Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect

[PSHedgpeth@a...]

Brad and list

You should have seen the Freight Claims Dept. on the Rock Island...don't 
think that it was any worse than the Q or any other RR...talk about 
antiquated. Nothing was ever thrown away...When it came into the office it 
got put on a file no matter what it was...if they couldn't find an 
appropriate file they created one.

Most fun I ever had in my business career was trying to drag the Claims 
department into the 20th (then 1964) century. You would be amazed at how 
much you can throw away when you reallly put your mind to it. I'm not 
talking about good historical stuff..I'm talking about really "dead" files.

RI was the first RR to get the Freight Claims dept computerized in 
1968...nobody was ahead of us....the Q was way behind.

Brad did you know the Freight Claims Boys at the Q. Les Seehausen was the 
head man when I to the RI Claims dept in 64. Lloyd Hoskins came in from the 
C&S to put the thing together for the merger. He was a pretty progressive 
old guy...probably younger then than I am now...We had similar hair styles 
though.

I know what you mean about everybody having to sign off on everything.....

Pete


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