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Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:53:44 -0500
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Thanks Rupert you started my day with a nice laugh. Seems to me the engineer was doing is best to "help" out in this situation.

Leo

On Sep 17, 2016, at 11:18 PM, 'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

There has been comment in the past about the sins of Management, so I thought I should share this tale from 1883. Thomas Potter had a distinguished career in the Burlington, starting off as a surveyor’s assistance and working up to become general manager and, in the year after this incident, first vice-president of the company. At the time, Henry Stone was general superintendent while J B Maxon was the division superintendent.

According to the Ottumwa, la., Democrat the three of them “helped” to clear a blockage In the Ottumwa yard:

“The switchmen were told to stand aside and watch what could be done. Tom Potter took "check" of a train, Maxon was to tend the switch, Stone was to cut 'em off, while one of the boys was detailed to do the "coupling." The switch engine was coupled on, and the trouble commenced. Potter had forgotten the signals, and instead of giving the engineer a signal to back up, he by mistake, gave a " go ahead" signal. Now, if there is anything on earth a switch engineer has a healthy respect for is a "sign," especially if happens to be wrong. Seeing what was apparently wanted he put the engine in "forward motion," and commenced " pounding her," as the boys say. This was rather totally unexpected, and before they could stop the engineer, he came very near running the whole train into the coal house. But the calamity was prevented by one of the boys who, seeing what was going on, stepped out and gave the contrary signal, and stopped the engineer in his wild course.

Potter said there had been a "clerical error" somewhere, and going up to the engine told the man to "back up." This was done, but they supposed the fellow would stop when the tall end of the train crossed the switch, but it is customary to give a sign to slop, and not seeing anything of this kind, the engineer would have gone to Agency had not one of the switchmen who had got on the engine, hit him with a club laying conveniently on the tank. This break rather rattled the three distinguished switchmen, and after trying to make a fly, and running two cars upon the turn table, they gave the job over to Frank Jennings.”

 

Four years after this switching display by senior management, Potter was appointed general manager and vice-president of the Union Pacific, while Stone moved up to become general manager. Which must prove something!

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ



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