Leo and Pete
I will say a big AMEN to what Pete says about common sense.
I watched a guy who had worked a Dispatching job for a couple years take
the same territory as a Trainmaster and not have a clue as to how it
operated. Since I have been a dispatcher I have seen only one guy not get
promoted for hitting the Belt bridge and he had already been an offical and
resigned to return to the ranks. Another hit the CTA bridge at Western Ave.
and is now a TM Guess that is why I am still in a entry level position
after 28 years
sjh
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Scheduled RR
> Leo
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> What's changed is that no one remembers the old adage. "The only thing
new
> in the world is the history you don't know"...Harry Truman
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> I recall several years ago that on the Rock Island and other roads "new"
> management came up with a brilliant new idea...Let the local conductor be
the
> "manager" on the branch lines. He could decide what to do with cars made
mty
> which could be utilized for loading at another station and who gets
priority
> switches and what cars should he wait for etc etc.
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> This was being done in 1958 when I was braking on "Lines West""and I'm
sure
> "from the beginning" on most lines. It only makes common sense.
Something
> that "new" management seems to be lacking in and recently rediscovered.
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
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