Westinghouse

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Again, I am saying *nothing* against GE and I am saying *nothing*
against the books nor their accuracy.  Please note that you quoted that
I concur this is not a GE issue!

	Yes, I fully well understand about pipelines.  It was an PAT operator
who told me that the Fed said to overhaul 100-PCCs so the 16s were
renumbered for PCCs.  I accepted that for what it was - information, but
definitely not gospel.  But after 30-years unchallenged, I believed it
as gospel myself until John Swinbler Himself came up with information to
the contrary.

	PLEASE note again that I said Nothing against GE concerning the
scrapping of cars - and I have repeatedly said that in my posts.

Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> The Boston chapter was written by Steve Carlson ... because he lives in Saugus, MA,
> I made no attempt to ascertain the validity of the statement. He made his share of
> errors; I made mine.  Steve had his own personal pipeline right into Everett Shops.
> In such a case, until proven otherwise, one is prone to accept the gospel you are
> fed.    John Swindler has since indicated that there were not enough Picture Window
> cars to rehabilitate, forcing them to keep wartime cars for consistency.  Its up to
> you to decide if the "pipeline" or John is correct.  We were also a lot younger
> then and more willing to accept what we were told.  As I age, I'm not even sure if
> consistency matters.  In a government operation, I don't believe that anything
> other than politics has any true influence.  But once in a while, we do find some
> decisions that make economic sense.

James B. Holland

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