Hey, wait a minute!
Author: TE&Y Employe
Date: 11-04-2009 - 01:07
Chief commodity is coal? We don't sell commodities, we move freight. All kinds. Petrochemicals, Forest Products, Consumer Goods, Food, Automobiles, Machinery, Coal, Steel, and in Chicago, people. We get paid to move it. Not sell it. We're not coal salesmen.
And for what it's worth, Lou Menk wasn't exactly pro passenger. He, along with many in the industry was waiting for the end of p-trains with Nixon's promise.