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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 July Search missing frt cars
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 July
CONTENTS
THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING FREIGHT CARSThe freight-car shortage is hitting the Old Reliable hard-taking almost as much potential revenue from our Railroad's purse as does our stiffest competition J. C. Grissom 4
LOUISVILLE VETS CONVERGE ON CRESCENT CITYAnnual outing of Vets' Club, held this year in New Orleans, provides fun, frolic and favors for all William R. Heffren 6
PROTECTING OUR "$200,000 INVESTMENT"The L. & N.'s centralized employment office-which opened at Louisville on June 1-is using modern procedures to recruit, screen and test prospective L. & N. employes M. J. RoBards 8
SWEET SEVENTY-AND HAPPYKentucky's Mother of the Year for 1956 is the wife of John B. Neill, retired L. & N. engineer at Russellville, Ky. Edison H. Thomas 12
SAFETY MUST BE FIRSTThe 36th annual meeting of the Safety Section of the Association of American Railroads, recently held at Louisville, will undoubtedly cast a lengthened shadow in the field of actual railroad operations Ole Reliable 16
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLDNew offering in the medium of Cinerama gives a marvelous trip over the globe without one having to leave his theater seat Cole Carr 21
THEY'RE FIXING "PEARL'S BRIDGEWORK"Many draw-span parts of the Pearl River Bridge-now being rebuilt by the Old Reliable-are being reconditioned by an efficient, though little-known gang at South Louisville Shops Lou Nash 22
NUMBERS 3 AND 4 MAKE LAST RUNS "UP THE HOLLOW""The eternal hills" of Eastern Kentucky witness the passing of a passenger service which proved to be somewhat less than eternal, due to the changing times Thelma M. Norton 24
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASEGala premiere of the Walt Disney motion picture of the chase between the General and the Texas was held in Atlanta June 8, with all the trimmings ....Rowland Stockk 29
THE CITIES WE PROUDLY SERVE-NEW ORLEANS, LA.Last in a series picturing interesting and unusual views of cities along the Old Reliable 36-37
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
TRAFFIC AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
A YEAR WITH THE AMERICANS R. R. South 11
WE SUPPLY PROPS FOR "RAINTREE COUNTY" 15
SATURDAY MORNING "SHOPPING"- L. & N. STYLE R. R. S. 18
ELEVEN SUGGESTERS HIT JACKPOT IN MAY 20
THE SECOND HUNDRED YEARS 26
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT J. J. ELDER RETIRES 27
FRIENDLY TIES 28
ECONOMIC FALLACIES AND STATE SOCIALISM A. L. M. Wiggins 30
L. & N. HELPS SPEED LOUISVILLIANS TO FOUR SISTER CITIES 34
OF FEMININE INTEREST 38
SECOND-STORY RAILROAD C. Ross Tye 39
WATCH AND BUTTON PRESENTATIONS 40
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 42
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS 45
COMING EVENTS 45
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 46
"Is SAFETY FIRST?" by J. E. Tilford 51
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY by R. C. Parsons 52
WISE AND OTHERWISE 53
ABOUT THE FAMILY 54
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