Amen to producing an O5.
Duncan Cameron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed DeRouin" <Ed@pixelspublishing.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:03 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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