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Do You think CSX can surrivie with bad mangement
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 8:41 PM
Do You Think CSX can surrivie with bad Mangement

Personally I don't think so becuase 1st of all they don't care about the Rolling Stock number 2 John Snow mismanged the company when they were trying to buy Conrail them selves, 3 they over spend after cutting 800 emplyoees they 1K Super Bowl Tickets thats bougs 4.Their Safty record is terrible 5. But I don't think Ward is not doing that bad of a job

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 8:49 PM
Well, I can tell you firsthand that CSX is making more cuts in management. I don't really know who, when, where, but I do know of one guy who did need to go. He was an assistant superintendent who came in and decided to shake things up. He butted into the yardmasters' moves, trainmaster's work, etc and made everydody's life a big pain. Let's just say our yard was becoming a bottleneck on the CSX system, we almost lost one of our biggest customers, Bunge Mills over his "improvements". Let's just say that he got reassigned and will most likely fall in with the chunk of management getting "relayered". All I gotta say is things are much better and we'll do anything to make sure that guy doesn't come back.[bow] But anyways, he is probably an example of why CSX has problems, and if more 'em get the boot, maybe I'll still have a job on down the line. [:D] But, this is a common phrase given to me by the veterans "the railroad makes money in spite of itself" and I truly do belive that! Imagine if railroads were managed to their potential, now that would be something to see!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 8:53 PM
Oh, my answer to if CSX can survive with bad management?? NO!!! CSX would eventually get swallowed up by another R.R. But, hopefully some internal restructuring will help.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 6:54 AM
well lets see they want to close standley yard in toledo and cram the cars into an overcrowded walbridge and at yards in willard oh and garrett indiana.and most of the crews ive talked too arent too happy.sooo hmmmm
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 7:02 AM
Let's see - bean counters are in Jax, yard, cars, crews are in Toledo. You can't see there from here. What the heck - we can put all those cars someplace else. We'll see a savings on paper from closing down a facility. The losses in productivity can be blamed on the worker bees. "I" get an award. Looks good to me...[:-^]

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Posted by RudyRockvilleMD on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 10:20 AM
Yes. Fred Frailey in his article in "Overrated?Underrated in the January, 2004 Trains suggested John Snow was overrated as a railroad CEO. I agree, but for another reason. Under John Snow's watch the FRA took CSX to task for its poor safety record, and John Snow was surprised and clueless. However, I don't see any evidence its safety record is improving under current management. Nevertheless CXS will survive because it may be the only train in town in some cases, and its route structure for a comparable journey may be shorter than Norfolk Southern's.
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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 10:33 AM
Can CSX survive bad management, Of Course, they can, just look at Southern Pacific, they're doing ....uh, ...umm,... oh never mind.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 11:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

Let's see - bean counters are in Jax, yard, cars, crews are in Toledo. You can't see there from here. What the heck - we can put all those cars someplace else. We'll see a savings on paper from closing down a facility. The losses in productivity can be blamed on the worker bees. "I" get an award. Looks good to me...[:-^]


Gee - let me guess, the senior level beancounters and the other Wall Street trash in upper management are not really railroaders and are immune from having their paychecks threatened? Theory is one thing, actual practice is quite another. Change, properly managed, is a good thing.

Joe: Time will tell if the "experiment" at Findlay works or fails. If the experiment fails, good management will go back to something that works or try something else. Bad management will ignore the obvious.

Old rule of thumb was that it might take up to two years for changes in management or plant to start showing benefits. What you do not want is a constantly revolving door driven by management looking for short term instant gratification. (those folks being the aforementioned Wall Street Trash) There are plenty of good management railroaders at CSX, thequestion is are they being listened to?

I'm wondering if the current bunch at CSX has had enough time to turn things around.[?]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:46 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Doggy

Do You Think CSX can surrivie with bad Mangement

Personally I don't think so becuase 1st of all they don't care about the Rolling Stock number 2 John Snow mismanged the company when they were trying to buy Conrail them selves, 3 they over spend after cutting 800 emplyoees they 1K Super Bowl Tickets thats bougs 4.Their Safty record is terrible 5. But I don't think Ward is not doing that bad of a job

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Could bejust the thing Uncle Petey has been waiting for

Hey THAT would be a Coup for ol Haverty wouldn't it? IImagine if KCS snapped up CSX before UP could uncoil the tentacles?
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:53 PM
The two year thing is very true. Unfortunately all too many people want good ol' instant gratification.

Case in point is TV. "In the beginning" a TV show was allowed to run its course. If it was a stinker, we got stuck with a stinker all season. Some shows, though, didn't really come into their own until later in the season. The result - some shows we still remember. (Unfortunately my TV history isn't good enough that I can cite the shows). Nowadays, if a show isn't in the top 10 from the get-go, it's cancelled sooner rather than later. One and two episode runs are not unheard of.

I can't speak for CSX at any level. But one has to wonder if a return on the next quarterly statement, not the one two years hence, is what they hold as goals. Managers at all levels are undoubtedly under the gun to produce results. Whether the end result justifies the means remains to be seen - in about two years.

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:08 PM
....Tree68: I believe one of the TV shows that fits your discription would be "All In The Family"...Archie Bunker, etc....It finally took off and we know how well it eventually did.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 2:22 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

....Tree68: I believe one of the TV shows that fits your discription would be "All In The Family"...Archie Bunker, etc....It finally took off and we know how well it eventually did.


There you go! Bottom line is: Make change. Allow it to happen. Evaluate. If it's ok, let it go. If it's not, see if you REALLY need to fix it, or just give it a little more time. Etc.

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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 3:18 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

....Tree68: I believe one of the TV shows that fits your discription would be "All In The Family"...Archie Bunker, etc....It finally took off and we know how well it eventually did.



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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 4:17 PM
Mudchix
experiment at findlay????
please explain.
thank you
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 4:20 PM
Ooops, sorry....Findlay =Stanley = Flat old northwestern ohio
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 4:28 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

well lets see they want to close standley yard in toledo and cram the cars into an overcrowded walbridge and at yards in willard oh and garrett indiana.and most of the crews ive talked too arent too happy.sooo hmmmm
stay safe
joe


I heard about that so give the crews payraises for their troubles
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 4:31 PM
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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 4:47 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Ooops, sorry....Findlay =Stanley = Flat old northwestern ohio

i think were higher than kansas though[:)]
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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 5:14 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Ooops, sorry....Findlay =Stanley = Flat old northwestern ohio

i think were higher than kansas though[:)]
stay safe
joe



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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 6:02 PM
Prosperity will kill CSX....The physical plan is sized for a Depression Level of traffic....If we truly have an economic recovery in the US (and W's math and John Snow's theivery make that unlikely) an increase in business will bury the CSX physical plant.. The terminals have been downsized to be mere shadows of their former status. Holding trains out of the major terminals is chronic. They run 9000 foot trains on territory with 7000 foot sidings and wonder why there are problems. Remote control T crews produce about 60 to 70% of the former T&E staffed crew and even when a T crew is replaced, grudgingly, with a T&E crew the moral of the work force is so bad that the T&E crew only produces to the level of the T crew. Maintenance on Locomotovies, cars, track and signals is being cut to the point that line of road Engine failures and car failures are rampant. Let the tempurature change 20 degrees and you are faced with either broken rails, pull-a-parts, or sun kinked tracks. Signals go red in the face of trains with regularity.

What a way to run a railroad.!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 6:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by BaltACD

Prosperity will kill CSX....The physical plan is sized for a Depression Level of traffic....If we truly have an economic recovery in the US (and W's math and John Snow's theivery make that unlikely) an increase in business will bury the CSX physical plant.. The terminals have been downsized to be mere shadows of their former status. Holding trains out of the major terminals is chronic. They run 9000 foot trains on territory with 7000 foot sidings and wonder why there are problems. Remote control T crews produce about 60 to 70% of the former T&E staffed crew and even when a T crew is replaced, grudgingly, with a T&E crew the moral of the work force is so bad that the T&E crew only produces to the level of the T crew. Maintenance on Locomotovies, cars, track and signals is being cut to the point that line of road Engine failures and car failures are rampant. Let the tempurature change 20 degrees and you are faced with either broken rails, pull-a-parts, or sun kinked tracks. Signals go red in the face of trains with regularity.

What a way to run a railroad.!

Sounds like moral is down woth Remote Controls and they need massive hiring and Capital improvements also John Snow's Math is terribe prosscube him for mismangement and leadign the economy to worse grounds
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:04 AM
BaltACD,

You're completely right about those dang remotes. It takes forever just to link up with those things, and then their range is poor, they shut down often. We can switch about 300 cars with an engineer, and now we're lucky to switch 200 with a remote, and that's if the remote behaves itself all day. We may have to go back to engineers though because most of our remote units have broken down and we've sent them back up to Chicago. I hope they never come back![}:)]
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:17 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Ooops, sorry....Findlay =Stanley = Flat old northwestern ohio

i think were higher than kansas though[:)]
stay safe
joe



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oops!never argue with the surveyor.somedays your a broken clock only right twice a day.thanks mudchix.[:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:27 AM
Here on NS's Illinois Div. I'd say were in good shape with additional crew in place to handle the surge in traffic with the rebounding US economy. The management has addressed some of the capacity issues that we have, all we need is more locomotives!!!
I'd say that NS placed themselves in a good position to STEAL all the business from CSX
that we can!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:30 PM
I think that Micheal Ward should step down from one or 2 of his positions currently are CEO/PRESIDENT/CHAIRMEN/COO I think he should step down from CEO and Chairmen and has a RR Excutive take over as CEO like Rob Kerbs or former Pumba of Conrail Dave LeVan and bring in an outsider as Chairmen and Ward would stay as President/COO I think it will work to restructure CSX to make it more attractive

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:41 PM
jwobryan,

yeah, I think NS in Danville could be picking up a few more customers. We almost lost Bunge Milling, heck all they'd have to do is tell NS to start picking up, the track and crossover are already there!! But, things have been looking better with the management change. Brewer Yard is finally not a quagmire, the only problem we have is not enough crews to man the trains! We have dead trains sitting daily on Voorhees St. and then on the runner as well, and it takes as long as five hours to get them moving again. The extraboards are at their limit, guys who come home are already 2nd out, lucky me when I mark up in May!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:18 AM
My two cents
Sadly,CSX will most likely find a way to keep going as-is. For the reasons I stated in the 'opinions on local corperate decisions' thread, I would rather be seeing Black & white or Locomotive shaped Jack o lanterns.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:21 PM
NS is doing better than CSX
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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:42 PM
The non-contract 'Re-organization and de-layering' that has been in progress since November 2003 has brought any form of creative or positive thinking to a complete and total standstill if not being fully regressive. NO....REPEAT....NO non-contract employee can view any problems of tomorrow for the realistic FEAR that... tomorrow they won't have an employment relationship with CSX. The FEAR is endemic throughout the middle and lower levels of the non-contract totem....the very levels that HAVE to perform if CSX is to prosper.

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Posted by jgiblin on Monday, March 15, 2004 12:39 PM
May not have long for answer here. Keep hearing persistent rumors about CN buying CSXT. Would be a great fit/coup for CN and probably have much better chance of getting past STB than a UP-CSXT combo.

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