Rupert & Maureen gamlenz@ihug.co.nz wrote:
>A lifetime CB&Q railroad pass issued to Mr M N Hartwig, retired agent, was
>sold on eBay recently. It had been signed by William Quinn, who was
>President and CEO of the Burlington from 1966 to 1970. Does any one know
>what Mr Hartwig did to earn him such an unusual gift?
He probably hired on to the Q the moment the ink on his high school diploma
was dry. I'm sure he would have worked a variety of low-level jobs like
section gang or telegrapher, till he was able to transfer into the passenger
department. At the end of his career, he was probably in a supervisory
position but probably not middle management.
The day is long past in which one works for a single civilian employer for
an entire working career over four decades, if not five if you're still in
good health.
It's the equivalent of a gold watch retirement gift that a conductor might
have traditionally received.
Did BN honor lifetime passes on suburban trains?