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Show O .Y 2 AY 77 MOT by Jerry Klein story of American railroads is the story ANY America itself. In the early days of the young nation, railas the result of roads sprouted helter-skeltpersonal vision or private ambition. But common sense dictated that the roads be standardized. Competition demanded that they be efficient. Gradually the railroads extended their iron fingers toward each other and clasped the whole continent. Having made us a nation, they made us a world power, capable of quickly moving toward our global neighbors either bombs or butter. Today American inventive genius continues to make our railroads the envy of a world in which events are rolling forward non-sto- p. er I - i V ,f 3 i Ac--- ' , ' "v ' - sit lift illn ll r ' mi.- - 3 r. ' 4 - DSCEMBia 27, 1953 FAMILY WEEKLY MAGAZINE 7 |