"Ties" was the company magazine of the Southern Railway System. The first issue appeared in March 1947, and the last issue was published in 1982. You are bidding on an issue of "Ties" from December 1947. The cover shows a young boy admiring a diesel engineer. Feature stories include (a) a model railroad of Southern trains in Chicago (IL); (b) the birth of a baby on the Southerner train; (c) changing roadbed ballast; Southern's banana traffic; (d) how Christmas tree trains became a tradition; more. This edition contains over 20 photos.
