I've been out of town a few days but on Lou Menk, I'd like to say that I was in
the Q Passenger Dept when he came on board.
We got Menked! Orders: No more passenger traffic solicitation. Run only regular
consists. No extras. How do you think we felt. He took a profitable railroad,
very well run by Harry Murphy, focused on the bottom line and turned it into
just another mindless, utilitarian freight carrier. You can have Lou Menk and
his obit! He did no lasting good for the Burlington that another good career
railroader couldn't have done better!
Norm
---- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Thayer
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 0:36 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Burlington respect
> I remember the famous statement that Menk made calling the Q the most over
maintained railroad in the country. <
Maybe that's why, when I chased/photographed the train from Burlington to
Washington and back in 1973, I had to kill a lot of time. After 8 years of LM
maintenance, almost the entire line was limited to 15 mph. I have a telephoto
slide looking down/up the track near Sperry where the rails look so twisted
that 15 mph sounds foolhardy!
Marshall
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