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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 November
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 November
CONTENTS
ATLANTA'S FREIGHT GATEWAY OPENS WIDERIn order to ease the growing pains of the L. & N. and the N. C. & St. L. in Atlanta, Hills Park Yard will get a big face lifting, the work on which has already begun Edison H. Thomas 4
ONCE UPON A TIME . . . MAMMOTH CAVE WAS SOLD FOR $116.67!One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, Mammoth Cave was a pawn of war, a real-estate "football," and a prime railroad-excursion attraction-long before it became a national park M. J. RoBards 6
AN AVERAGE GUY NAMED TAYLOR Willis F. Taylor, Louisville Division switch foreman, is typical of the average L. & N. employe William R. Heffren 10
ALL ABOARD FOR A CINERAMA HOLIDAYThe L. & N. is still packing them in once a month for an exciting trip to Cincinnati and a thrilling "Cinerama Holiday" across the United States and Europe Rowland Stockk 12
FORD'S NEW LOUISVILLE PLANT IS DEDICATEDSecond largest assembly plant in Ford Motor Company's empire had its formal dedication at Louisville, Ky., on October 18 L. N. Lynes 14
GRIM TRUTH-AND CONSEQUENCESIt's a pity, but the grim truth today is that when an employe fails to face the reality of playing safe, he usually has to face the consequences when an injury results J. C. Grissom 16
LOUISVILLE'S BACKYARD-GETTING BIGGERThe city's "Workshop" is toured by some 700 commercial leaders in a 70-mile ride over five railroads Cole Carr 18
NASHVILLE'S NEW RADNOR FREIGHT HOUSEUnder construction for almost a year, the new freight house at Radnor Yard will enable the L. & N. and N. C. & St. L. jointly to provide up-to-the-minute service E. H. T. 21
THE CITIES WE PROUDLY SERVE-NASHVILLE, TENN.Fifth in a series picturing interesting and unusual views of cities along the Old Reliable 32-33
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
RAILROAD "PORTAGE" FOR MOTORISTS 19
OF FEMININE INTEREST 22
NOT EVERY CHAMP IS A LEATHER PUSHER Lou Nash 23
BIRMINGHAM TRAFFIC MEN
VISIT DECATUR 24
THE DEADLINESS OF TAXES 25
BIG MONTH FOR PRESENTATION OF WATCHES AND BUTTONS 26
WINTER TRAIN SERVICE STARTS IN DECEMBER 28
TRAFFIC VETERAN TAKEN BY DEATH 28
How TO HELP SANTA CLAUS (IND.) 28
SHOPMAN RECEIVES $60 AWARD 29
RETIRED CLAIM AGENT C. E. GORE DIES 29
Two OPERATING CRAFTS RECEIVE WAGE INCREASES 30
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 34
CONGRATULATIONS TO A PATRON 35
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 36
THE 91sT HOLE Steele Raylor 39
CARMEN'S AUXILIARY TOURS SHOPS 40
FRIENDLY TIES 43
C. C. VAUGHN NAMED GENERAL AGENT, ANNISTON 44
PASSENGER TRAFFIC-HELPERS 47
WISE AND OTHERWISE 48
ABOUT THE FAMILY 49
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