locked Re: D.W. Brosnan and SR Operations- 1966
George Eichelberger
Rodney:
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Please don’t be concerned….when you read the responses that always follow Brosnan’s margin notes, you see 99.99% of whatever the problem was, was beyond anyone’s control. “Thick skin” must have been standard issue by the Storekeeper to anyone in management. I will see if the file has a response to Brosnan's 8-29-66 missive. Did you father tell you any DWB stories or stories from the Almon meetings? I retired from NS five years ago and at NS management meetings, people still referred to the DWB meeting style. (Although I have a hard time believing he had men stand on their chairs while he berated, and sometimes fired, them.) If you are ever near Chattanooga, you might scan the files to see if there are more items to/from “PCS”. Ike
On Dec 31, 2019, at 1:54 PM, Rodney Shu <rodshu@...> wrote: The "PCS" was my father, Paul Shu, General Manager - Western Lines in 1966. You had to be pretty thicked skinned in those days. Rodney Shu From: main@SouthernRailway.groups.io <main@SouthernRailway.groups.io> on behalf of George Eichelberger <geichelberger@...> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 10:08 AM To: main@southernrailway.groups.io <main@SouthernRailway.groups.io> Subject: [SouthernRailway] D.W. Brosnan and SR Operations- 1966 There are multiple files in SRHA archives box 612 labeled “Operating Conditions 1966”. They are in the Presidents’ files as virtually every detail of the operation of the Southern Railway was communicated to SR President DW Brosnan on a daily basis. The files are not well organized but many reports show hand written notations by Mr. Brosnan that typically result in an “explanation” back to him from someone. We can imagine receiving one of his notated reports would not make for a pleasant day for the recipient. Here are two examples with Mr. Brosnan’s short (pithy?) comments…. Ike <DWB 8-28-66.jpeg> <DWB 8-29-66.jpeg>
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