Pete:
Most of the BNSF officals today lack common sense due to the fact that they
never worked on a train, dispatchers office, or train yard. They put
something down on paper and think it will always work! Those who have made
retirement don't know how good they got it, compared to the old days!
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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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