Check the listing for details. 1961 Southern Railway TIES magazine - May. Condition: New. Listed at 8.00 USD. "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 May 1961. The cover shows pipe being loaded at US Pipe & Foundry in Birmingham (AL). There is a feature article on customer US Pipe & Foundry. Other items include the role of Civil War general Nathan Bedford Foster in building the Selma Marion & Memphis Railroad, a couple married 54 years earlier aboard a Southern passenger train, the threat by the Teamsters Union of low cost rail transportation, a female newspaper reporter to spent a day in the cab of a locomotive at Forest City (NC), the transport of military troops aboard railroads, more. An historical photo section has trackside scenes.