| 1952 RR Publication two page advertisement caption included: From the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River…and from the Ohio and Potomac Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico – “The Southern Serves the South.” And through serving – builds. New factories and plant expansions along this road’s 8000 miles of line have averaged one for each working day during the past 10 years. Keeping pace with this tremendous industrial growth, the Southern has modernized and improved its services and facilities – building new yards, buying modern motive power and freight and passenger cars – to give its customers the best transportation service possible. Powerful Alco-GE locomotives are among the Southern’s 847 diesel-electric locomotive units now in service and on order. And they are proving as versatile as they are dependable. For example, Alco-GE road switchers are used in freight, passenger and switching service. These modern units play an important part in the Southern’s ability to “Serve the South.” |