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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 April Striek of non operating
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1955 April
CONTENTS
THE STRIKE OF L. & N. NON-OPERATING UNIONS John E. Tilford 4
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRINGWith the coming of "robin time" on our Railroad, a hundred special springtime jobs have to be done and everything in general gets "a good going over" M. J. RoBards 6
GEORGIA GIVES AMERICA A CHICKEN FOR EVERY POTOver 154 million broilers were raised last year in Georgia, ranked No. 1 in U. S. chicken production Lou Nash 10
HE RETIRED 22 YEARS AGO-BUT HASN'T QUIT YETEngineer William W. Brewer of the Cincinnati Division, now 84, made his last run March 10, 1933; writing to and about railroaders and traveling have kept him on the run Steele Raylor 13
SATURDAY NIGHT AT NASHVILLE MEANS GRAND OLE OPRYOld Reliable employes help "put the show on the road" when the Grand Ole Opry rides that Ozone Express each week Custis L. Stamp 14
IF WE HAD A BILLIONWho wouldn't be eager to build their own roadway if they had a gift of one billion dollars with no strings attached! Edison H. Thomas 17
YARDSTICK TO GROWTHThe L. & N.'s progress through the years might be measured by the increasing size of its general office building William R. Heffren 18
LEGEND OF THE SINGING RIVER Probably no other river in the country is so shrouded with mystery as the Pascagoula-more often known as the "Singing River"-a meandering, legend-steeped stream crossed by the Old Reliable at Pascagoula, Mississippi ....Rowland Stockk 20
PARADE OF PROGRESSSixth in a series of articles describing the outstanding improvements and innovations that have contributed to the "New Look" acquired by the L. & N. in the last decade Or so R. R. South 22
MARDI GRAS TIME ON THE GULF COAST!Biloxi and other Gulf Coast cities join hands to celebrate Mardi Gras and to pay homage to a queen of L. & N. lineage Margaret Lee Hanley 25
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE 2
FRIENDLY TIES 3
F. C. COWHERD ACCEPTS CHURCH POST 24
PLANS FOR TENNESSEE FISH FRY Now SIZZLING! Kathleen Steele 27
CAR RENTAL SERVICE Now AT RAIL TERMINALS 27
OF FEMININE INTEREST 28
SUPERVISION AND SAFETY..F. W. Kirchner 29
THE FRAUD EXPOSED Dr. George S. Benson 30
FEDERATION FOR RAILWAY PROGRESS GROWS 30
TIME MARCHES ON WITH BUTTONS AND WATCHES TO MARK THE WAY32
NEWS OF THE CLUBS 34
PASSENGER TRAFFIC CLUB MEETING 35
BOYLES STOCKKEEPER RECEIVES $190 SUGGESTION AWARDS 36
CINCINNATI DIVISION TOPS IN 1954 SAFETY 37
WE HELP SPEED PATIENTS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 37
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE 40
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACES 44
BELLS, BELLS, BELLS 46
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING47
HEAD BEST "SAFETY TOOL," SAYS J. W. ADAMS 47
TRAFFIC-AIDERS 48
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS 48
WISE AND OTHERWISE 49
ABOUT THE FAMILY 50
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