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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 April New wire power S Louisvi
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 April
CONTENTS
NEW WIRE POWER FOR SOUTH LOUISVILLEA wealth of alternating current for modern repair machinery is being made available at South Louisville Shops, thanks to a new 13,800-volt electrical network, now in partial operation, soon to be completed M. J. RoBards 4
MOAMA REALLY MOVESBy land, sea and air, millions of dollars' worth of supplies annually move into and out of the Mobile Air Materiel Area at Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, Ala. Lou Nash 8
THE DEPOT THAT WENT TO CHURCH The retired L. & N. station at Mississippi City, Miss., has been "converted." In what was once the baggage room there are nqw praises and the singing of hymns for the glory of the Lord ........Edison H. Thomas 12
A TRIPLE PLAY EVERY DAYL. T. McCollum, civic-minded agent at Cartersville, Ga., has made a host of friends for the railroads William R. Heffren 14
AZALEA "SPECTACULAR"Thousands see star-studded, celebrity-packed ceremonies, climax of which was the coronation of Miss America of 1956 as Queen of Mobile's Azalea Trail Rowland Stockk 16
IT NEED NOT HAVE BEEN QUITE SO RUGGEDIt's true that railroading was a lot more dangerous in the old days and one of the things that made it so was the attitude of the average employeW. R. Winkler 18
A TRAIN RIDE FOR CINDYFirst grader Cindy James, age 7, along with members of her class took a ride on the Kiddie Special from Louisville to Lebanon Junction this year. This is her story of the trip as told to a member of the Magazine staff
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Meeting transportation competition with modern equipment has long been a major concern of America's railroads Lester N. Selig 24
THE CITIES WE PROUDLY SERVE-BIRMINGHAM, ALA.Tenth in a series picturing interesting and unusual views of cities along the Old Reliable 32-33
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
TRAFFIC AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
ADDRESSES CLARKSVILLE KIWANIS 20
LANCASTER BRANCH TO BE USED IN MOTION PICTURE 20
THE 1956 COTTON CARNIVAL-"KING COTTON MAKES Music"..By Sarah Garner 21
"AMERICA'S FISHINGEST CITY" PLANS ANOTHER FISH FRYBy Floyd L. Berry 27
L. & N. TO PLUG ENGINEERING AT U. OF C. PANORAMA 28
RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT J. H. FISH PASSES 29
LOUISVILLE PAYROLL TAX INCREASED 29
E. G. ALLENSWORTH SUCCUMBS 29
OF FEMININE INTEREST 30
J. L. TYE, JR., RESIGNS 31
CALLED TO THE COLORS 31
GENEROUS SPRINKLE OF WATCHES AND BUTTONS GREET SPRING 34
10-20-30 YEARS AGO 36
ONE BUTTON LED TO ANOTHER 37
NEW HOPPER CARS TO BE ADDED TO ROLLING STOCK 37
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 38
CONGRATULATIONS 40
SUGGESTERS 41
FRIENDLY TIES 44
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 45
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS 46
WISE AND OTHERWISE47
ABOUT THE FAMILY 48
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