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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 December
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 December Staining. Pages loose from the cover
CONTENTS
CHRISTMAS DINNER ON THE DINERHow nice to travel on the train during the Holiday Season and enjoy "the best meals on wheels"---on an L. & N. dining car, of course! M. J. RoBards 4
THE "GENERAL" RIDES AGAINMany accounts have been written about the famed chase of the "General" by the "Texas"; 'now the incomparable Walt Disney is making a motion picture about it Edison H. Thomas 8
SANTA'S LAST NAME IS JEFFRIESNot for personal gain, but in the true Christmas spirit, Clifford Jeffries is Santa Claus to many William R. Heffren 11
"ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS . . ."Ask Dad or Junior what he'd like for Christmas and probably heading his list of wants will be a model electric train or some new equipment for his old one Rowland Stockk 12
"I'D HAVE BEEN WATCHING . . ."Ordinarily we don't publish this kind of story in our holiday issue, hut it is hoped that after reading it, you will give a sober thought to the well being of yourself and your loved ones E H. T. 14
NASHVILLE MOVES FORWARD WITH FORDConstruction is now under way on Ford Motor's new multi-million dollar glass-manufacturing plant on the banks of the Cumberland River in West Nashville R. R. South 18
HOUSE WITH A PASTHistoric Old Spanish Fort located near the L. & N. main line at Pascagoula, Miss., has been standing in stately dignity for 237 years Lincoln Penn 20
WORLD'S MOST NORTHERLY RAILROADRailroading "Up Vounder" represents an outstanding example of man's triumph over the obstacles imposed by nature Arthur L. Stead 22
THE CITIES WE PROUDLY SERVE-ATLANTA, GA.Sixth in a series picturing interesting and unusual views of cities along the Old Reliable 36-37
AND OTHER FEATURES
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 3
COMMON WEALTH SPECIAL WAS FUN 16
THE LONG TRIP HOME 24
REQUIEM FOR A RAILROAD 25
OLD SANTA'S BIG HELPER 26
1. D. WITHERS, VETERAN AGENT, RETIRES 26
THE RAILROAD WORLD 27
WATCHES AND BUTTONS 28
BOOK REVIEW 30
"WHAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS MEANS To ME" Alice Coke 30
THE REAL $64,000 QUESTION! 31
OUR EXPANDING ECONOMY AND TRANSPORTATION J. E. Tilford 32
OF FEMININE INTEREST 34
WHAT 100 NEW FAMILIES MEAN 35
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 38
S HOP MAN GRADED $100 FOR "PERFECT" SUGGESTION 40
NEW TRAINMASTER APPOINTED 40
SIGNAL SUPERVISOR A. C. ATCHISON PASSES 41
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 42
FRIENDLY TIES 44
TRAINMASTER 0. C. BANKS TAKEN BY DEATH 45
SAFETY SCOREBOARD 45
F. W. HOLDER TO MAN AGE BELLINGRATH GARDENS 46
CONGRATULATIONS 46
J. 0. MAUFFRAY, VETERAN TICKET MAN, PASSES 48
NAMED CARTERSVILLE'S "No. 1 CITIZEN" 48
NOT QUITE OVER THE TOP-BUT ALMOST! 51
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 52
EVENTS ALONG THE L. & N. 52
WISE AND OTHERWISE 54
ABOUT THE FAMILY 55
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