Louisville & Nashville Employee Magazine L&N 1956 February

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L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 February
L&N Employee Magazine Louisville & Nashville 1956 February
CONTENTS
WE MEET EMERGENCIES HEAD ONBefore any disruption in service can develop into a critical situation our operating department swings into action, helping to maintain schedules, set up detour routes and assist in round-the-clock reconstruction William R. Heffren 4
THE SOUTH'S NEWEST TREASURE-TROVEThe Walter D. Bellingrath home, now open to the public, contains the breathtaking Bessie Morse Bellingrath collection of priceless china, silver, figurines and hundreds of other objects d'art Edison H. Thomas 8
WE ROLL THAT FORDS MAY ROLLFive nights a week the "Ford Special" speeds over our tracks between DeCoursey and Strawberry Yard R. R. South 10
MILES GRADUATES MAKE THE GRADENearing a half-century of service to the area's colored students and to the community in general, Miles College of Birmingham, Ala., looks forward to an even-better tomorrow M. J. RoBards 12
NEW BRIDGE AT PEARL RIVERA day with the resident engineer reveals in part what it takes to keep trains rolling along that marshlined, bridge-bedecked south end of the M. N. 0. & P. Division Edison H. Thomas 16
DON'T BE CRIMINALJudged solely by the consequences, the careless worker is often just as great an enemy of society as the gunman who runs amok, or as anti-social in his behavior as the suicide who takes his life I. W. Newman 18
OUR PLACE NAMES ARE PERSONALIZEDThere's many an Old Reliable station which stands as a monument to an employe who helped to make the Railroad great Ole Reliable 20
AND OTHER FEATURES
THE RAILROAD WORLD 1
THE READERS WRITE  2
THIS MONTH'S COVER  2
TRAFFIC-AIDERS  3
OUR FREIGHT BUSINESS  3
"HORATIO ALGER" CAREER OF A. L. M. WIGGINS HAILED  15
RADNOR FREIGHT HOUSE OFF TO GOOD START 23
WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN! by Thurman Sensing 24
CALLED TO THE COLORS  24
WISE AND OTHERWISE  25
OF FEMININE INTEREST  26
JUDGE J. B. JONES, RETIRED TAX ATTORNEY, PASSES  27
SHOPMEN RECEIVE JANUARY'S TOP SUGGESTION AWARDS  27
TIME, LIKE THE RAILROAD, MARCHES ON 28
RAILROAD DESEGREGATES INTERSTATE PASSENGERS  30
VETERAN DIVISION EDITOR RETIRES  30
OVER MILLION TO BE SPENT FOR 56 NEW DIESELS  31
THE CITIES WE PROUDLY SERVE-MEMPHIS, TENN.  31
VETERANS' CLUB GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS  34
CONGRATULATIONS  34
"NON PAREIL"-A GOOD MOTTO FOR L. & N.'s 728TH UNIT  35
FRIENDLY TIES  36
WHY DID IT HAPPEN 43
COMING EVENTS  45
PASSENGER TRAFFIC HELPERS  45
T. P. WASHBURN SUCCUMBS  45
VETERAN LOCAL ATTORNEY TAKEN BY DEATH  46
SPORTS ON THE OLD RELIABLE  47
ABOUT THE FAMILY  48
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