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C. E. Connelly, carman at the Green-
ville shops, and family visited Myrtle
Beach recently where they looked over
the hurricane damage.

T. R. Rhodes Jr., formerly an elec-
trician at the Greenville shops, has re-
signed his job to accept a position with
Eastern Air Lines in Atlanta. He expects
to receive a permanent assignment soon
and will move his family from Green-
ville at that time.

Lewis Rhodes of the Greenville shops
and family recently visited relatives in
Knoxville, Tenn.

Miss Myrtle Noblett, daughter of
Electrical Engineer F. A. Noblett, is
teaching school in Savannah, Ga.

H. B. Lineberger, machinist at the
Greenville shops, spent a recent week-
end with his son in Augusta, Ga.

Mrs. B. B. Ellison was confined to the
hospital in Greenville for some time but
is now back at home.

[image: infant]

Yard Clerk and Mrs. John E. Barnette
Jr., of Spartanburg have announced the
birth of a daughter, Rebecca Jane, on
November 9 at Spartanburg General
Hospital. The picture above was made
shortly after her birth. The Barnettes
have another daughter, Amy Dianne,
who is three and a half years old.

Betty Lee Smith, young daughter of
Rate Clerk and Mrs. E. B. Smith of
Spartanburg, celebrated her sixth birth-
day on November 17. Her aunt, Mrs. El-
more Stacy, gave her a birthday party.

Terry Jones, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Jones of Spartanburg recently
underwent a tonsillectomy, but is now
doing nicely.

Mrs. M. C. Watt, wife of DFA Watt,
accompanied her daughter, Mrs. Wil-
liam H. Mitchell, to New York recently.
Mrs. Mitchell sailed from there to join
her husband, Lt. Mitchell, in Boeblingen,
Germany.

At the beginning of 1953 the railway
netork of the United States, including
switching and terminal companies, em-
braced some 222,500 miles of road and
402,000 miles of track.

ANSWERS TO QUIZ

1. On a passing track or siding. 2. A shaky
section car. 3. Midnight. 4. Idling in a side track
or passing track. 5. "Jeep". 6. 4500 h.p. 7. Up
and down like an elevator. 8. Knocked down.
9. Freight car used for distributing materials and
supplies to storekeeping points and way stations.
10. Washington and St. Louis

[image: line drawings of locomotive, train with wagons, and a motorcyle on the train tracks]

WHEN A RECORD RAINFALL FLOODED IT
TERMINAL TRACKS RECENTLY, A FULLY
DIESELIZED RAILROAD BORROWED A HIGH
WHEEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TO GET ITS
PASSENGER TRAINS OUT OF THE STATION.

THE "PIGGY-BACK" OPERATION -- HAULING
LOADED TRAILERS ON RAILROAD FLATCARS--
ISN'T AN ALTOGETHER NEW IDEA. ALMOST
100 YEARS AGO RAILROADS PROVIDED THIS
KIND OF TRANSPORTATION FOR LOADED
WAGONS.

AS A PRIZE FOR WINNING IN A
"SUPRESSED DESIRE" CONTEST
STAGED BY A DENVER NEWSPAPER,
ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO
GRANT MRS. WALTER FRALEY'S
LIFE-LONG AMBITION TO HAVE A RIDE
ON AN OLD-STYLE, FREE-WHEELING
RAILROAD HAND CAR.

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