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Pennsy Employee Magazine, The 1955 January Boston Birthday
Pennsy Employee Magazine, The 1955 January Boston Birthday
The Pennsy is published monthly by The Pennsylvania Railroad Company for its active and retired employes.
THE COVER: Jordan H. Yerkes, assistant train master, Greenwich Point Ore' Dock, Philadelphia, is a 32-year PRR man and thinks railroading is the finest career. He lives at Yeadon, Pa., has one daughter, and likes sports.
NEW KIND OF RAILROADING
WC-1, PRR's latest hotshot freight, cuts by 24 hours shipments to West Coast. 1
BOSTON BIRTHDAY
PRR's New England office, first off-line agency in U.S., is 100 years old 4
THREAT TO 15,000 JOBS
Rail union leaders tell of proposed Ohio belt conveyor and how to fight it 6
BIG SATURDAY
PRR carries 20,000 to Army-Navy game, biggest mass passenger move in U.S. 8
`OFFICIAL' SANTA CLAUS
Sergeant O'Keefe, N. Y. Division, convinces 50,000 Trenton youngsters ...11
PRR'S CHURCH-GOING BELLS
Taken from old steam locomotives, they call worshippers all over world ....12
PRR'S LADY LAWYERS
Neither laws, leases, nor licenses faze these Legal Department women ....14
HE KNEW `JOHN BULL'
Benjamin Jobes, retired, describes old-time railroading in New Jersey 16
LETTER FROM AN OLD FRIEND
Farm magazine editor tells PRR people how to win public's support 17
MORE FAMILY CLUBS
PRR folks at Christmas parties start them at Chicago, Cincinnati, Erie 18
MAIL POUCH
News briefs of the Railroad 19
FAMILY OF STATION AGENTS
Chicago Division father, daughter, and son uphold family tradition 20
SHORT RUNS
PRR people, places, and events 21
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH
Dr. Walter J. Gerstle advocates annual medical check-ups to stay healthy.. 22
CANDLEPOWER
PRR men please PRR patrons 23
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