[PRCo] Re: Brookville Locomotive

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 Agree.  This is one of the most accurate, best researched histories I've ever read.  It's also written in a way that holds your interest, unlike many scholarly tomes.  And it's absolutely unbiased...everyone deservedly gets knifed!

Ed

---- Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org> wrote: 
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Fred Schneider wrote:
> 
> > To digress on the subject of Brookville Locomotive, I think we were all somewhat
> > amazed by what could be accomplished by an imaginative family-owned company,
> > unhampered by craft restrictions characteristic of organized labor  (sorry
> > Jim)
> 
> Management imposed the restrictions first. It's only bad when it's to your 
> detriment, the shoe just changed feet. Read "And the wolf finally came" if 
> you're bored... interesting, even relevant to Pittsburgh, but a rather 
> long book. Not even really a blame shift, both sides will point at the 
> other, and both sides will be right.
> 
>