Re: Was Eddie Oliver once a Quiz Kid?

[Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au (Eddie Oliver)]

"Peter Kilburn" <peekil@mpx.com.au> wrote:

>
>GEE Mr Oliver you sure are old , you must have been around before electric
>things

Sometimes it feels like it.

Yes, I was around in the days when the railways genuinely tried to provide a
service throughout the state; when it was more important to have people running
trains than sitting in offices stuffing up the management;  when the people in
management mainly knew what a railway actually looked like; when the
infrastructure was maintained effectively without infinite closedowns; and so
on.

In other words, I was around when the railway was service-driven rather than
management-driven.

The fact that there were steam engines around is a minor difference compared with
the more fundamental ones.

Eddie Oliver