Report of Engineers Committee: St. Louis-East St. Louis Railroad Terminals ...

St. Louis Chamber of Commerce

Von Hoffmann Press, 1922 - Railroad stations - 378 pages

Contents

• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: 1
• PopulationSt LouisEast St Louis Industrial District: 7
• HISTORY OF RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT: 12
• REPORT OF PREVIOUS COMMITTEE OF BUSINESS MENS LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: 18
• PASSENGER TRAINS: 40
• Increased and Decreased Distances and Annual Passenger Train MileagePlan A: 42
• Increased and Decreased Distances and Annual Passenger Train MileagePlan E: 42
• ST LOUIS UNION STATION AND MILL CREEK VALLEY: 50
• Business Transacted at St Louis Union Station: 52
• Statistical Comparison Between Present and Proposed Union Station Facilities: 59
• CARLOAD FREIGHTDESCRIPTION AND OPERATION OF FREIGHT TERMINALS: 61
• CARLOAD FREIGHTVOLUME AND DISTRIBUTION: 117
• Summary of Average Number of Days Consumed in Handling Freight Cars: 118
• Number and Percentage of Industries Served by Each Railroad in District: 119
• Number and Percentage of Cars Loaded and Unloaded at Industries and Team Tracks in Various Parts of the CityOctober 1920: 122
• Number of Carloads Handled by Each Railroad Local to its Own Terminals and in Inter changeOctober 1920: 124
• CARLOAD FREIGHTPRESENT METHOD OF HANDLING FREIGHT CARS: 127
• CARLOAD FREIGHTPROPOSED OPERATION THROUGH OUTER GROUP YARDS: 133
• Number of Carloads Passing Between Proposed Group Yards: 135
• Comparative Car Miles of Loaded and Empty Freight Cars Handled in October 1920 by Present and Proposed Methods of Switching: 139
• TEAM TRACKS: 141
• Team Track LocationsCapacity and Description: 143
• Railroad Freight Houses in St Louis and East St Louis: 155
• Amount and Distribution by Zones of Local L C L Freight Handled at Each Freight HouseWeek of October 1823 1920 Facing: 156
• Distribution of Local L C L Freight Among Assembling and Distributing Agencies for Each RailroadWeek of October 1823 1920: 157
• Amount of L C L Freight Handled Across RiverWeek of October 1823 1920: 162
• Tonnage Handled Freight House Areas and Intensity of Use of L C L Freight Stations: 167
• Amount and Percentage of L C L Freight Handled by Dray and Trap CarsWeek of October 1823 1920: 169
• Tons of Connecting Line L C L Freight Moved Across and on Each Side of RiverWeek of October 1823 1920: 183
• Tons of Connecting Line L C L Freight Interchanged Between Railroads by Dray and Car Week of October 1823 1920 Facing: 184
• GRADE CROSSINGS: 197
• ELECTRIFICATION: 219
• APPENDICES: 234

Bibliographic information

• Title: Report of Engineers Committee: St. Louis-East St. Louis Railroad Terminals ...
• Author: St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
• Publisher: Von Hoffmann Press, 1922
• Original from: Princeton University
• Digitized: Apr 2, 2009
• Length: 378 pages