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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1953 June
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1953 June
CONTENTS
TEAMWORK MOVES A DIVISIONS TRAINSTrainmasters like E. R. Webb of the Knoxville & Atlanta Division spend a lot of "riding time" away from home and get a lot of cooperation while working to improve division train operations ....M. J. RoBards 4
OIL ROLLS FROM OSAKAStriking oil in Escambia County, Ala., midway between points on the L. & N.'s main line and its Southern Alabama Subdivision, gives the Railroad another chance to serve-and to share in a quiet community's sudden prosperity Lou Nash 8
IRON HORSES ALSO RUN FOR THE ROSES
Louisville's Union Station is the "finish line" for many special trains as "iron horses" run on a "fast track" to bring people from all over the country to witness the world-famed Kentucky Derby Edison H. Thomas 10
IT'S THE "CAT'S WHISKERS"New portable clearance car speeds measurements by means of "feelers" which function somewhat similarly to the hirsute adornment of our feline friend ....Cole Carr 13
LAND OF THE MAGNIFICENT GIANTSThe Old Reliable can start you on your way to the Redwood Empire, an ideal vacation spot where giant trees spread majestically over more than a million-and-a-half acres of California Edison H. Thomas 14
BILOXI SHRIMP FESTIVAL-A PAGE OUT OF THE PAST
Picturesque ceremony invoking divine blessing on trawlers has strong old-world flavor that today serves as an inspiration each year to thousands who view the celebration 17
FRIENDLY SERVICE SCORES WITH "DOUBLE HEADER"
Brand-new show treads the boards at Covington and Irvine to entertain over 2,500 Old Reliable employes with bevy of brilliant and sparkling young talentRowland Stockk 18
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE FOLKS AT THE OFFICE 1
FRIENDLY TIES 2
THE STRAWBERRY IS KING AT HUMBOLDT J. D. Warmack 21
NINE-DAY BUDGET TOUR SET FOR JUNE 19 22
NASHVILLE TERMINALS ESTABLISHES SAFETY RALLY RECORDKathleen Smith 23
SUGGESTION SYSTEM REVISED TO INCREASE POTENTIALITIES 24
FULL SPEED AHEAD TO EVERYWHERE 25
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 26
ALL OUT FOR RABBIT ISLAND 27
CALLED TO THE COLORS 28
WAY CLEARED FOR NEW MOBILE PASSENGER STATION 29
DUTIES CHANGED FOR MORE SCRAPPED BELLS 29
OF FEMININE INTEREST 30
SAFETY IN THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT J. W. Lovell 31
LOUISVILLE NOW CELEBRATING 175TH BIRTHDAY 32
IT TAKES MONEY TO RUN A RAILROAD 33
FATHER TIME "STRIKES THIRTEEN" 34
"SCOUT SPECIALS" PLANNED FOR NATIONAL JAMBOREE 38
PLAYGROUND HONORS EMPLOYE'S SON 38
W. H. STILWELL RETIRES-IS SUCCEEDED BY PHILIP P. ASH 39
TEN SCORE TEN APIECE FOR ONE HUNDRED IN ALL 40
PAINTING IS HER LINE.. By W. Shirell Fox 41
SAFETY THAT LASTS, IS SHORT LINE'S MOTTO 42
ADD THREE BEHENS; TOTAL: 133 YEARS 43
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 44
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 46
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 49
WISE AND OTHERWISE 50
ADOUT THE FAMILY 51
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