Ed
Your are right on the cost containment issue but somewhere the sense of good
PR, and Good Will which use to be found in business has gone out the window
with the bean counters
sjh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed DeRouin" <Ed@pixelspublishing.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:03 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: pocket cal's
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "gaedgar66" <vje68@h...> wrote:
> > "66 was last yr for pocket & wall - victims of the Menk/Quinn
> era. Earliest goes at least to late 20's; what's the oldest dare of
> a
> > pocket anyone can document? Walls go to at least 1890's and
> there were also 'card' style cal's back then. Gerald
>
>
> Gerry:
>
> I can't let you get by with your remark about the calendars being
> victims of the Menk/Quinn era!
>
> Rather than slam executives, look at the numbers. Business
> decisions are usually made based upon data. In that 'era'
> passenger and freight revenues were declining and costs were
> rising. Passenger (and mail) revenues in that 'era' drastically
> dropped.
>
> Put on your strategic planning hat. Look forward 5 to 10 years
> from 1965 as executives as supposed to. What do you see? The
> merger? The end of the long distance passenger train? The
> completion of the Interstate Highway System? How would you
> position your company?
>
> I suspect that cost containtment would be a first choice,
> especially if the cost did not contribute to helping the bottom line.
> How many revenue dollars were added because of calendars?
>
> For too long, the railfan community has classified executives by
> how they extended the steam program, or played to the fan.
> Compare the success of BN in the face of the bankruptcy of PC.
> Which executives had and executed a better plan?
>
> This soap box message was presented to offer a different
> perspective.
>
> Gee, aren't the Broadway Limited E units neat and wouldn't it be
> neater if they produced an O5?
>
> Ed DeRouin
>
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