He did extraordinarily well indeed, by any metric. When he was appointed, a few folks with a longstanding animus to Lionel came up with unflattering sobriquets like "comic book man," in reference to his time at Marvel Comics. Boy did he prove them wrong big time 
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A number of well known additions to Lionel's staff, now amongst the leaders in the industry, occurred on his watch, such as Mike R. and Jon Z., and others I don't know about. Calabrese's team unequivocally brought Lionel back to the leadership position in the three rail world, from the standpoints of product diversity and technical innovation. I wish him the best in the next stage of his life.
