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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1954 September Autos by the carload
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1954 September
CONTENTS
DADDY-HOW LONG IS A FREIGHT TRAIN?These answers to a young lad's questions remind us that most of a railroader's security is directly related to the loaded cars between a road-freight locomotive and a little red caboose M. J. RoBards 4
BLESSED IS THE SHRIMP FLEETBiloxi's tradition-bound shrimp industry gives fleet big send-off with beauty queen, street and boat parade, races, and a divine blessing as the new season opens Edison H. Thomas 8
THE MESSENGER BOY WHO MADE GOOD-71 YEARS AGO Retired Auditor Passenger Accounts William A. Meglemry, Louisville, is still working with railroaders, as he has for 71 consecutive years Lou Nash 11
AUTOMOBILES BY THE CARLOADChevrolets ride the rails via L. & N. to keep leading Gulf Coast dealer supplied with new automobiles Rowland Stockk 13
A MINE CALLED MAXINECoal from a newly opened Alabama mine is being hauled by the L. & N. to several steam-generated power plants that serve the growing industrial Southland Cole Carr 15
GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW COAL WASHING PLANT AT CORBINU. S. Steel begins construction of multi-million dollar plant in Eastern Kentucky 21
WHEN GENERAL DUKE MET "PRIVATE BUILDER" FINKWhen former foes were introduced, it was discovered that the "vexation" had been mutual 23
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
FRIENDLY TIES 3
DON'T FLIRT WITH DEATH AGAIN! 16
ELLEN N JUST ABOUT GIVES UP SMOKING 16
CALLED TO THE COLORS 16
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR 17
FOUR YEARS SAFE AND STILL GOING STRONG! 19
MEMPHIS RESIDENT WARNS OF FALLEN OAK 20
CAN YOU PROVE How OLD You ARE? 20
CAPTAIN A. J. CATCHOT PASSES 22
A REBIRTH OF PATRIOTISM 22
SO TURNS THE CLOCK 24
DEATH TAKES J. A. Cox 25
OF FEMININE INTEREST 26
VETERAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC MAN RETIRES 27
NEWSPAPER'S SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES L. & N. 27
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 27
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 28
GERON TRAVEL AGENCY NOW OPEN 29
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 30
C. C. VAUGHN ELECTED TRAFFIC CLUB PRESIDENT 30
PREVENTION IS BEST FIRE PROTECTION 30
SUGGESTERS SCORE TOTAL OF "13 FOR 165" 31
EMPLOYES HEROES IN EXPLOSION SCARE 31
728th GOES TO CAMP 32
TRAFFIC CLUB CONVENTION SET FOR LOUISVILLE 32
ROLE OF A. A. R.'s NEW RAILWAY MAIL TRANSPORTATION DIVISION EXPLAINED 33
T. F. LAWRENCE, VETERAN AT ATLANTA, RETIRES 34
PASSENGER COACH MADE C. OF C. OFFICE 34
ALEX MANSON TO SUCCEED J. E. LOCKHART 34
CONGRATULATIONS 34
RAILROAD "Y" DRIVE TO BE HELD 35
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 36
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 40
WISE AND OTHERWISE 41
ABOUT THE FAMILY 42
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