Robert V. Brinkworth, Division
Superintendent, Lake Division (right),
as Jack Rose, Jr., Trainmaster (center),
looks on. Others are representatives
of various crafts earning the award.
Congratulations Were
in Order . •.
when Harold Longden, Machinist Apprentice
at DeWitt Diesel Terminal in
Syracuse was named "Outstanding Machinist
Apprentice of the Year" by the
National Railroad Apprenticeship Conference.
He was presented a certificate
and lapel pin at ceremonies held at the
Syracuse Press Club. Present were (left
to right). Robert F. Datchman, Mechanical
Superintendent, William J.
O'Donnel, Apprentice Instructor, Mr.
Longden and Harold Longden (retired)
NYC Assistant Terminal Foreman,
DeWitt (uncle of Award Winner).
What's New on New York Central . . •
and how it fits in to the over-all operation of a railroad is being told to various groups of Freight Sales Personnel from
all over the System. They are attending informative tours planned to provide sales personnel with an opportunity to further
increase their knowledge of various phases of New York Central's operations. In the picture above Frank J. Welch
(addressing group), Terminal Manager, New York Central Transport Co., DeWitt, N. Y. is giving them a little background
on Flexi-Van operations in the Syracuse area,
January, 1966

SYSTEM
Employees Move into New Posts on NYC
Charles D. Edwards has been appointed
to the position of Director of
Administrative Data Systems with headquarters
in New York.
Mr. Edwards joined the Central in
1959 as Director of Systems and Procedures
at New York, the position he
held until his present appointment.
Richard H. Nadel has been appointed
to the position of Director of Operations
Analysis with headquarters in New York.
Mr. Nadel joined the Central in 1955
as a Research Analyst at New York.
In 1962 he was appointed Assistant
Supervisor of Operating Data, and in
1963 he became Manager of Systems
Development, the position he held prior
to his present assignment.
Charles D. Edwards Richard H. Nadel
Ronald L. Marky has been appointed
to the position of Manager of Systems
Planning and Analysis with headquarters
in New York.
Mr. Marky joined the Central in
1956 as a Programmer-trainee at Buffalo.
After serving with the armed
forces, he returned to NYC in 1960 as
Senior Systems Analyst at Buffalo. In
1963 he was appointed Chief Systems
Analyst, the position he held prior to his
present promotion.
Salvatore J. Orlando has been appointed
to the position of Systems Coordinator
with headquarters in New York.
Mr. Orlando joined the Central in
1955 as a Telegrapher at New York. In
1960 he became a Traveling Car Agent
and in 1961 he was appointed Systems
and Procedures Analyst. He became
Senior Systems Analyst in 1963, the position
he held prior to his present appointment.
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Ronald L. Marky Salvatore J. Orlando
Joseph J. Maher has been appointed
to the position of Manager of Computer
Services with headquarters in Buffalo.
Mr. Maher joined the Central in 1956
as a Systems Analyst at New York. In
1959 he was appointed Assistant Auditor
of Car Accounts in Buffalo, and in 1963
he was appointed Manager of Computer
Center at the same location, the position
he held prior to his present appointment.
Edward J. Hoffman has been appointed
to the position of Manager of
Computer Center with headquarters in
Buffalo.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Benjamin J. Gordon has been appointed
to the position of Engineer-
Maintenance of Way with headquarters
in New York.
Mr. Gordon joined the Central in
1948 as a Structural Inspector at Cleveland,
O. Since then, he has held various
positions, including: Assistant Supervisor
of Track at Dunkirk, N.Y., Assistant
Division Engineer at Columbus, O.,
and District Engineer at New York. In
1962, he was named District Engineer at
Cleveland, the position he held prior to
his new appointment.
Joseph J. Maher Benjamin J. Gordon
NEW YORK DISTRICT
Chester A. Skoldberg has been appointed
to the position of Supervisor,
Marine Operations with headquarters in
Weehawken, N.J.
Mr. Skoldberg joined the Central in
1926 as a Deckhand in the Marine Department.
He served in various other
capacities until 1959, when he was
named Assistant Supervisor of Marine
Operations, the position he held prior
to his present appointment.
Thomas A. Bjorkman has been appointed
to the position of Assistant
Supervisor of Marine Operations, also
with headquarters in Weehawken.
Mr. Bjorkman joined the Central in
1964 as an Assistant Industrial Engineer
at New York, and served in that capacity
until his newest assignment.
Robert H. Sherblom has been ap­
pointed to the position of Road Foreman
with headquarters in Croton-
Harmon, N.Y.
Mr. Sherblom joined the Central in
1941 as a Fireman on the Hudson Division
and has held various other engine
crew positions prior to his latest promotion.
Richard J. Hardenbergh James P. Tansey
NORTHERN DISTRICT
Richard J. Hardenbergh has been appointed
to the position of District Engineer
with headquarters in Detroit.
Mr. Hardenbergh, a native Detroiter,
started his career with the Central in
the Engineering Department at Detroit
in 1948, was transferred to Battle Creek,
Mich., in 1953, where he served in various
engineering capacities. He was
named Division Engineer at Columbus,
O. in 1957 and served in the same position
at Toledo and Rochester, N. Y.,
before his present appointment.
James P. Tansey has been appointed
to the position of Transportation Superintendent
with headquarters in Detroit.
Mr. Tansey joined the Transportation
Department of NYC at Toledo in 1941,
and served in various capacities in Ohio
and New York before being appointed
Transportation Superintendent at Columbus,
O. in 1964, the position he held
prior to his present assignment.
"Isn't it astonishing how much
more handsome a man looks with
a paycheck?"
New York Central Headlight
Grand Central YMCA
Names W. R. Grant
"Man-of-fhe-Year"
Walter R. Grant, Vice President-
Finance of the Central, has been named
"Man-of-the-Year" for voluntary services
to the Grand Central YMCA in
New York. The annual award honors an
outstanding individual from each of the
New York City YMCA's branches. Mr.
Grant received his award (below) at the
Annual Dinner of the Young Men's
Christian Association, in the Grand Ballroom
of the New York Hilton Hotel.
Centralin.es
Jim Conaghan first trick Telegrapher
at Stanley Tower, Toledo, O., taught his
school teacher wife and two other teachers
some of the fine art of golf reecntly
by scoring a hole-in-one on the Chippewa
Golf Course 11th, 150 yard hole with a
five iron. His first ace in 30 years' golfing.
* * *
Major Carl G. Remmel, Conductor on
the Western Division and also Director
of Elkhart, Ind., City-County Civil Defense
Agency, has completed a special
civil defense course at the national Office
of Civil Defense, Staff College in Battle
Creek, Mich. His son Carl Lee is a cadet
at The United States Military Academy,
West Point, N. Y.
* * *
The Empire State Chamber of Commerce
recently elected Robert W. Minor,
NYC Vice President, Law to its Board
of Directors. Mr. Minor will serve a
three-year term as state director.
The State Chamber represents 180
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
Associations throughout New York and
is a member of the Council of State
Chambers of Commerce.
A capsule history of New York Central—No. 8
Heritage of Progress
Successful operation of the
newly-formed New York Central
Railroad was being carried out
from Albany to Buffalo in 1854.
However, in New York City, a
thriving metropolis of over 200,-
000, the first tentative efforts —
when compared with the railroad
ventures of Boston, Philadelphia
and Baltimore—seemed meek and
mild. The city was an island, surrounded
by what was regarded as
unbridgeable water, and seemed to
have small chance for rail connection
with the other lines.
In August, 1831, the State Legislature
granted a charter to a group
of enterprising citizens for the formation
of the New York and Harlem
Railroad Company, which
would connect the city with Harlem,
a suburb at the upper end of
Manhattan Island, from "any point
on the north side of 23rd Street."
The company was organized with
Campbell P. White, a prominent
merchant and member of Congress,
as the first President.
Almost immediately, a controversy
broke out over the rights
granted in the charter by the State
Legislature, and an ordinance of
the city's Common Council, which
differed in many important respects.
In those days, Tammany
Hall ruled New York with an iron
fist and the new venture was entirely
at its mercy. However,
Campbell P. White had been an
Alderman himself and evidently
knew how to proceed, for the ordinance
was corrected and the
Council even agreed to the extension
of tracks down Fourth Avenue
and the Bowery to Prince Street.
In February, 1832, the ground
breaking ceremony took place at
Murray Hill on Fourth Avenue.
Walter W. Miller, Jr., who is the son
of Walter W. Miller, retired Ticket Agent
at Buffalo, and Mrs. Miller who works
in the Reservation
Department at Buffalo,
received his
Master of Laws
degree from the
Graduate School of
Law at Harvard
University. He was
awarded his Bachelor
of Arts degree Walter W. Miller, Jr.
at Harvard University, his Bachelor of
Laws degree at the University of Buffalo
and has been appointed Professor of
Law at Boston University. Mr. Miller, Jr.
also spent several of his summer vacations
working in the Ticket Office at
Buffalo.
* * *
Robert T. Roe, NYC Safety Supervisor,
New York District, was recently
elected an Associate Member of the
American Society of Safety Engineers.
The Society was organized nationally
in 1911 to promote the Arts and Sciences
connected with Safety Engineering.
This was the most spectacular spot
of the entire route since a deep cut
through rock had to be made at
the crest of Murray Hill. The dedication
ceremony attracted a great
deal of attention and publicity.
Since Mr. White was attending a
session of Congress, the railroad's
Vice President, John Mason, addressed
the assemblage. While admitting
that the project was a local
one, he spoke of the gratifying information
from Albany to the effect
that the building of the New
York and Albany Railroad was
being greatly encouraged by the
State Legislature and work was expected
to start where the new road
terminated at the Harlem River.
At that time, the possibility of a
railroad's following the bank of
the Hudson River to Albany was
still a shadowy and nebulous project,
about which only a few people
were enthusiastic. The general
opinion was that the Hudson River
steamboats were too firmly and
strongly entrenched to tolerate any
rivalry.
January, 1966 11

VETERAN EMPLOYEE George Welker, Cabinetmaker in
Mill Room at Beech Grove, Ind., retires after 40 years'
service. Left to right are R. T. Tomlinson, Supt. Shop, Mr.
Welker, H. A. Guffey, Foreman, Mill Room and F. E.
Britton, Asst. Gen. Foreman, Passenger Dept.
Compiled by
Leonard H. Rose,
NEW YORK DISTRICT
Arnold, M. G., Chief Clerk,
Birmingham, Ala.
Avellino, S., Car Cleaner,
Mott Haven, N. Y.
Barile, G., Barge Captain,
New York
Bartlett, S. C, Agent, Chatham,
N. Y.
Ciero, R., Car Cleaner, White
Plains, N. Y.
Deatcher, J., Pipefitter
Helper, Harmon, N. Y.
Elliott, W. A., Head Doorman,
Grand Central Terml.
Evans, S. R., Announcer,
New York
Green, J., Car Cleaner, Grand
Central Terminal
Heaney, Jr., W. J., Supervisor
Third Rail Maintenance,
New York
Hellesto, J., Deckhand, Weehawken,
N. J.
Iselin, E., General Lighterage
Clerk, Weehawken, N. J.
Jackson, L. A., Field Engineer,
New York
Johnstone, Jr., A., Office
Services Manager, New
York
Kowal, J., Assistant Supervisor
Track, New York
Kramer, A., Switchtender,
Harmon, N. Y.
Lecain, W. F., Car Cleaner,
White Plains, N. Y.
Macdonal, C. W., Waiter,
New York
Montville, A. E., Analyst,
New York
Mustain, E. S., Shop Superintendent,
Harmon, N. Y.
Navara, W. G., Supervisor
Marine Operations, Weehawken,
N. J.
Nelson, L., Engineer, Weehawken,
N. J.
Petersen, P. H., Sheet Metal
Worker, Grand Central Terminal
Pettorossi, L. M., Laborer,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Pino, F., Laborer, Hudson,
N. Y.
RETIREMENT has come to
William D. Erwin, Assistant
Chief Train Dispatcher on
the Syracuse Division, after
47 years' service with NYC.
Retired
Director of Employee Benefits
Reuterwall, Sr., 0., Machinist,
Harmon, N. Y.
Ryan, C. H., Clerk, New York
Salvatore, T. F., Laborer,
Harmon, N. Y.
Schaekel, E. A., District Supervisor
Air Brakes and
Steam Heat, New York
Schunzel, G., Machinist, Harmon,
N. Y.
Shea, D. R., Assistant Engineer,
New York
Walker, M. E., Clerk, New
York
Walsh, J., Carpenter Foreman,
New York
Weeks, H. L., Chief Statistical
Bureau, New York
Zinzc, S. J., Checker, Weehawken,
N. J.
Zuzich, J. L., Deckhand, Weehawken,
N. J.
EASTERN DISTRICT
Adamberger, G. A., Chief
Clerk, Buffalo
Allen, J. D., Clerk, Worcester,
Bryant, F. L., Trucker, Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Burkhardt, C. F., Conductor,
Syracuse Division
Connolly, J. J., Crossing
Watchman, East Cambridge,
Mass.
Cook, I. W., Engineer, Buffalo
Curley, T. L., Brakeman,
Beacon Park, Mass.
Cutler, F. J., Machinist,
Clearfield, Pa.
Czajkowski, J. P., Machinist
Helper, Utica, N. Y.
Dakin, M. B., Stower, Boston,
Mass.
Flanders, A. T., Engineer,
Mohawk Division
Goldberg, A., Brakeman, De
Witt, N. Y.
Hollenbeck, F. C, Train Dispatcher,
Buffalo
Janucik, C. E., Machinist, De
Witt, N. Y.
Kalin, E. J., Brakeman, De
Witt, N. Y.
Kaznowski, T. A., Assistant
Foreman, East Buffalo,
N. Y.
Kelley, H. W., Conductor,
Mohawk Division
Koechlin, G., Inspector-Repairer,
Selkirk, N. Y.
Lashway, C. B., Conductor,
No. Adams Junction, N. Y.
Lebarron, L. R., Stationary
Fireman, Corning, N. Y.
Levere, J. N., Machinist, De
Witt, N. Y.
Mahon, T. T.. Clerk, Buffalo
Marrapodi, S., Electrician
Beacon Park, Mass.
Miles, J. J., Clerk, Syracuse,
N. Y.
Moore, H. C, Conductor, Buffalo
Division
Mullane, T. C, Engineer,
Syracuse Division
Nichols, C. J., Assistant Supervisor
Train Operation,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Nobler, C. F., Brakeman, Mohawk
Division
O'Sullivan, M. J., Car Cleaner,
Boston, Mass.
RECENTLY RETIRED T. F. Moriarty (right),
Yardmaster at North Adams Jct., Mass.
on the B&A, receives his Gold Pass from
Trainmaster L. T. Garling after 50 years'
service with New York Central.
Perrone, F. J., Car Repairer,
Utica, N. Y.
Pfister, W. L., Electrical
Worker, Watertown, N. Y.
Pidgeon, J. K., Conductor,
Buffalo Division
Slater, E. R., Patrolman, Mohawk
Division
Starr, J. W., Conductor,
Cherry Tree, Pa.
Stark, L. W., Engineer, St.
Lawrence Division
Stewart, J. R., Conductor,
Buffalo Division
Sutor, J. N., Leverman, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Szymanski, F., Boiler Maker
Helper, East Buffalo
Tato, M., Janitor, Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Velie, E. W., Engineer, Mohawk
Division
Vollmer, E. J., Conductor,
Syracuse Division
Waite, W. F., Crossing
Watchman, Boston, Mass.
Wales, F. L., Carman, East
Rochester Car Shop
Warmus, E. M., Car Cleaner,
Buffalo
Weissenburger, E., Machine
Operator, Buffalo
Widrig, J. E., Hostler, Watertown,
N. Y.
Zecca, G., Foreman, St. Lawrence
Division
WESTERN DISTRICT
Armstrong, R. R., Sheet Metal
Worker, Elkhart, Ind.
Banghart, C. H., Machinist,
Collinwood Diesel Locomotive
Shop
AMONG RECENTLY RETIRED employees of the Cen­
tral are. Left: Louis Sendi, District Freight Claim Agent,
Toledo, O. Center: Mrs. Mabelle C. Ross, Clerk in
the General Manager's Office at Cleveland, O.
Right: George B. Duffy, Car Inspector and Repair­
man at the DeWitt Yard, N.Y.
Bird, H. C, Stenographer,
Cleveland
Brooks, G. C, Laborer, Collinwood,
O.
Brown, W., Laborer, Englewood,
Ill.
F. P., Truck Driver, Collinwood,
O.
Grondahl, F. W., Checker,
Cleveland
Gura, J., Laborer, Youngstown,
O.
Hampton, V. J., Conductor,
Air Line Jct. O.
Hartwich, W. C, Signal
Maintainer, Chicago, Ill.
Haswell, R. R., Electrician,
Chicago, Ill.
Hoffman, H. E., Yardmaster,
Youngstown, O.
Hough, E. R., Conductor,
Lake Division
Johnson, R. H., Switchman,
Air Line Junction, O.
Jones, J. M., Storekeeper,
Collinwood, O.
Kiernan, V. F., Assistant
Agent, Willoughby, O.
Kirsop, J. H., Carman, Collinwood,
O.
Krum, E. H., Electrician, Air
Line Junction, O.
Luce, F. L., Blacksmith, Ashtabula,
O.
Mapp, W. I., Laborer, Collinwood,
O.
McGraw, W. P., Conductor,
Toledo Division
Molyneaux, J. P., Yard
Brakeman, Elkhart, Ind.
Payne, R. H., Electrician,
Cleveland
Poper, H. W., Engineer, Toledo
Division
Rocco, R., Crossingman, Ashtabula,
O.
Ross, M. C, Clerk, Cleveland
Rudd, H. R., Lieutenant,
Erie, Pa.
Saratore, T., Laborer, Elkhart,
Ind.
Satanek, J., Car Cleaner,
Cleveland
Sluder, O. M., Trackman,
Delta, O.
Swartz, R. L., Foreman, Ashtabula,
O.
Tareshawty, J., Engineer,
Lake Division
Tascik, J. R.. Freight Sales
Manager, Chicago, Ill.
Telzrow, E. W., Assistant
Real Estate Agent, Cleveland
Waters, R., Janitor, Collinwood
Diesel Locomotive
Shop
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Ater, E. P., Clerk, Osborn, O.
Bales, W. A., Foreman, Yorktown,
Ind.
12 New York Central Headlight
BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT at Roches­
ter, N.Y., celebrated multiple retirements recently,
as eight men with a total of 245 years' service
retired. 1st row left to right: Edward Lippert,
Painter; Edward Ohst, Mason Foreman; Charles
DeHollander, Electrician. 2nd row left to right:
Paul Samson, Carpenter; James Farrell, Stationary
Engineer; Holden Groesbeck, Iron Worker; Clin­
ton Stell, Carpenter and missing from the picture
Leonard Heller, Iron Worker.
Bowersock, G. R., Trackman,
Guilford, Ind.
Burger, F., Conductor, Columbus,
O.
Clem, J. R., Crossing Watchman,
Danville, Ill.
Crawford, R., Trackman,
Middleton, O.
Daudelin, W. M., Agent-Operator,
Riverside, Mass.
Foreman, H. M., Foreman,
Bellefontaine, O.
Franey, W. J., Brakeman,
East St. Louis, Ill.
Gibson, L. B., Engineer, Ohio
Division
Green, E. R., Conductor, Illinois
Division
FELLOW EMPLOYEES presented
Winifred Maygors (left). Pass Clerk
at Indianapolis with a framed $100
bill as a retirement gift. James C.
Van Cleave, Dist. Personnel Assist,
makes the presentation.
Hall, B. E., Coal Dock Operator,
Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Hatfield, S., Foreman, Louisville,
Ky.
Heisman, E. H., Laborer,
Hillsboro, Ill.
Honaker, A. E., Conductor,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Hubble, G. E., Crossing
Watchman, Indianapolis,
Ind.
Jackson, L., Trackman, Columbus,
O.
Jackson, W. J., Clerk, Cincinnati,
O.
Kish, J. C, Fireman, Columbus,
O.
Krimm, L. C, Clerk, Dayton
CONGRATULATIONS are extended to
Joseph C. Romeo (right). Air Brake In­
spector, Eastern District, by William E.
Chamberlain, Acting General Car Fore­
man, as he presents retirement certificate.
Laird, H. G., Operator, Marion,
Ind.
Langford, R. R., Crossingham,
Anderson, Ind.
Laws, W. H., Clerk, Stanley
Yard, O.
Louden, G. L., Engineer, Illinois
Division
Moss, R. W., Road Foreman,
Columbus, O.
Mummel, H. A., Laborer,
Mattoon, Ill.
Myers, B. H., Conductor, Cincinnati,
O.
Owens, D. W., Conductor,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Parker, R. E., Section Laborer,
Charleston, W. Va.
BEST WISHES are extended to Martin V.
Koch (right). General Storekeeper at New
York, who retired after 37 years' of NYC
service. Ralph L. Croft, Superintendent of
Dining and Sleeping Car Service presents
him with his retirement certificate.
FRANK M. CURRY,
Columbus, O. Track
Foreman has retired
after 42 years' of
NYC service.
Pierce, B. D., Engine House
Foreman, Fultonham, O.
Ramey, I. F., Trackman, Columbus,
O.
Rapp, H. H., Clerk, Beech
Grove, Ind.
Riffle, E. A., Laborer, Lock,
W. Va.
Ringeisen, G. M., Watchman,
Cincinnati, O.
Roberts, O. D., Engineer, Columbus,
O.
Russell, F. J., Engineer,
Sharonville, O.
Scott, V. O., Car Inspector,
Brightwood, Ind.
Smith, A. B., Laborer, Kankakee,
Ill.
Sommers, W. R., Clerk, Indiana
Division
Steward, C, Car Helper,
Beech Grove Car Shop
Tyrrell, D. E., Train Despatcher,
Columbus, O.
Virgin, C. H., Car Inspector,
Cincinnati, O.
Whitaker, C. O., Crossing
Watchman, Indianapolis
Wyer, J. M., Laborer, Thornville,
O.
Young, W. H., Head Clerk,
Urbana, O.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
Barhydt, H. M., Head Clerk,
Detroit
Boyden, A., Bridge Foreman,
Mackinaw City, Mich.
Carroll, M., Red Cap Attendant,
Detroit
Cooper, H. E., Car Control
Clerk, Jackson, Mich.
Dee, J. E., Passenger Representative,
Detroit
Fields, H., Trucker, Detroit
Friel, H. R„ District Supervisor
Electricity, Detroit
Guilloz, F. M., Clerk, Detroit
Gunton, R. E., Supervisor,
Detroit
Howard, A. B., Engine House
Foreman, Detroit
Kendig, M. M., Secretary,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
RETIRING after almost a half century of
New York Central service. East Alton, III.
Agent-Operator, George W. Hurste (Left)
is presented certificate by Trainmaster
Lloyd Davis.
Marentette, J. B., Conductor,
Windsor, Ont.
Martinez, F. R., Foreman,
Detroit
McCaffrey, M. T., Clerk, Detroit
Mclntyre, G. C, Engineer,
Detroit Division
Morningstar, A., Laborer,
Welland, Ont.
O'Connell, J., Sergeant,
Windsor, Ont.
Pope, E. F., Telephone Operator,
Jackson, Mich.
Sagi, J. J., Trucker, Detroit
Shreve, L. M., Foreman, St.
Thomas, Ont.
Simon, W. I., Leverman, West
Detroit, Mich.
Tamblyn, M. I., Accountant,
Detroit
Temerowski, V. W., Leverman,
Detroit
Tickfer, G. A., Engineer,
Michigan Division
Vaughan, H. J., Chief Clerk,
Bay City, Mich.
Voytek, E. V., Typist, Detroit
Warren, A. A., Yardmaster,
Windsor, Ont.
Williams, O. E., Store Helper,
Jackson, Mich.
PITTSBURGH &
LAKE ERIE
Englehart, J. A., Machinist,
McKees Rocks, Pa.
Reedy, G. C, Engineer,
Youngstown, O.
Steinmann, H. G., Painter,
McKees Rocks, Pa.
Stimpert, H. J., Machinist,
McKees Rocks, Pa.
Stuehling, C. M., Stenographer,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Torisky, L. A., Car Inspector,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Witherow, L. E., Trainman,
Struthers, O.
INDIANA
HARBOR BELT
Balbo, G. J., Boilermaker
Helper, Gibson, Ind.
Blummer, G., Statistician,
Gibson, Ind.
Bridwell, C. E., Yardman,
Gibson, Ind.
Clark, H. D., Engineer, Gibson,
Ind.
Davis, M. J., Engineer, Gibson,
Ind.
Evans, J. E., Carman, Hammond,
Ind.
Gawronski, A. S., Machinist,
Gibson, Ind.
Maggio, L., Machinist, Gibson,
Ind.
Petty, A. L., Engine Watchman,
Argo, Ill.
Stewart, L. R., Engineer,
Blue Island, Ill.
Stutsman, P. M., Engineer,
Gibson, Ind.
CHICAGO RIVER
& INDIANA
Boots, F. J., Switchman, Chicago
Garbo, R., Machine Operator,
Chicago
Ronan, P. J., Switchman,
Chicago
January, 1966 13

Retirement Act Changes Mean Sharp Increase
In Monthly Payroll Deductions
Payroll deductions for Railroad Retirement
benefits go up this month after
having been lowered slightly during the
last quarter of 1965. They will continue
to increase in the coming years as the
result of recent amendments to the Railroad
Retirement and Social Security
acts, enacted by Congress last year.
These amendments provide that railroad
employees 65 or over will be covered
by the federal government's medicare
and medical insurance programs
and that employees retiring in the future
will receive higher pensions, even though
no blanket increase has been granted in
the amounts of existing annuities.
What It Costs You
Prior to the amendments you were
taxed 8.125 per cent on a maximum
amount of $450 per month, or a maximum
deduction of $36.56. Effective
January 1, the tax base has been raised
to $550 per month and money will be
deducted from your check for the medicare
program. The maximum monthly
payroll deduction for Railroad Retirement
and Medicare will shoot up to
$43.73. By 1987 the maximum monthly
deduction on $550 gradually will rise to
$55.83. Of course, the Central will continue
to match employee contributions
$1 for $1.
The impact of this increased expense
was softened a little by a reduction in
the previously scheduled tax rate for the
last quarter of 1965 on through 1968.
That is why your payroll deductions
were a little lower for October, November
and December. However, you will
not feel this reduction at all after January
1 because of the increase in the tax
base to $550 and because of medicare
deductions. The rate will be even higher
after 1968.
The tax table on this page shows the
maximum payroll deductions for Railroad
Retirement and Medicare scheduled
for the coming years.
The legislation also made other
changes as follows:
Wives' annuities.—Reductions will no
longer be made in the monthly benefits
payable to wives of retired railroad employees
because of concurrent entitlement
to social security or railroad retirement
benefits. This change will benefit
about 40,000 women whose husbands
are now receiving annuities from the
Railroad Retirement Board. Some wives
who never filed applications for benefits
because of the reduction provision may
now begin to draw benefits if they file
for them. Otherwise, the Board will
make the adjustments in the wives' benefits
automatically. The beneficiaries are
therefore asked not to write to the Board
about them.
Tips.—Cash tips received by employees
in work covered by the Railroad
Retirement Act are now generally taxable
and creditable as compensation
when reported by employees to their
employers.
TAX RATE—PERCENT
Effective Date Retirement* Medicare Total
Monthly
Maximum
Tax
October-December 1965.. 7.125 None 7.125 $32.06
1966 7.600 .35 7.950 43.73
1967 7.900 .50 8.400 46.20
1968 8.150 .50 8.650 47.57
1969-72 8.900 .50 9.400 51.70
1973-75 9.350 .55 9.900 54.45
1976-79 9.350 .60 9.950 54.73
1980-86 9.350 .70 10.050 55.28
1987 and later 9.350 .80 10.150 55.83
* Retirement.
Note: The above rates will be applicable to employees' taxable earnings up to $550 per
month. A similar amount will be paid by the Central.
Last Chance to Enter
Picture Contest
Although the closing date of the picture contest—January 31
—is rapidly approaching, it's still not too late to submit an entry,
or entries, and be eligible to win one of the prizes offered.
Look around . . • you'll find new equipment, new machines,
new methods, new facilities, new buildings—all aimed at one
thing; to help you do your job better and provide top grade
transportation service for Central's customers.
If you'll get out the family camera, or your palette, brush
and easel, you may become one of the lucky winners in the
HEADLIGHT'S picture contest • . . even if you're a rank amateur.
It's easy to enter. Just remember that your contest entries
must picture a new development on the Central, or your fellow
railroaders on the job. It's a big railroad and many exciting
things are happening on it. Your prize-winning picture may be
of a big new construction project ... a new electronic computer
at work ... or something as simple as a new method of filing
records.
The prizes are ready—one of them may be waiting for you,
so don't delay! Get started today on your entry.
14 New York Central Headlight

The train that never stops
except to cut customers' costs
It's the unit train, helping hold the lid on price inflation and
writing one of the brightest chapters in the railroad comeback
story. Unit trains carry vast tonnages of a single commodity
from point to point, shuttling constantly from loading
to consumer sites at great savings to the public. Such
methods of carrying coal are cutting deeply into shippers'
transportation bills. Grain and ore are also hauled with
similar economy. Today's unit trains are another way in
which the self-supporting railroads are providing better
service at lower cost for everybody, and are shaping a better
transportation future for all America.
adapted from an advertisement of the
AMERICAN RAILROADS