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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1957 June
Louisville & Nashville Employee Magazine 1957 June
In This Issue
R. R. "ATLASES"- EIGHT TO THE CAR
The railroad car wheel, clicking off the miles, each carrying a load up to 12%2 tons, is the essential ingredient in railroad operation Marion Rodgers, Jr. 4
REEFERS WITHOUT ICE
Mechanically cooled refrigerator cars are rolling over L. & N. lines and many of the nation's railroads-a truly modern method of transporting perishables
Edison H. Thomas 8
HE'LL FIX YOUR CLOCK!
Kept busy-with lots of time on his hands -is Retired Assistant to General Agricultural Agent M. L. McCracken, formerly of Louisville, now of DeFuniak Springs, Fla. clock repairer par excellence
Lou Nash 11
THE A.I.A. PRESENTS A.I.D.
Concourse of the L. & N. station in Birmingham was setting last month for unusual display sponsored by the Associated Industries of Alabama ....Cole Carr 13
BOYLES IS MAKING THE GRADE
In mid-May, a big hill was being blasted, a giant concrete culvert was under construction, and earth was on the move, as an expanded, modernized Boyles Yard, north of Birmingham, took shape
M. J. RoBards 14
FILL IT UP, AND CHECK THE OIL AND WATER
Outside Inspection Pits at South Louisville for the servicing of the Old Reliable's diesel locomotives, replace the roundhouse in the Railroad's modern age
Rowland Stockk 18
STILL HEP AFTER 103 YEARS
K. Mullins, who retired as a Louisville Division sectionman 28 years ago, is quite possibly the oldest retired railroader in the
United States William R. Heffren 21
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
E. R. ROBY, TRAFFIC VETERAN, DIES 10
CINCINNATI DIVISION FREIGHTS
TO GET RADIOS 10
"WILDERNESS ROAD" OPENS
THIRD SEASON 16
RETIRED DISTRICT ATTORNEY PASSES 16
DEATH TAKES C. A. LORENZ 16
DERBY DAY ON DIFFERENT TRACKS 17
CLOSE TIES STRESSED 20
DON'T TAKE A CHANCE-YOU CAN'T
WITH SAFETY! John 0. Rose 22
SAFETY-FACTS-FIGURES 23
OF FEMININE INTEREST 24
SUGGESTERS 25
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 26
POLIO VICTIM SAVED FROM WHEELS
OF TRAIN 27
P. F. OSBORN NAMED TO HIGH
A.C.L. POST 28
MAGAZINE COMMENDS "FULL THROTTLE" 29
F. D. BURKE NAMED N. C. & ST. L.
DIRECTOR 29
KISTNER FIRST DINING CAR STEWARD TO
QUALIFY FOR A 45-YEAR SERVICE AWARD 30
SCHOOLS CLOSE WITH FLOURISH
OF TRAIN RIDES 32
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 34
10-20-30 YEARS AGO 36
ELECTRICITY PRODUCED BY COAL
STILL CHEAPEST 37
"PIN PRICKS" HANDICAP RAILS, Too 38
FRIENDLY TIES 39
L. & N. SEEKS COLLEGE TRAINED
PERSONNEL 40
COMING EVENTS 41
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS 41
CONGRATULATIONS 42
TRAINING . . . KNOWLEDGE . . .
KNOW-HOW 43
U. S. SAVINGS BONDS Now A BETTER
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