"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 January 1957. The cover shows Southern's president and an IBM officer examining new data processing machinery adopted by Southern. Features include articles on Southern's new IBM electronic data processing system (novel in the industry at that time), on William Harnden (the father of Railway Express), & Southern Christmas parties; there are over 2 dozen photos, and an historical photo section that includes turn of the century steam engines.
