"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 August 1963. The cover photo shows the new Grassy Gap Road Cut on the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway subsidiary. Stories include details of the new Grassy Gap cut (one of the largest railroad construction projects in the country for many decades), a Federal court blocking an Interstate Commerce Commission order with turned down a rate decrease, the original small tunnels on the CNO&TP called the "rathole" due to their restrictions, more. This issue contains over 2 dozen photos.
