"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 September/October 1970. The cover shows theme-dressed people greeting Southern engine # 4501 pulling an excursion train to Charleston (SC). Features include the annual meeting of the National Railway Historical Society in Charleston (SC) and Southern’s role in the meeting; a report on the ASTRO (America’s Sound Transportation Review Organization) program being advanced by the industry; the long-distance shipment of modular homes by rail to Corinth (MS); the delivery to Southern of the 200,000th car built by Pullman-Standard in Bessemer (AL); Southern’s inspection process for new cars being built; more.
