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The Rock went down because the people that ran it were some of the worst managers I have ever seen on a railroad, I should know I work on the Rock in Chcicago for 18 years, started when I was 19 and worked until March 1980. worked as switchman, yard conductor, yard master and Union officer. I watched railroad officers in Blue Island cut yard crews off because they might make two hours overtime interchanging to either the GTW, IHB or B&OCT with 75 or more cars and that was in the days when railroads had connection times with other railroads and the rock would not make the connection and that would cost big bucks and that happened all the time, However they saved 2 hours over time but lost thousands on a lost connection. Although the Rock went down I did not; went to work for the CSX (Clinchfield) as conductor for nine years and then returned to Blus Island and worked for the IAIS from which I retired and that Railroad, which is the old Rock Island from Chicago to the Bluffs is doing just grate, the rock Island Officers could not run the Rock Island but the Iowa Officers can. what does that tell you about the people that ran the Rock.. I could go on for hours about how Rock Island mnagers caused that railroad to fail but some other time because it makes me sick just think about it.
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