You will not recognize the scene in the painting as "that stretch of track a couple of miles south of town."

Nor as "the bridge across Meadow Run." It isn't a likeness of one spot in all the vast territory served by the Southern Railway System with fine passenger trains operated on convenient schedules.

Rather, the picture is an idealization by the artist of the entire region served by the railway and a better representation of it all than anyone photograph could be.

A river cuts its way through the foreground, spanned by a strong new bridge-and you think of the broad placid rivers and white-water mountain streams that add so greatly to the beauty of the green and growing South.

Trees cast their shade, calling to mind the South's scenic beauty and the forest wealth man is learning to guard and use with care as a great resource.

On the wooded, rolling countryside, a city and its factories rise-as if to emphasize that the South is more than sunshine and scenery, that it boasts a thriving industry and commerce, with resources and room for great expansion in the many cities and towns which have our railway's service.

Dominant in the foreground is a diesel-powered streamliner-symbol of the South's largest railway, and the largest in the country to be completely dieselized to serve the needs of a growing traveling and shipping public.

Gone with the old days of not-so-up-to-date railroading is the harsh yellow-and-black folder with its static photographs of two Southern trains.

Here is beauty-and motion-and promise to travelers. A beautiful invitation to investigate Southern Railway System passenger service.

Southern's passenger train timetable now as attractive in its appearance as it is useful as a reference for travelers who use the excellent service afforded by the Southern Railway System's fleet of beautifully equipped, diesel-powered trains.