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vision, voice communication and remote control gates began in mid-Decembet. A series of advertisements in suburban newspapers anc on area radio stacions com prised the first major step in the Illinois Central's new and continuing program to build up the suburban business through the use of all available marketing tools. Shortcuts, Bigger Cars, More Muscular Locomotives The Illinois Central operated more ef fectively at the end of 1968 than it did at the beginning of the year. Among the reasons: A shortcut for trains co and from the west to Markham Yard south of Chicago. 22 big, new-generation 3,000 to 3,600 horsepower locomotives all with 6-wheel trucks. New power for big jobs such as hauling our high-speed, right-scheduled Rent-a-Train from Illinois to Louisiana and for moving heavy unit coal trains. 1,720 jumbo 100-ton coal hopper cars to move mote coal with less effort from mine to consumer. 1,183 other freight cats, mostly extra large, many with load protecting devices, many for auto pacts and for steel mill products, many for wood chips. A new efficient storage and classification yard ac Geismar, Louisiana, to serve the area's expanding chemical complexes. Capital expenditures for 1968 totaled 360,349,431. Of this, $48,324,929 was for equipment, $12,024,302 for roadway im provements. Budgeted for improvements in 1969: $48,031,000 for equipment; $25,525,000 for roadway improvements. Railroad Management With the extensive diversification of Illinois Central Industries, the Illinois Cen 34 tral Railroad was given a separate manage In January, 1969, Edward G. Kreyling, ment organized to deal more effectively Jr., was elected vice-pcesident traffic, with day-to-day problems. succeeding Howard S. Powell. Kreyling As reported elsewhere, the railroad's direc was vice-president traffic and industrial tors elected a new president--Alan S. Boyd. development of the St. Louis-San Francisco William B. Johnson continues as the rail - Railway. He is known in traffic for his road's chairman and chief executive officer. promotion of che "quality control" As Secretary of Transportation, Boyd concept of rail service, a program chat created a new department with won the Railway Progress Institute more than 93,000 employes, attracted "Golden Freight Car" award in 1967. outstanding men to key positions in that Kreyling, 45, helped set up one of the department and launched studies and rail industry's first marketing departments. programs fot coordinating the best features With the increase in size and scope of of all modes of transportation. The begin .the Marketing Research Department, ning, this year, of high-speed train service John W. Ingram was elected a vice in the Northeasc Corridor between Wash president. ington and New York is just one of the Also in January, 1969, the railroad far-sighted projects Mr. Boyd helped to announced the eleccion of two ocher vice- bring into being. presidents and che promotion of a third. As the transportation industry moves in The latter is Paul H. Reistrup, who leaves the direction of common ownership the passenger services department to of the various modes of transport, his organize a new department of intermodal intimate knowledge of both the problems services. He will be succeeded as vice- and the promise of intermodality will be president passenger services by Henry invaluable. He gives our company the kind F. Davenport, former assistant vice- of leadership that will bring our customers, president operations. Also elected a our employes and our communities vice-president was Willard H. Thompson, together in mutual putpose. promoted from director of data control to Before Mr. Boyd became Secretary of vice-president operations and general Transportation, he served as Undersecretary manager. of Commerce, as Chairman of the Civil In organizing Passenger Services, Paul Aeronautics Board and as Chairman of the Reistrup brought inco one successful Florida Railroad and Public Utility Com "profit centec" all responsibility for pas mission. senger revenues, expenses and services. He Late in December the tailroad announced reduced services that were losing money organizational changes co simplify the line and improved those where our best mar of command. Otco H. Zimmerman was kets appeared to be. He will be doing the elected senior vice-president operations, same kind of pioneering for che railroad's while Richard P. de Camara was elected piggyback and container services. vice-president administration. Henry Davenport fakes over responsi This reorganization reduces the number bility for passenger traffic at a time when 4 of departments reporting to the president there is great public interest in this service, and will enable the railroad to move along both on the Illinois Central and nation its own parh of development mote ef wide. His background in both engineering fectively. and operations will be invaluable as che SCI 01771