Oh Pete,
You gave me an opening...... Undertaker!
I just had lunch a couple days ago with a major customer in Rosemont,IL. The highest ranking person at the table was a former co-worker at UTLX, where we basically butted heads, he was in charge of mobile repair units and then fixed, brick and mortor shops. I was responsible for keeping fleet repair costs down. Let's just say we were at opposite ends of the fulcrum.
Today, since we are both responsible for other things, we get along just fine. Of course we were discussing the "old days " and then subject of my nickname for about 15 years came up.
It was "the Angel of Death". As I would rule on whether cars got repaired, parked in storage or scrapped. I think the nickname says it all. Just a financial decision,( hey I spent a lot of money getting that degree)!
Leo
And the Freight Claim Agent PAID AND PAID AND PAID for all that stuff. There was Fred Kilker...Val Lingren, Les Seahausen and Lloyd Hosins (?) In case you guys don't know these were all CB&Q Freight Claim Agents all the way back to the 1930's through the BN Merger.....I knew all these guys and we knew, pretty much what happened to lots of stuff that didn't get turned back to the railroad to be sold as salvage.
But guess who got blamed for the high freight claim bill which got higher every year. We Freight Claim agents always said...."Don't blame us we're just the undertaker"..we didn't cause the death.
Pete
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From: David Weber dave@cimmarondesign.com [CBQ] < CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ < CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 3:44 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] General Mills
remember the scratch and dent days when shoe would return to eola with the nose of the geep full of ???
Bob,
I don't want to say too much as it will diminish the future article. First off let me say I don't have my notes or the article in front of me. General Mills bought the plant from Zenith (I think) around 1957 and started remodeling what became known as the " old wore house( warehouse), that gives you some inclination what was most often on the minds,of trains crews and the subject of talk on an ongoing basis on most jobs ! The plant expanded multiple times over the years.
Primarily the plant produces cereals( Cheerios,etc) and hamburger helper,etc. how do I know ? You'll need to read the article when published. It involves the recoup and $2 a bag.
Leo
A question for Leo or Gerald Edgar. Was looking at the article on the West Chicago branch in an old PM issue. General Mills was a large, diversified company, and I wondered what they made at the W. Chicago plant (loads in and out), and when the plant began operation. Thanks!
Bob Herrick
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