Wayne Johnston, a gentlemen of Harry Murphy's caliber.
BRAD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denny Anspach" <danspach@m...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:10 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: FW: Illinois Central Domes
> During the period of time referred to when the NCL sleeper domes were
> used by the IC in the winter, Wayne Johnson (-ston?) was president of
> the IC. He had immense pride in the IC's passenger service, and one
> of things that he insisted upon meticulously was that all cars
> regularly in IC trains have matching paint liveries. This is why one
> could put together almost an entire train in the IC's handsome livery
> and have it made up totally with cars lettered for ACL, CofG, CBQ,
> and NP- and probably at least three more southeast railroads that I
> cannot nail at the moment.
>
> Mr. Johnson was also the person who demanded each and every morning
> that an explanation of accountability be on his desk within the hour
> when the PANAMA LIMITED was not on time.
>
> At the time (and since) I have always been amazed at the amount of
> expense, labor, and time that it took for these cars each year to be
> painted/repainted twice.
>
> For a time, these NP/CBQ sleeper domes were assigned to Amtrak's
> Floridian (correct name?), the short-lived Chicago-Florida train via
> Louisville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Jacksonville. Our family of
> four occupied one of these sleepers in this service in 1974, still
> painted in NP colors. It was more than a little shop worn and run
> down, and the dome glass was almost opaque in places. Sic transit
> gloria.
>
> Denny
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> Denny S. Anspach, MD
> Sacramento, CA
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