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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1951 September
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1951 September
CONTENTS
BUYING BY THE MILLS-AND MILLIONSEvery item-gem clip or locomotive-before it can serve must first be bought by the Company's general purchasing department, which spends millions annually for things to run our RailroadM. J. RoBards 5
C. H. BLACKMAN RETIRES AS CHIEF ENGINEERHe is succeeded by L. L. Adams, with other appointments also becoming effective September 1 8
FREAK RAILWAYS OF EUROPEIn its constant effort to conquer space, the Iron Horse has appeared in a wide variety of shapes, forms and sizes Arthur L. Stead 10
THEY'RE REAL G.I. MORALE BUILDERSWithin the past decade, the "Union Bar-rackades" (well-known to Old Reliable audiences) have traveled tens of thousands of miles to entertain millions of men in uniform 13
FOUR-LEGGED RAILROADERSMany live animals have aided the Iron Horse in its task of hauling trains and have made themselves useful in other ways as well 14
THEY DID IT AGAIN!Ralph W. Griffin, one-time trackman, returns to the Old Reliable-this time as assistant freight agent at Mt. Vernon, Ky. 17
AND OTHER FEATURES
FIELDS OF SNOWY WHITE .. . (FRONTISPIECE) 1
FRIENDLY TIES 2
SAILOR RAILROADS FROM HEAD END 3
STREAMLINER SERVICE IMPROVED 3
NEW DIESELS PRAISED BY REPORTER 9
CALLED TO THE COLORS 13
CORRECTING A MISLEADING STATEMENT 13
MANY MORE MEALS Now SERVED 15
TIMBER-A LEADING NATURAL RESOURCE OF THE SOUTH 16
200 TIMES AROUND THE WORLD SANS ACCIDENT 16
CAN You AFFORD IT? 18
FORTUNES OF WAR 18
WHAT Do You KNOW? 19
FOREMEN AT SOUTH LOUISVILLE COMPLETE "LIVING BETTER" TRAINING 20
A LESSON IN "BIG GOVERNMENT" 22
PART OF PARIS-LEXINGTON LINE TO BE ABANDONED 23
Buy BONDS-AND SAVE YOUR MONEY 24
I ADMIRE THE HUMAN RACE Roger W. Riffs 25
THE RAILROAD HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE HONORED IT26
NEWS OF THE CLUBS30
Box CAR HIEROGLYPHICS31
OF FEMININE INTEREST32
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS33
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE34
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 38
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS38
BILL SCHANZENBACHER WINS CARTOON CONTEST 39
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS40
NEW SPUR TO BE BUILT IN FLORIDA41
CONGRATULATIONS 41
LISTEN AMERICANS! 42
RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT JOHN FITZGERALD DIES 43
RAILROAD DIARY43
WISE AND OTHERWISE44
ABOUT THE FAMILY45
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