"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 November, 1956. The cover photo depicts the Jefferson Memorial in Washington (DC) with a Southern train crossing over the Potomac River Bridge. Features include a profile on customer Graniteville Company in Graniteville (SC), a bidding war between Southern and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad to acquire the Florida East Coast Railway, a table ranking eastern railroads based on equipment and revenue, and a story on a retired employee and his various leisure-time activities. The historic photo section includes a 1902 photo of employees in the Princeton (IN) coach shop.
