1958 - Japanese Visit N&W Facilities

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Roanoke Times - July 26, 1958

Japanese Visit N&W Facilities

   Wheel assemblies and practices on American railroads are being 
studied by three officials of the Japanese National Railway (JNR).
   They were briefed yesterday on the assemblies used by the Norfolk 
and Western Railway by R. M. Stickley Jr., N&W assistant to the 
superintendent of motive power. N&W has an outstanding record of long 
wear from their assemblies.
   Dr. Shigeo Ohwaku, chief, steels and alloys laboratory; Isamu 
Kawamoto, deputy chief engineer; and Dr. Nabutaka Yamamoto, technical 
adviser, are on a world tour of railroads.
   Kawamoto said the JNR is planning a 300-mile standard gauge 
railroad from Tokyo to Osaka. This line will be in addition to the 
present narrow gauge line now serving these and other Japanese cities.
   The three officials are hoping to find solutions to their problems 
with wheel assemblies, rails and steel alloys during the tour.

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- Ron Davis, Roger Link