ON THE COVER
One of the most aptly named groups of railroad employees are our signal maintainers. Efficient and safe operation of a railroad calls for signals operating reliably under all conditions. Southern signal maintainers keep them that way. The cover picture was made in the
Centralized Traffic Control territory between Burstall, Ala., and Meridian, Miss. It shows William F. Burnett (left) , signal maintainer, and Hilton T. Reed, assistant signal maintainer , as they make one of their regular tests on a "dwarf signal" near Kimbrell, Ala., where a passing track is located.