I'm trying to recall but I think Herb Wallace left before Menk arrived. I
think he left around 1963 and Menk didn't show up until later.
BRAD
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> From: Fred Frailey <ffrailey@kiplinger.com>
> To: Gblatham@aol.com
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> I interviewed Herb Wallace at great length for my book "Twilight of the
> Great Trains." Herb had an infectious enthusiasm for passenger trains. In
>
> the first half of the 1960s he was number two in the Passenger Services
> Department and epitomized Burlington's passenger service, aggressively
> selling the Zephyrs. There was nothing he wouldn't do to fill the seats!
> When Lou Menk came from the Frisco to replace Harry Murphy as president,
> he quickly put a stop to the promotion of passenger service and Herb left
>
> within a year to pursue another career with Hertz. Menk liked Wallace -
> he
> was just convinced (correctly as it turned out) that the Q was throwing
> good money after bad into passenger trains - and begged Wallace to do for
>
> Burlington's freight sales what he had done for passenger sales. But
> Herb's heart wasn't in it. Wallace symbolized an era that is almost lost
> in the mist, when railroads wanted to be judged by the quality of their
> passenger trains.
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> Fred
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> Gblatham@aol.com
> 09/02/2003 10:58 PM
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> Re: RS: Obituary: Herb Wallace, Jr.
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> Thankfully, I was able to go to Mr. Wallace's funeral this morning.
> It was a very nice - and well attended - service.
>
> GBL
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>
> In a message dated 9/1/2003 11:02:09 AM Central Daylight Time,
> texas_midland@msn.com writes:
>
> > Herb Wallace, Jr. of Plano passed away August 29. He was General
> Passenger
> > Manager for the CB&Q under President Patrick Murphy. Mr. Wallace was
> > instrumental in inaugurating and promoting the Burlington's steam
> program in the
> > 1960s.
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