the opportunity of being heard. We hope that we have left some constructive thoughts with you. Senator MONRONEY. We do appreciate not only your testimony and advice and proposed solution, but also the wealth of facts that you rendered this committee and the studies that you have made. It has been quite a task to get all of this material ready and we are grateful for your submitting it and we will be glad to see it is incorporated in the record. (Mr. Peterson's studies follow:) PERTINENT FACTS REGARDING THE BOXCAR SITUATION, BY E. L. PETERSON MINNEAPOLIS TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (Sources of information: Railroad Car Facts, American Railway Car Institute; A. of A. R. Car Service Division Reports 8-A; 60-A; 44-A and 54-1-A; A. of A. R. periodic reports on the national transportation situation; U. S. Department of Agriculture Crop Reports) Age of freight carrying box and auto cars used in interchange service, and owned or leased by class I railroads Auto and plain boxcar ownership compared with total freight-car ownership of class I |