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News Wire: Former Harrison colleague: 'Hunter's the daddy of precision railroading'

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Posted by samfp1943 on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 11:14 AM

Flintlock76

Why am I reminded of the old saying...

"Success has a hundred fathers, failure is an orphan."

Just sayin'.

Hunter's beyond caring about this, at any rate.

  And a little touch of Irony! 

   PSR was, apparently, the 'brainchild' of a career railroader; who started his rr 'life' as a 'carknocker' for the Frisco, in Memphis.Smile, Wink & Grin Whistling

 

 


 

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Posted by Euclid on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 9:00 AM

Aside from the minor issue of who get credit for PSR, I think that is the most informative article I have seen regarding the explanation of what PSR actually is and why there has been so much resistance to it. Now we need some articles that illustrate precise detailed examples of specific operating scenarios before and after PSR was added.

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:50 PM

In the picture with FEATURED in today's News sysnopsis - Cindy Sanborn's look at EHH is sufficient to cause brain cancer.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:13 PM

Why am I reminded of the old saying...

"Success has a hundred fathers, failure is an orphan."

Just sayin'.

Hunter's beyond caring about this, at any rate.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 6:56 PM

Can't let someone steal his thunder...

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 6:32 PM

Hunter is the daddy of buzzword BS.

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:38 PM

Some of E. Hunter Harrison’s former colleagues are expressing surprise that a railroad financier credits former Illinois Central CEO Ed Moyers with developing the concepts behind Precision Scheduled Railroading. Last week Gil Lamphere, a forme...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/09-former-harrison-colleague-hunters-the-daddy-of-precision-railroading 

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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