720 of the most modern type of streamlined coaches,
sleeping cars and other passenger train equipment.
This equipment when delivered, together with 142
new type, light weight sleeping cars acquired from
The Pullman Company, will make possible wide¬
spread improvement in passenger train schedules and
service, plans for which are now being perfected.

The Company's freight car equipment includes
thousands of units of the most modern types designed
for specialized service. Among them are box cars
equipped with high-speed trucks and brakes and
other features for expedited freight service; hopper
cars with protective covering for the economical
movement in bulk of commodities usually packaged
 

for shipment; and automobile cars equipped with
loading racks and wider doors for more efficient load¬
ing and unloading. With improved train schedules,
also planned for the near future, better and faster
freight service will be available to shippers.

Important to both improved schedules and to in¬
creased operating efficiency is the Company's intro¬
duction of advanced motive power. During 1945 the
first of the new 6000-horsepower Niagara type steam
locomotives entered service. These locomotives are
designed to handle the faster passenger trains, as well
as freight trains on an accelerated schedule. During
1945 several latest type Diesel-electric locomotives
operated in main line freight and passenger service.
 

OUR INCOME DOLLAR-1945