it was able to donate entire libraries to deserving schools. Heard was named Seaboard's Superintendent [of] Traveling Libraries in 1901. By 1910, books were being circulated from Rose Hill to 35 community libraries and 150 school libraries; by 1912, the Seaboard library system comprised 18,000 books and 38,000 magazines. A number of publications came from the United States Department of Agriculture. In a 1901 special edition titled "Free Traveling Libraries", Seaboard's promotional magazine S.A.L. Magundi published an assortment of letters written by notable figures including President William McKinley, the governor of Alabama, Florida governor William Sherman Jennings, Georgia governor Allen D. Candler, North Carolina governor Charles Brantley Aycock, South Carolina governor Miles Benjamin McSweeney, Virginia governor James Hoge Tyler, and Andrew Carnegie. Heard worked to establish twelve "McKinley libraries" in 1902, dedicated to "the characteristics and high ideals so exemplified in the life and purposes of [President William] McKinley". The traveling library system won a gold medal award at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition in Virginia. Heard died in 1919, after which her daughter Susan took over management as head librarian until her death on April 7, 1934; Susan's husband James Y. Swift then filled the role. Seaboard continued to transport books to small towns and libraries in need across the region until 1955, leaving behind new libraries scattered among small communities across the Southeast. The library system never charged fees for late or lost books. Its collection of books was donated to schools across Georgia. See also List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors List of railroads of the Confederate States of America Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Orange Blossom Special Silver Meteor Silver Star (Amtrak train) Silver Comet (train) Gulf Wind References External links General Seaboard history Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society Baer, Christopher T. "Named Trains of the PRR Including Through Services," Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society, September 8, 2009 – includes details of commencement and discontinuance of service of SAL trains handled by the Pennsy Florida Rails: Seaboard Air Line Railroad Johnson, Robert Wayne. "Seaboard Air Line in Montgomery." Old Alabama Rails website. Storey, Steve. "Seaboard Air Line Railway." Railga.com: Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage. Guaranty Trust Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co., 53 F. Supp. 672 (E.D. Va. 1943) - Lengthy report of judicial findings on the insolvency and reorganization of the railroad, 1943 Maps, timetable