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(erielack) RE: DIAMOND J.J. Bernet
- Subject: (erielack) RE: DIAMOND J.J. Bernet
- From: Wdburt1_@_aol.com
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 07:15:21 -0400 (EDT)
Ed Montgomery wrote:
>Interesting article about J.J. Bernet. I was surprised to hear about the
>trip he made to California to recruit perishable business. I'm assuming
he
>went west in an Erie Office Car, possibly No. 1 of that era on the end of
>an AT&SF train. It must have been odd to see an Erie passenger car way
out
>on the west coast back then. But that's the way railroad business was
done
>back then.
I have no information about how Bernet traveled to the West Coast, but he
went there with other Erie officers and they visited several locations.
WDB
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