ON THE COVER
It's just a branch line, a small town, a heavy snow - and the railroad is open.
Nothing spectacular about it - a quiet wintry scene found in many, many places throughout our country as winter snows come and the railroads assume the burden of keeping communications open to those who need railway service,
And often - as it happened after the storm when this picture was made along Southern lines - the trains go through' while highway haulers wait until taxpayers clear the rights - of - way truckers use.
A pleasing winter scene - and a pictorially told story of the way railroads meet their responsibilities.