"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 1959. The cover photo shows view from cab of a diesel locomotive; features include "The Faces of Christmas at Greenville (SC)", a profile of customer Woodward Iron (Birmingham, AL), & the new station at Brunswick (GA); an historical photo section includes items from subsidiary GS&F (Georgia Southern & Florida) from the 1890s, and the adaptive reuse of an 1800s railroad tunnel (NC) for curing cheese; there are over 3 dozen photos.
