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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 March Building Merger
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 March
CONTENTS
BUILDING-THAT WAS THE STORY FOR 1954The L. & N.'s 104th Annual Report testifies that our Railroad greatly improved its physical plant, made big strides in expansion and gave more efficient transportation service in the year just past M. J. RoBards 4
FROM THE OLD TO THE NEWThe Old Reliable's new $750,000 passenger station in Mobile, the Azalea City, is dedicated with fanfare, complete with the breaking of the traditional bottle of champagne across its "bow" ..Edison H. Thomas 9
THE MERGER-AN IMPORTANT MILESTONEThe proposed merging of the N. C.'& St. L. into the L. & N., a step dictated, in part, by rising costs and the increasingly serious competition provided by other forms of transportation, offers a golden opportunity for even greater service and usefulness-. 11
BIG BUSINESS FROM A SINGLE SPREADSeveral L. & N.-served towns are among many in North Georgia whose plants pro duce beautiful floor coverings, bedspreads, mats and robes for the $300-million tufted- textile industry Lou Nash 12
PARADE OF PROGRESS(Spurs to Business)-Fifth in a series describing the outstanding improvements and innovations that have contributed to the "New Look" acquired by the L. & N. within the past decade or so....R. R. South 14
A TRAIN TO THE CINERAMAA popular L. & N. special is a train going to Cincinnati each month, one which already has carried some 1,500 people to see an unusual film called "This Is Cinerama" Rowland Stockk 32-33
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
FRIENDLY TIES 3
VETERAN AGRICULTURIST RETIRES 10
CALLED TO THE COLORS 16
THE WORLD'S A SCHOOLROOM 16
THE GREAT DIVERSIONS J. E. Tilford 17
THE RATE CLERK WHO LAUNCHES DREAM BOATS Steele Raylor 19
PASSENGERS REPORT SATISFACTION WITH RIDES 19
728TH PROMOTES Two 20
"Y'ALL COME SPECIAL" PROVES POPULAR 20
INSTITUTION FOR PAST 33 YEARS BOWS OUT 21
A WORTHY CAUSE SEEKS HELP 21
COMMEMORATING THE "GOLD AND DIAMOND" MILEPOSTS 22
ELLENENER ON "THIS IS YOUR LIFE" 23
OF FEMININE INTEREST 24
BUILDING FOR SAFETY M. B. Black 25
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 26
OLD RELIABLE FEATURED BY "TRAINS" 27
SUGGESTERS' "IDEAS FOR CASH" STILL GOING STRONG 28
CREDIT UNION AT SOUTH LOUISVILLE DOES WELL 29
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 29
Nos. 51 AND 52-A SEQUEL 29
CONGRATULATIONS 30
OLD RELIABLE SPONSORS TV SHOW 30
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 38
TIMES HAVE CHANGED 39
LITTLE READERS WRITE, Too 39
WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 40
BOOK REVIEW 40
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 41
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 41
D. C. MCGEHEE RETIRES 42
SERTOMA CLUB HAS "L. & N. LUNCHEON" 43
"GHOST TOWN" R.R. TICKET COLORFUL 43
VETERANS PLAN TO MAKE '55 MEETING THE MOST 43
THE MOST43
WISE AND OTHERWISE 44
ABOUT THE FAMILY 45
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