Norm,
Almost to this day he is still blamed for restoring the
washed out area at East Winona as single track after
the 1965 flood. Seems like even Managers that were
not hired until the 80's quickly got told the story and it
is now part of the "Everybody Knows" knowledge base
on that part of the Railroad.
I guess he's left his legacy, but it's not a good one.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm_Andersen" <Norm_Andersen@m...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 12 August, 2002 16:52
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Western Ave
> John,
>
> You may not believe this but I sat next to him on the dinky in the
morning from Aurora to Chicago for weeks before I knew who he was. He seemed
to be a nice enough guy and we used to talk railroading stuff now and then.
I was in the Passenger Department at that time so conversation seemed to
drift toward passenger trains. He never seemed unduly anti-passenger train
and struck me as a no nonsense operating man.
>
> I never did find out what happened with him on the BN but I gather it
was not altogether amicable for him and I heard he retired.
>
> Norm
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