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Louisville & Nashville Employee Magazine L&N 1956 September
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 September Five hole punched
CONTENTS
OUR RAILROAD'S SCALES-RIGHT NEXT TO THE CASH REGISTERMost revenue payments to the L. & N. are based on weight indications by scales. . . . No wonder so much effort is put forth to keep them accurate! M. J. RoBards 4
THEY'RE FILMING THE LEGEND OF RAINTREE COUNTYOn the once-peaceful stretch of track of the L. & N.'s Lancaster Branch, M-G-M Studios with a crew of Hollywood actors and technicians filmed several important scenes for a forthcoming epic motion picture Edison H. Thomas 8
VETERAN RAILROADER-GENTLEMAN FARMERHe's a veteran railroad operators yet many of F. C. Garvey's friends know him only as a farmer William R. Heffren 10
SAFETY IS A THREE-TRICK JOBIt is necessary to exercise care and vigilance 'round the clock-at work, at home and "in between" B. C. McClanahan 13
NEW PICTURE WINDOW FOR THE BLUEGRASSThe 53rd Annual Kentucky State Fair opens this month in a brand-new, multimillion-dollar home, and is expected to establish a standard that other states will be copying for years to come ......Cole Carr 14
THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING FREIGHT CARSThe L. & N. is striving to help lick the national freight-car shortage by "stretching" cars whenever and wherever possible-and getting its customers to help in the effort (Final installment) J. C. Grissom 16
ATLANTA PLAYS HOST TO 62nd I.A.A. CONVENTIONThe three-day, mid-August International Apple Association Convention attracts hundreds of representatives of the fruit-and-vegetable industry and of allied businesses to Atlanta, Ga. Lou Nash 18
TIME TO RETIRE-A GLIMPSE OF WHAT LIES AHEADIt may be next week . . . a year from now. . . even 10, 20, 30 or 40 years from now... but the inescapable fact is that two out of three of those now employed by the Old Reliable will eventually draw an annuity from the Railroad Retirement Board R. R. South 20
MEMORIES WERE MADE AT ETOWAH Carved out of a wilderness when the L. & N. came in 1906, the city of Etowah, Tenn., last month celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Golden Jubilee Rowland Stockk 32
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 3
GEORGE C. HOWARD RETIRES 12
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK SET FOR EARLY OCTOBER 22
BILOXI SALUTES "GOD'S GIFT TO MEN FROM THE SEA" 23
OF FEMININE INTEREST 24
10, 20, 30 YEARS AGO 25
J. C. GRISSOM APPOINTED ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER 26
DISTAFF RAILROADERS TO MEET IN NEW ORLEANS 26
AGENT HAILED ON 39TH "BIRTHDAY" 27
SERVICE EMBLEM PRESENTATION TIME .... 28
DEATH TAKES W. D. NELSON 30
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 30
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 34
FRIENDLY TIES 38
COMING EVENTS 41
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS 41
"MR. L. & N. OF BILOXI" HONORED ........43
WISE AND OTHERWISE 45
ABOUT THE FAMILY46
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