Bill,
Thanks for all the information from an insiders view. It is very different
from someone on the outside.
Mitch
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, William Barber <clipperw@...> wrote:
>
> Archie,
>
> While my earliest responsibilities with the BN date from 1971, most of my
> early days were in the service area and were intermittent at that. I did not
> take on sales responsibility until 1983 and continued in that capacity until
> 1996. I can't recall the name of the VP Purchasing in 1983, but later, it was
> Norm Doerr who started his career on the NP.
>
> Bill Barber
> Gravois Mills, MO
>
> On Dec 6, 2011, at 2:20 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
> > Re: new locomotives and cost
> > Posted by: "archie hayden" kliner@... archieh1946
> > Mon Dec 5, 2011 4:08 pm (PST)
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill, Did you happen to know Bob Richards who was a VP in
> > Purchasing? He started with the Q and retired before the Frisco
> > merger. He sold the coach Blackhawk which was his personal coach and
> > also purchased the first airplane the Burlington used. Bob is about
> > 96 and lives here in Hannibal. he is a gold mine of info on the Q and
> > the BN merger. He is nearly blind but has something that magnifies
> > text so he can still read. He donated his little black bible that
> > every official carried to our archives. In it was the run down on the
> > cost of the 1956 Denver Zephyr etc. Archie PS He was raised in
> > Aurora and hired by his Sunday School teacher George A Goerner who was
> > General Storekeeper on the Q. Bob served as Storekeeper in Hannibal
> > in the 40s and 50s.
>
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