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Louisville & Nashville Employee Magazine L&N 1956 October Vol 32 No 10
Louisville & Nashville Employee Magazine L&N October 1956 Vol 32 No 10 Five hole punched
CONTENTS
In This Issue
THE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR SPUR
A spur that really "means business" is the 5.77-mile line which was completed in 1952 primarily to serve General Electric's giant Appliance Park in Louisville.... It is now blooming with many other industrial "plums" M. J. RoBards 4
WORKING IN A WOODEN WONDERLAND
The L. & N.-served Gamble Brothers, a pioneer woodworking firm at Louisville, can, on short order, manufacture from wood just about anything from a toothpick to a turnbuckle ............Edison H. Thomas 8
A ROUTINE OF PLEASURE
Years of railroading, hillbilly music and Masonic work have all been a pleasure to John S. Robinson, retired agent, Sylacauga, Ala. ................William R. Heffren 10
TIME TO RETIRE-A GLIMPSE OF WHAT LIES AHEAD
The Railroad Retirement Act now not only provides benefits in the sunset years of life for the individual employe himself, but also for members of his family R. R. South 12
THE SAGA OF THE B. B. A. & G.
A small, "narrow gauge" railroad near Miami, Fla., with an L. & N. "connection," packs 'em in for a thrilling trip over rivers, through the jungle and past interestingly-named whistle stops Lincoln Penn 15
OLD STEAMERS NEVER DIE
Fireman C. L. Broome didn't let the scrapping of his favorite L. & N. steam locomotive bother him; he had built a king-sized model of it Cole Carr 16
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
THE BIG SHOVEL MOVEMENT....M. W. COX 18
BOOK ON MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATION ISSUED 18
ENGINEERED FOR SAFETY ....M. A. McGee 19
SOME MORE HOMESPUN YARNS OF YESTERYEAR Zeke E. Bellah 20
SUGGESTERS 21
PRESCRIPTION FOR TROUBLE Leonard P. Hutchinson 22
A STILL GROWING "YOUNGSTER" 23
FIRE PREVENTION IS A YEAR-ROUND JOB 24
BOOK REVIEW .... 24
OUR MODERN "PASSPORTS" TO PLEASANT TRAVEL 25
FRIENDLY TIES 26
TRAINMEN'S AUXILIARY ENJOYS CINERAMA TRIP 26
CONGRATULATIONS 27
OF FEMININE INTEREST 28
10-20-30 YEARS AGO 29
SERVICE EMBLEM PRESENTATIONS 30
G. C. WENDLING RETIRES 32
TRAINMASTER W. P. WINSTEAD RETIRES 32
COMING EVENTS 33
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS 33
VOTE! Thurman Sensing 34
NASHVILLE TERMINALS NOW HEADED BY N. C. & ST. L. MAN 36
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 37
NEW BOYLES YARD AUTHORIZED 38
BROTHER JOSEPH ONCE WORKED FOR L. & N. 41
WISE AND OTHERWISE 42
ABOUT THE FAMILY 43
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